And Coca-Cola's web site is not designed to tell the story that puts Coca-Cola Corp. in the best light especially when the facts cannot be definitively proven either way? And of course, Coca-Cola's lawyers and PR team had absolutely nothing to do with the contents on the web site. While it may have been Ccca-Cola's web site, the correctness of the information there is still open to question.
The information coming from Coca-Cola is no more factually correct than any other web site, including Wikipedia.
Just an example: I've been helping a friend of mine with an on-going glow plug check engine light issue on his 2001 Chevy Silverado. The glow plugs on these vehicles are an issue, as are the fuel injectors. Go onto GM's web site and see if you can find anything from GM on this, or on the 10 year extended warranty that GM made available. Bet you can't, because it isn't there. First party source, yet the information in not there. This is a form of inaccuracy, in this case, not providing full information. All corporate web sites do this; they present information that makes their product/company look its best. The Coca-Cola site is no different. Do you think that Coca-Cola wants to admit they were, at one time, intentionally putting a form of cocaine into people's soft drinks? Do you think they want to deal with that kind of PR headache? No lawyer will allow their company to admit to wrongdoing, no matter how long ago; evidence: lawsuits against the big tobacco companies. People die of lung cancer, 20 years later, tobacco companies are being sued. States and provinces are suing big tobacco companies in order to recover health care costs due to lung cancer caused by smoking, going 20-30 years back. Do you think Coca-Cola wants any part of that? Do you honestly expect that Coca-Cola corp will admit that aspartame has some potential health risks associated with it? Do you think Coca-Cola will admit that drinking their product will lead to obesity? Look at the original commercial that was posted here. A soft drink that was loaded with sugar being promoted as a way to LOSE weight, and to give you an "energy boost" in the middle of the afternoon, even though there will most likely be a crash afterwards? In anybody's book, these are lies, and I have no doubt that Coca-Cola knew that when they made the commerical. Their website is no better, even though it is "first party".
Kostas