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The Consumerist reports:
While one might think the notion of a chicken with more than two wings and two legs is a bit farcical, a rumor of such genetically modified birds has been circulating in China, leading KFC's parent company to file lawsuits against three Chinese businesses for allegedly concocting and publicizing fabricated stories about the chain's products on social media.
KFC alleges in the lawsuits that the companies spread rumors on microblogs and through photos and articles online that purposely misled consumers about the quality of its food.
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According to the WSJ, Yum [Brands (parent company of KFC)] is seeking about $245,000 in compensation from Ying Chen An Zhi Chenggong Culture Communications Ltd., Wei Lu Kuang Technology and Ling Dian Technology.
Also on FoxNews, USNews and ABC News.
No word on lawsuits stemming from a SN AC comment that KFC's chickens have three breasts.
Original Submission
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday June 03 2015, @09:08PM
This was an urban legend that has been circulating in America for years. The way I first heard it, when I was like 13, was something like, "They have to call it 'KFC' because they're not technically chickens anymore, they're mutants with like 8 wings each now."
Of course anybody with half a brain knew even at that age that it wasn't because they were growing mutant birds with 8 wings, but because the word "fried" became a bad word in food advertising right around that time. It's no different than old cereals like Sugar Pops [staticflickr.com] becoming "Corn Pops" [wikimedia.org] because similarly "sugar" became a bad word when it came to foods marketed for children.
Of course, now that "corn" is fast becoming a bad word as well, what will they call Pops? Packing peanuts? [morganchaney.com]
(Score: 2) by Dunbal on Wednesday June 03 2015, @09:46PM
Yeah but it's different when you write it down and publish it worldwide - which is what the internet is. Although libel laws may be much older than the internet, some people are going to get a rude shock if it can be proven to the court that such statements were actually made. Although it's not a good PR move for KFC to do this - it has the potential to bite them in the ass quite badly. No one likes megacorps playing squish the little guy.
(Score: 3, Funny) by FatPhil on Wednesday June 03 2015, @10:08PM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by Dunbal on Thursday June 04 2015, @12:58AM
As far as I know parody and satire are still allowed. I think the aforementioned blog owner(s) are going to have a hard time convincing a judge that their comments were satirical however.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 03 2015, @09:51PM
The KFC urban legend I recall from the late 70's or early 80's was that at a KFC, remarkably the one that happened to be just up the road, a customer was questioning their meal and it turned out that it wasn't fried chicken she was served, BUT A RAT THAT somehow GOT BREADED AND FRIED!!!!! I swear to God it is true because my English teacher swears he got it from a reliable source.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @01:10AM
and it turned out that it wasn't fried chicken she was served, BUT A RAT THAT somehow GOT BREADED AND FRIED!!!!! I
Heard the same story, only it was a bottle of beer.
How someone could batter and deep-fry a bottle and serve it as chicken is beyond me.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 03 2015, @09:51PM
> "They have to call it 'KFC' because they're not technically chickens anymore, they're mutants with like 8 wings each now."
The way I heard it was that they had three breasts. The rumor was not helped by KFC's 'innovative' way of cutting the bird that makes breasts pieces so small it looks like they did get three breasts out of one chicken.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @02:36AM
they had three breasts
Wasn't that "Total Recall" and not "KFC"?
(Score: 2) by The Archon V2.0 on Wednesday June 03 2015, @10:16PM
> Of course, now that "corn" is fast becoming a bad word as well, what will they call Pops? Packing peanuts?
Post-Traumatic Stress Pops.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Beryllium Sphere (r) on Wednesday June 03 2015, @11:18PM
The person listening to me thought I was serious when I told a story about how the government was forcing them to change their name to Fried Unhealthy Chicken of Kentucky.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 04 2015, @12:24AM
Cracka Pops, Nigga Pops, and 'Yo Momma Pops', to cover the three major ethnic groups, stereotypes and flavors :)