michael Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Dispatches on CH4 in a moment - could be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Adverts are on! What is the gist of this then? My 4 year old goes hyper on Coca Cola! Is it a documentary about how it shouldn't be given to kids? H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 i think it will say how dam harmfull it is, you can feel your teeth rotting as you drink the gack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 Basically a doc on how it's a pretty evil company, loved Hitler, destroys communities and general Marc Thomas stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 i think it will say how dam harmfull it is, you can feel your teeth rotting as you drink the gack It's more about the way the company operates than the drink itself but I'll get snopes.com ready anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 i went off it when they stopped using cocaine in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 i went off it when they stopped using cocaine in it That's how the prog started, Thomas with a Coca Cola employee chap who denied it ever had cocaine in it followed by a bit to say it did and a mention that the chap who invented it was an Opium addict, of course this doesn't give a very good impression of the company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 What is the gist of this then? My 4 year old goes hyper on Coca Cola! Is it a documentary about how it shouldn't be given to kids? He got there in the end, I wouldn't fancy being in that room full of mentalist kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Damn! Forgot this was on. Thankfully, there's C4+1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 He got there in the end, I wouldn't fancy being in that room full of mentalist kids. I found that bit hilarious........ Menk kids eh?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 my misses is doing the 2 hours worth of soaps so i couldent watch it, have you got the jist for us who misses it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 my misses is doing the 2 hours worth of soaps so i couldent watch it, have you got the jist for us who misses it http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/mark+thomas+on+cocacola/1068847 Street Crime Live on 5 now I suppose.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefferson Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 i used to be addicted to this stuff - i had a 2 litre a day habit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Interesting prog. Thing is you never really know with these documentaries. A bit like Michael Moore. Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_supra Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 You could tell that the guy doing the documentary has had a long term issue with Coca-Cola. The part where he was investigating the water contamination from one of the plants in South America made me laugh, his hands weren't in the water for very long and he was then complaining of itching soon after, I've had oven cleaner on my hands for longer without it itching! The presenter lost credibility when he was doing things like that. All in all I thought it was a poor documentary, and it offered very little in the way of 'facts' just largely supposition and accusations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 All in all I thought it was a poor documentary, and it offered very little in the way of 'facts' just largely supposition and accusations. You expected more crom channel 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_supra Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 You expected more crom channel 4? Yes sorry, I forgot it was channel 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 That's how the prog started, Thomas with a Coca Cola employee chap who denied it ever had cocaine in it followed by a bit to say it did and a mention that the chap who invented it was an opium addict, of course this doesn't give a very good impression of the company.Not exactly a big deal, given that (IIRC) cocaine and opiates were legal in the US until 1914, and in the UK until 1920. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 All in all I thought it was a poor documentary, and it offered very little in the way of 'facts' just largely supposition and accusations. mark thomas generally uses c4 as a platform to air his own views, he is hardly ever factual, as in both sides of the story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 20, 2007 Author Share Posted November 20, 2007 Not exactly a big deal, given that (IIRC) cocaine and opiates were legal in the US until 1914, and in the UK until 1920. Agreed but frowned up these days, hence they refuse to admit this was used when it was considered acceptable and don't display anything about it in their own museum etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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