As Twitchy reported, CNN this week rolled out a new #FactsFirst campaign featuring a spot explaining the difference between an apple (or a “fact”) and a banana (not a fact). Here it is again if you missed it:
“Some people might try to tell you that it’s a banana.” #FactsFirst pic.twitter.com/LbmRKiGJe9
— CNN (@CNN) October 23, 2017
BuzzFeed News tried to have some fun with CNN, producing its own parody:
Hey @CNN quick question for you pic.twitter.com/PYKIzkG6IU
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) October 24, 2017
OK, not the funniest bit we’ve seen, but it would be tough to top CNN’s original for comedic value. CNN’s Dylan Byers didn’t seem to see the humor, though, going right for the ratings jugular. Guess he didn’t see the … appeal.
I guess it’s jokes like these that got @BuzzFeed 0% traffic growth over the course of the last year… https://t.co/7aetEayn8h https://t.co/ycvxT00Eky
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) October 24, 2017
Come on, now … CNN must have known its stupid fruit ad was going to be ripe for parody.
Dylan. Take that corporate shill's stick out of your heinie. https://t.co/3zAvc1SGPQ
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) October 24, 2017
John, it’s a terrible joke. I mean really bad. And who gets 0% growth in 2016-2017 with all the news that’s happening right now?
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) October 24, 2017
congrats dylan pic.twitter.com/okM5GyYEcs
— Eric Hartmane (@erichartmane) October 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/jsimpsonDC/status/922887179436732416
https://twitter.com/kath_krueger/status/922878364083507200
Just accept the joke and move on, Dylan. Don't be a corncob. https://t.co/HELflsk8yR
— N. Bourbaki (@d08890) October 24, 2017
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) October 24, 2017
BuzzFeed News fires back:
setting aside the fact that those numbers don’t account for our most popular platforms, let’s just be honest about something pic.twitter.com/OPJWr6OaS2
— Matt Mittenthal (@mattmittenthal) October 24, 2017
Fact check: True.
.@DailyCaller did it better https://t.co/00AcgNpWjH
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) October 24, 2017
.@CNN is bananas.
B-A-N-A-N-A-S pic.twitter.com/Lp3Ui39KNJ
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 23, 2017
They could all settle this by, you know, just reporting the news.
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Related:
HA! Dana Loesch puts CNN in a lib-style headlock over 'apples & bananas' lecture https://t.co/SwRjq7Z3uO
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 23, 2017