CNN has had a rough year.
Ok, CNN has had a rough couple of years.
Wait, let’s try this again.
CNN has had a rough decade.
But in 2018 it seemed like Trump REALLY drove this news ‘outlet’ out of their ever-loving minds. Like WHACKED out. And you can see it actually happening in this hilarious thread of CNN chyrons put together by Omri Ceren.
Enjoy.
Great achievements in CNN chyrons, 2018 edition. A thread.
A couple of these I snapped myself. Most of them I stole from Twitter over the last year and have no idea who to credit. For that I apologize. 1/
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) December 27, 2018
This guy is the "Must Be Aliens" meme except for people who think their tweets about Eisenhower and the 25th amendment are real life. 2/ pic.twitter.com/FjJRWhTiCX
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) December 27, 2018
Trump is unraveling, losing grip on reality.
Gosh, we can’t figure out why so many people are paranoid in this country right now. *eye roll*
In this chyron, CNN cites CNN as source for news that Trump refuses "to claim any personal responsibility" for lunatic serial bomber. 3/ pic.twitter.com/QkZlKsxkaT
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) December 27, 2018
Citing themselves.
Heh.
Serial bomber going after "Trump targets" 4/ pic.twitter.com/ftthsj5nPP
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) December 27, 2018
IT’S ALL TRUMP’S FAULT.
Not only is this a painfully lazy idea but the chyron repeats the visual which is something we teach as a no-no to advertising interns and undergrads in intro to broadcast journalism. 5/ pic.twitter.com/23IxgXmIXB
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) December 27, 2018
Dude, it’s CNN, you’re not surprised right?
"Woman former governor" would have been semantically cleaner but still an inexplicably weird choice. 6/ pic.twitter.com/YePeRsGNgs
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) December 27, 2018
Her governor. Her not governor anymore.
Conspiracy theories are obsessions people want to believe, which they cling to by inventing conspiratorial reasons to dismiss disproof (forged, not enough, more out there). Analytically, interesting part is often their obsession not reasons they give
"Does not mention Russia" 7/ pic.twitter.com/tsqLymVZBY
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) December 27, 2018
Trump didn’t mention polka-dotted ninja unicorns either so THAT MUST BE COLLUSION.
Holy Hell.
This CNN segment was about how Trump may be sending coded messages to QAnon by using the number "17" in his tweets because Q is the 17th letter of the alphabet.
The chyron reads "Facts First" 8/ pic.twitter.com/AlKVqAd6KW
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) December 27, 2018
Facts First.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.
I can't believe we have to take lectures from these people about the dangers that conspiracy theories pose to democracy 9/ pic.twitter.com/yRb5WQTqGr
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) December 27, 2018
You know what? We can’t even.
I think in retrospect we can all agree journalists may have been a little overzealous in pursuing potentially damaging stories about now-Justice Kavanaugh.
"Exclusive" 10/ pic.twitter.com/uv9k6qqCKK
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) December 27, 2018
What these as*holes did to Kavanaugh … awful.
If they were already going to do an ever-fresh "there are typos in his tweet" dunk, why highlight words that aren't the chyron punchline? Were they highlighting each typo in order for giggles? Is that something that makes CNN viewers giggle? 11/ pic.twitter.com/3h5aFLDfUn
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) December 27, 2018
Because they’re CNN, dude.
Trump is revoking security clearances of people who just so "happen" to criticize him, wrote CNN, which if that's the choice you're going to make then OK but you have to add the sarcastic thinking face or shrug emoji 12/12 pic.twitter.com/yoGugc8jiz
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) December 27, 2018
Don’t forget the popular ‘clapping hands’ emoji.
My personal favourite pic.twitter.com/IxUO4H6cB4
— Gavin Muldowney (@mul28) December 28, 2018
These freakin’ people.
And they wonder why we make fun of them.
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