We’ve suspected for a while now that CNN has a drunk intern in charge of its maps, graphics and chyrons, and today’s onscreen query trying to position Ebola as “the ISIS of biological agents” set off a national outbreak of facepalming.
It's happening. pic.twitter.com/Gyncw6wPoQ
— Abby Ellis (@abbycellis) October 6, 2014
BOOOOO!!! #shark @Ali_Gharib: Oh jeez, CNN. RT @abbyc_ellis: It's happening. pic.twitter.com/o96NqPuLBc
— PastryPlate (@PastryPlate) October 6, 2014
@abbyc_ellis Or is Ebola the #MH17 of biological agents? More at seven.
— Ali Gharib (@Ali_Gharib) October 6, 2014
Christ on a crutch #America! RT“@Ali_Gharib: Oh jeez, CNN. RT @abbyc_ellis: It's happening. pic.twitter.com/a2XBSRT5X4”
— Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) October 6, 2014
@abbyc_ellis @jeremyscahill "CNN: The ebola of journalism"
— Black. Lives. Matter. (@petrillic) October 6, 2014
@abbyc_ellis @jeremyscahill ::headdesk:: ::headdesk:: ::headdesk:: ::headdesk:: ::headdesk:: ::headdesk::
— Higgins (@Higgins_J) October 6, 2014
@abbyc_ellis @jeremyscahill <facepalm/>
— Tod Robbins (@todrobbins) October 6, 2014
Fanning the flames of fear mongering… RT“@Ali_Gharib: Oh jeez, CNN. RT @abbyc_ellis: It's happening. pic.twitter.com/JOnCdVSJfZ”
— Regina (@regibaby67) October 6, 2014
https://twitter.com/jazzmen_k/status/519179723344445440
https://twitter.com/IkireJones/status/519179804198068224
.@abbyc_ellis Sources now say that Ebola brought that Malaysia Air plane down over the Indian Ocean. @jeremyscahill
— Nicholas Mitchell (@puxxled) October 6, 2014
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/519179996464943104
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@abbyc_ellis @jeremyscahill CNN is a mess.
— Bet Mulligan (@vachonn) October 6, 2014
@abbyc_ellis Oh please. Ebola is not a terrorist organization. But CNN will do anything for clicks and eyeballs.
— Gort (@DrugstorCowboy) October 6, 2014
https://twitter.com/SPCBattaglia/status/519180460489183232
THIS…………………..IS CNN RT @abbyc_ellis: It's happening. pic.twitter.com/5KsRq5KPOu
— Will Thompson (@thrillis4) October 6, 2014
https://twitter.com/maigreym/status/519181013935595521
https://twitter.com/dschaefer93/status/519181048404799488
My God. The irony. “@abbyc_ellis: It's happening. pic.twitter.com/uqoLjXM9JM”
— Teeth Sweat (@dabnisbrickey_) October 6, 2014
https://twitter.com/JZdziarski/status/519181396167114753
BOMB EBOLA RT@abbyc_ellis: It's happening. pic.twitter.com/nUz4jsYIzo
— bbs (@BurritoBrosShit) October 6, 2014
I am sure they are speculating about who created the virus as well. RT @abbyc_ellis: It's happening. pic.twitter.com/XgeoC4aORl”
— Stan (@whoisstan) October 6, 2014
@abbyc_ellis @jeremyscahill Because "The Mother of All…" is so 90s.
— Ziad /– 2 m –/ Fazel (@ZiadFazel) October 6, 2014
https://twitter.com/dcGisenyi/status/519182387029479424
@abbyc_ellis I think it’s more like ISIS is the Ebola of terrorist groups
— Brant (@brant) October 6, 2014
CNN coins ‘The ISIS of Titles’. “@abbyc_ellis: It's happening. pic.twitter.com/0IV9198JIP ”
— Bart Hoekstra (@barthoekstra) October 6, 2014
.@abbyc_ellis @saladinahmed That is the dumbest sentence I've read in years.
— #BlackIivesMatter (@Chef_Lu_Bu) October 6, 2014
@abbyc_ellis @zeldman @CNN I'm sorry, what!?
— Michael Campbell (@campbell_m) October 6, 2014
@abbyc_ellis @Chez_Em was only a matter of time
— Omar Baggili (@OmarBaggili) October 6, 2014
@abbyc_ellis @jeremyscahill oh barf
— Ulu Knecht (@uluwehi_knecht) October 6, 2014
Hey buddy, keep those bodily fluids to yourself. What are you, ISIS?
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