Fact Check: Coca-Cola Did Not Sever Ties with Taylor Swift Over Kamala Harris Endorsement

Coca-Cola cut ties with Taylor Swift over Harris endorsement? No, that's satire | Fact check

The claim: Coca-Cola ended Taylor Swift sponsorship deal over Kamala Harris endorsement A Sept. 16 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows side-by-side images of music superstar Taylor Swift and a Coca-Cola sign. "Coca-Cola Cuts Ties With Taylor Swift Over Harris Endorsement, 'We Don't Support Her Endorsement,'" the post's caption reads in part. The post was shared more than 1,800 times in three days. Versions of the claim also circulated widely on Instagram and on Threads. The claim originated on a satirical account. There is no credible evidence Swift's endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris had any effect on her relationship with the soft drink company. Claim originated on satirical Facebook account But contrary to the claim in the Facebook post, it did not lead Coca-Cola to terminate its sponsorship deal with the pop star. While that claim originated on an account that shares satirical content and identifies it that way, the Facebook post presents it as an authentic development. The claim was first shared in a Sept. 14 Facebook post from the account SpaceX Fanclub, which is part of the SpaceXMania network of satirical websites. The account states in its intro section that it shares satirical content and that "nothing on this page is real." The post's caption identifies it as satire, and its image contains two watermarks indicating that. A longer article linked in the comments published Sept. 14 by Esspots, another website in that network, also carries a satire label. The Sept. 16 post links to an article that is worded similarly to the one published by Esspots. But two AI-detection websites found the vast majority of the article was AI-generated, with ZeroGPT and QuillBot both determining AI was behind over 90% of it. The Sept. 16 Facebook post is an example of what could be called "stolen satire," where claims written as satire and presented that way originally are reposted in a way that makes them appear to be legitimate news. As a result, readers of the second-generation post are misled, as was the case here. Swift entered into an endorsement deal with Coca-Cola in January 2013 to promote Diet Coke, and the pop star produced a series of commercials for the beverage in the mid-2010s. There is nothing on the company's website about ending the relationship with Swift. A Coca-Cola spokesperson declined to provide an on-the-record comment. USA TODAY reached out to Tree Paine, Swift's publicist, but did not immediately receive a response. Swift endorsed President Joe Biden over Trump in the 2020 election. In 2018, she endorsed former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, a Democrat, in his unsuccessful bid for a U.S. Senate seat won by Republican Marsha Blackburn. Misinformation about Swift's political activism is not uncommon. USA TODAY previously debunked false claims that the pop star was photographed wearing an anti-Trump T-shirt or holding pro-Trump banners inside a stadium's luxury box or on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. USA TODAY reached out to several social media users who shared the claim but did not immediately receive any responses. Thank you for supporting our journalism. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or e-newspaper here.

Did Coca Cola severe ties with Taylor Swift after endorsing Kamala Harris? Here's the truth

A satirical post is doing the rounds on social media and multiple online media platforms where it has been claimed that Taylor Swift has been sidelined by Coca Cola after she publicly chose to endorse Kamala Harris. How true is it? A post recently went viral on social media that claimed Taylor Swift was being boycotted by Coca Cola for her decision to endorse Kamala Harris instead of Donald Trump in the upcoming US elections, something that sent shockwaves across the nation. However, it was later found that, according to a USA Today report, that this claim was a hoax and no such decision has been taken from Coca Cola's end. Coca Cola has not issued any statement of distancing themselves from the TTPD star, something that was rumored to have been done by the soft drink company in response to Swift's criticisms of Donald Trump, while publicly endorsing Harris. Also Read: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant to supply power to Microsoft Data Centers? All you need to know Taylor Swift had even claimed that she is denouncing the fake AI campaigns shown by the Republican camp, that depicted Swift has been supporting Donald Trump for the upcoming US elections in November. In an Instagram post Swift claimed that she had watched the second Presidential Debate and had loved Harris' vision about the US. However, she also said very clearly that she has always been a registered Democrat and would continue supporting the party in the coming elections. The claim that had been made in the first place originated from a satirical account, which then went viral across multiple platforms, after which began being deemed as reality, when it is actually not. Also Read : Fans not listening? Taylor Swift's efforts to push her fans to vote in U.S. elections have dropped significantly There is no official statement from Coca Cola as of now around this crisis, but it can be expected that they could renounce this fake claim if things went out of hand. Is Taylor Swift boycotted by Coca Cola? As of now there are no confirmed reports on Coca Cola boycotting Taylor Swift due to her stance along the US elections 2024. Is Donald Trump being supported by Taylor Swift? Donald Trump has been renounced by Taylor Swift, and the singer has instead chosen to vote for and endorse Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party.