These public outcries invited scrutiny of internal practices and a company culture that fails to focus on nutrition and safety issues, according to critics.
Clinton and Gore have both described these outcries as lacking merit, with Gore going so far as to call for Federal Trade Commission probes into the large oil companies responsible for distributing the highly priced gasoline.
If Sarkozy and Obama had said what they said about Netanyahu in a conversation about German Chancellor Angela Merkel, or if Netanyahu had made similar statements about Obama or Sarkozy, the revelation of the statements would have sparked international outcries of indignation and been roundly condemned from all quarters.