TMI warning: CNN shares Bernie Sanders' fact check of Saturday Night Live's underwear joke

The 24/7 "reporting" cycle at it's worst. https://t.co/Tb6IgMP5Y1

— Jim Bartholomew (@JimBartholomew) October 19, 2015

Larry David’s portrayal of Bernie Sanders on Saturday Night Live was well-received on social media, but one joke got Sanders’ undies in a wad and CNN felt the need to share the democratic socialist’s fact check:

https://twitter.com/michaelscherer/status/656138213350703104

Why so greedy, Senator?

@michaelscherer @BeMissH I have officially seen everything there is on the Internet. I'm ejecting to Mars.

— Kendra (@KendraCP) October 19, 2015

Shut it down. Shut it all down. Turn the lights off. We really don't deserve democracy, dawn of Idiocracy is here. https://t.co/VUpqnyrZgc

— Christian Ucles (@daakardior) October 19, 2015

Get CNN's Pulitzer ready now!!! https://t.co/0Mb3zoPhP2

— Ali Ahmadi (@AliAhmadi_Iran) October 19, 2015

2016 cycle in a nutshell… https://t.co/ILILAlxY9q

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 19, 2015

CNN needs to learn which 'news' not to get on the screen

https://t.co/PKeJfb4AwY

— Roland Ley (@RolandLey) October 19, 2015

This sounds like a question for MSNBC:

But what kind of sandwich is Bernie’s underpants? https://t.co/wmjAYnorSB

— Aaron Weiss (@aweiss) October 19, 2015

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