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# Z-Burger Under Fire for Tweet that Juxtaposed Photo of Murdered American Journalist With Image of a Hamburger
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/z-burger-under-fire-for-tweet-that-juxtaposed-photo-of-murdered-american-journalist-with-image-of-a-hamburger/
- Published: 2018-07-27T02:49:00.000Z
- Updated: 2018-07-27T17:15:29.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Advertising, Marketing, B to C, Communications, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:49

**DC-based chain Z-Burger** has been criticized for a tweet that juxtaposed a photo of murdered American journalist **James Foley** awaiting execution by ISIS in 2014 with an image of a hamburger, reports Washingtonian, which added that the message “from Z-Burger reads “When you say you want a burger and someone says okay let’s hit McDonalds.” Underneath the image of Foley was the message “You disgrace me.” The tweet has since been deleted. 

“Owner **Peter Tabibian** apologized on behalf of Z-Burger, which operates four locations in DC and Maryland, and says an outside company, Valor Media, was responsible. Tabibian says he hired the North Carolina-based group three months ago to handle all of Z-Burger’s social media and ad campaigns. The tweet was live for about an hour before he was made aware of it, and then he contacted the company to delete it.

**“Michael Valor**, who runs Valor Media, confirms that his company was at fault.”

More [here](https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/07/23/z-burger-chain-under-fire-for-a-tweet-depicting-james-foley-execution-and-a-burger/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com).