Is Microsoft Campaigning for Hillary Clinton?

[Jesus Malverde]

During a commercial break for the 2014 Golden Globes, Microsoft aired a minute-long ode to the heroic women of 2013 to drum up attention for its search engine Bing. Sure, on a night hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the ad could have been seen as a savvy embrace of influential women. Or it could have been read as a reach for the kind of pro-women message that has caught fire for companies like Dove and P&G.

But given that the technology company employs Mark Penn, the erstwhile image-maker for both Bill and Hillary Clinton, to run its new aggressive advertising strategy, the campaign offered up another, more intriguing possibility: Could it be that the ad — touting leaders like Margaret Thatcher, Gabrielle Giffords, Angela Merkel, and Janet Yellen — was really just a slick, subliminal and one-hundred percent free endorsement of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign?

Read more: Microsoft's New 'Heroic Women' Ad: Perfect for Hillary Clinton | TIME.com http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/13/is-microsoft-campaigning-for-hillary-clinton/

[Nye Bevan]

1. Hillary is not mentioned in the ad and does not appear in it.

To claim that a commercial saluting "heroic women" is a thinly disguised Hillary campaign commercial, just because Hillary happens to be a woman, is a ridiculous allegation.

[DURHAM D]

2. Hillary wasn't in it.

Do you have an issue because it is a tribute to women?