The Drums Daily Briefing: Grenfell Tower erased, Google fires protesters & H&B fills gap [Video]

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Consumer healthcare company Haleon is in trouble after Grenfell Tower, the high rise where 72 people died as the result of a fire in 2017, was erased from the background of a TV ad for the brand.

Karim Mussilhy, whose uncle Hesham Rahman was among those who died as a result of the fire, noticed the edit while watching the Channel 4 streaming service when an ad for the pain relief gel brand Voltarol showed a game of football on the Westway pitches close to the council block.

While two other nearby council towers were left in the picture, Grenfell, shrouded in white sheeting and topped with a banner saying “forever in our hearts,” had disappeared.

“It was really upsetting,” said Mussilhy. “It seems nobody wants to see it …

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