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flyGuyOnTheSly
Misleading title... as the author admits that "The video is actually totally benign."

The reactions have everything to do with the current political situation, and nothing to do with the advertisement.

Huawei could have created an ad stating that they cured cancer and the technology is exclusively accessible to Canadians for a period of 3 years, and they would still get flak.

darkpuma
How is that a misleading title? The video may be benign, but it also hasn't gone over well. Those aren't even slightly contradictory; something that is benign may also be tone deaf, and the TV ad was certainly tone deaf to the current political situation.

If Huawei wants to appeal to the Canadian people, instead of running vacuous "feel good" tv ads they should publicly appeal the Chinese government to release the Canadian citizens they're holding hostage and in one case threatening to murder. They won't do that though.

(Also to be frank, any excuse to bring more public attention to these human rights violations is a good enough excuse.)

zwaps
I can't really think of any Huawei ad that would "go over well in Canada" right now, so the title is not at all misleading.
benjaminbrodie
That's why he used the word "misleading". You are pointing out the title is strictly speaking true. But it can still mislead, especially by generating false expectations about the precise way in which it is true. I mean, that's how a lot of jokes work
BEEdwards
But it's not misleading, the ad isn't going over well.

People do not like it, not because of it's content but because of it's context.

vernie
Is a tweet with a dozen likes newsworthy? Are four?
happytoexplain
Any given tweet? No more than any given public statement by any given person. Certainly it's the content and context that contributes more to its noteworthiness, as opposed whether or not it's a tweet and how many likes it has.