'Sausage or pepperoni?': Pizza Hut rethinks its presidential debate stunt

The restaurant chain backpedals after its publicity stunt gets slammed

Stephen Colbert
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The controversy: Pizza Hut is in damage-control mode after its proposed "Sausage or Pepperoni?" presidential debate contest was met by fierce criticism from just about every corner of the internet. Originally, the pizza purveyor offered a free pie every week for 30 years (or a check for $15,600) to anyone who posed the ultimate pizza-topping question to either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney during their town-hall debate on Tuesday. But now, as the Associated Press reports:

Pizza Hut... says it will still honor the prize if someone poses the question live at the debate. But it's encouraging everyone to participate in the new online version, where contestants must enter their email addresses and zip codes to be eligible. The company will award two prizes if someone does ask the question. ...

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