Anti-Twitchy Weekly Standard deputy online editor Jim Swift noticed something quite amusing this morning: It appears CNN has adopted Twitchy’s headline style for its chyrons with, “NIKKI HALEY ABSOLUTELY OWNS NEW WH ADVISOR IN JUST 8 WORDS.”
Check it out:
This is an apple (taking lower-third advice from a social media aggregator and incorporating its poor editorial judgement.) https://t.co/qWuV1uGMon
— Jim Swift (@JimSwiftDC) April 19, 2018
— Jim Swift (@JimSwiftDC) April 19, 2018
Now, we have no idea who is behind the Twitchy Pitchbot parody account — which we do wish was funnier — but if you look at the timestamps, it sure is curious that Swift is linking to this tweet from 8:12 am with a screenshot of CNN from 12:31 pm yesterday:
NIKKI HALEY ABSOLUTELY OWNS NEW WH ADVISOR IN JUST 8 WORDS!
— Twitchy Pitchbot (@TwitchbotTeam) April 19, 2018
Anyway, we’re honored that CNN would adopt our headline style for its own use. Next up? NPR…
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Related:
To Jim, with LOVE: Jim Swift seems to have a beef with Twitchy, but that's ok, we still like him (sorta) https://t.co/qqrZHF643w
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 12, 2018
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