unintentional self-parody

[spacellama]

When CNN.com tries to be serious, it unintentionally sets the following two lines one right after another on its front page:

President Obama will sign an executive order Thursday setting up a bipartisan commission aimed at reining in the federal debt, a White House official said. FULL STORY

CNNMoney: Stimulus spending picks up

*giggles*

Comments

[lissas_elves]

lol - rather unfortunate!

Seems you're not too impressed with CNN in general? (I rarely watch TV, and CNN only if I'm abroad)

[spacellama]

I think CNN does a fine job, honestly. But like any modern news organization, they are on such tight deadlines that they often make fantastic oopses. And they're usually way too self-important to note their own errors, so they deserve a little fun-poking from time to time. :)