'Can't write better comedy'! Check out what self-unaware CNN tweeted last night

I think you mean "prophetic "

— JHam (@jhamATL) July 5, 2017

CNN’s been circling the drain for some time now, but their latest stunt, essentially a blackmail campaign against an anonymous Reddit user who dared to mock them with a gif, is proving particularly devastating to their brand.

So, given CNN adeptness at shooting themselves in the face, this is particularly schadenfreudelicious:

Poetic of CNN to tweet this https://t.co/92cMQABLQM

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 5, 2017

Man tries to kill wasps, but instead sets off fireworks and destroys his stand-alone garage https://t.co/18VjAss7iu pic.twitter.com/kSNamfn4po

— CNN International (@cnni) July 5, 2017

Oh. Em. Gee. How perfect is that?

Incredible

— ? (@eccentricladdie) July 5, 2017

Can't write better comedy. https://t.co/hHLImN5n1T

— terry schappert (@terryschappert) July 5, 2017

You really can’t.

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