We generally don’t have a lot of praise to offer NBC News, given their propensity to be shameless hacks and all.
But when they do something right, we’ll give them their props. Because we’re generous like that.
And you’ll be feeling pretty generous with the props yourselves when you see this tweet and the accompanying post’s headline:
Anna Sorokin, known for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from friends and businesses while posing as a German heiress, says she's trying to move away from the "scammer persona" and plans to launch a collection of NFTs. https://t.co/k4XzaoK2qO
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 16, 2022
The infamous socialite minted 10 NFTs that will grant holders “exclusive access” to her, which includes perks like one-on-one phone calls, she told NBC News’ Savannah Sellers in a recent interview.
Three “ultra platinum” NFTs grant the opportunity to meet Sorokin in person, and holders will receive a package of “personal items” from Sorokin.
“I’m trying to move away from this like, quote unquote scammer persona,” Sorokin, who is still in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, said from the Orange County Correctional Facility in upstate New York.
“This is, like totally, has been pushed upon me by the prosecution and by the following media and by the Netflix show, but I’m trying to move away from that definitely.”
So, she's making a lateral move?
— Mike Krumrei (@MikeKrumrei) June 16, 2022
— Bernie Bernstein (@flame_cj) June 16, 2022
"move away from the 'scammer persona' and plans to launch a collection of NFTs"
From one scam to another?
— Garrett Stewart 💻 #100Devs (@GretSeat) June 16, 2022
That’s what makes this such a humorous situation.
And whoever wrote that headline totally understood that and did exactly what they should have done — and did it pitch-perfectly.
round of applause to whoever at NBC News put together the headline and the subhedhttps://t.co/gzVJNxwAMM pic.twitter.com/9vxVmhyxdO
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) June 16, 2022
tfw you can’t beat the joke the headline writer already wrote https://t.co/nNBQ91ojiw
— Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) June 16, 2022
It’s the element of surprise at the end that really makes it work.
This sentence could be delivered verbatim by any late-night host, and get big laughs.
— Archie Mangum (@aj_mangum) June 16, 2022
Seriously, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert are excruciatingly, aggressively unfunny, but even we’d have a hard time not cracking a smile if they read that headline out loud.
“I’ve decided to move away from the ‘bank robber’ persona and plan to only rob credit unions from now on.”
— Cylon Sandhill (@ShotgunWillard) June 16, 2022
I'm trying to move away from the Type II diabetic persona by ordering more pizzas, too. https://t.co/U2W1OPhus9
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) June 16, 2022
In other news, noted arsonist announces plan to start an indoor campfire collective. “I want to spark something in others. Indoors. With fire.”
— Nathaniel Hardy (@nathanielhardy) June 16, 2022
Hats off to NBC News. Truly.
— tellthetruth 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@9_tellthetruth) June 16, 2022
