MSNBC, 12:54pmET:

Just to be clear, we don’t want to diminish the work Anthony Gardner, who started “The September 11th Education Trust” and lost a brother on 9/11, is doing to educate children about what happened that tragic day. But this chyron on MSNBC during his interview with Tamron Hall is the definition of ‘stating the obvious.’

Fox News, 7:34amET:

This morning on Fox & Friends, a clip of a man named Chris Cherest was played with the thought-provoking chyron “Endured An Hour of Propaganda” underneath his name. Obviously, there’s a lot of different ways this could go. Any guesses before we reveal what “propaganda” he “endured”?

MSNBC, 12:39pmET:

It’s not every day that the sexual compulsions of a two-year-old are discussed on cable television. So it was a bit eye-catching this afternoon when Dr. Nancy Snyderman chatted with her guest about this and other recent findings in a Pediatrics journal report.

MSNBC, 8:21pmET:

This actually comes from last night: a chyron about the health care debate. And it comes form Countdown with Keith Olbermann. You can probably guess which side it comes down on – but the implication seems like even more of a stretch than usual.

Fox News, 6:39amET:

Can you guess which CEO got highlighted as the “worst” today on Fox & Friends? Let’s see, who owns MSNBC? That’s right it’s GE Chairman Jeffrey Immelt. But it wasn’t FNC’s decision – this was based on a Forbes list.

Fox News, 4:18pmET:

Well we’ve already done one Chyron of the Day today – but then Neil Cavuto started talking about Marie Antoinette. Yes, it was tongue-in-cheek, but that didn’t stop the conversation from drifting away from Rep. Eric Massa and his recent comments to the beheaded former Queen of France.

FNC, 12:46pmET:

We were going to tweet about this instead of writing a post, but we were worried it might be classified as “pointless babble.” Courtney Friel reported on this study today on Fox News, and although the chyron may appear sarcastic – it’s actually very accurate.

9:16amET, FNC:

Does Sen. Claire McCaskill understand the “healthcare dissent” Because she had a town hall meeting yesterday, and according to this Fox News chyron, she “struggles” to understand this dissent. But does she really?

FNC, 6:18amET:

Illustrating the two very different storylines coming out of D.C. after the “Cash for Clunkers” took effect, here’s how two cable morning show segments framed the debate (at least in the lower third). Fox & Friends anchor Steve Doocy led a segment this morning that equated the “Clunker” debate with the health care story.

CNN, 5:32pmET:

Like everyone on cable news today, last night’s Beer Summit was a major topic of conversation. But this chyron on CNN from The Situation Room is either missing a question mark or needs to swap the word “or” for “and.”

Do you know how tanning beds can be dangerous? New reports suggest they could be “worse than arsenic.”

Do you know what else can be dangerous? Leaving the previous chyron up for an entire intro of a completely different story.

Dylan Ratigan‘s new MSNBC show, Morning Meeting, has been on the air for one month today, and he had his review on-air. What did we learn? There’s some things he needs to improve on.

We’ve written about the Erin Andrews peephole story several times, but there’s a new angle that’s being discussed since yesterday: was she asking for it?

It began on Twitter, with some tweets by USA Today‘s Christine Brennan, and has continued on the web and TV. Last night, Jane Velez-Mitchell asked the question “Is Erin To Blame?” And then she answered it – of course not.

Fox News, 9:53amET: This is the kind of chyron with a backstory. For those who didn’t catch it yesterday, or aren’t on Twitter, here’s what you see: The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, holding an enormous knife. Then the lower third has the news he’s telling his “Twitter critics” to “take a joke.” What?

MSNBC, 2:49pmET: You know, if you really think about it “Baboons Love Baggage” is kind of a metaphor for the economy, right? No? Well it is a chyron taken during the “It’s The Economy” section of MSNBC dayside today.

Fox News, 11:38amET: Here are the elements that make this an excellent human interest story: dangerous mountain lion, former Marine, chainsaw. With just two of three – maybe an AP story, but with the combination, we get a camera crew to guy’s house for an interview. Best part of the chyron: that this is “Happening [...]

MSNBC, 10:14amET: Yesterday we wrote about the Bizarro MSNBC segment about Bernie Madoff that included Eliot Spitzer and a prison coach who served time for, among other things, “machine guns.” (That’s him in the screengrab.) So anyway, Ponzi scheme in prison using fish…discuss.

CNN, 11:44amET: Admittedly, the entire Sen. Orrin Hatch-Sonia Sotomayor exchange about Maloney vs. Cuomo was pretty ridiculous (it involved a lot of conversation about what exactly “nunchucks” are). Now to be fair, there’s a lot of ways to translate “Nunchaku” into English. But sorry CNN, we don’t think your way counts.

MSNBC, 2:32pmET: “Live, from Washington, D.C. it’s Al Franken at the Sonia Sotomayor hearing!” Franken’s opening statement was just a few minutes, and got interrupted by a protester like some of his other Democratic colleagues. The “I know that I have a lot to learn” chyron choice by MSNBC was employed by a couple other [...]

Fox News, 8:37amET Poor Ruth Madoff. Not only does the New York Post print this sad infographic about your potential new apartment, but Fox & Friends devotes three segments to the story. And uses words like “puny” in the chyron to describe the new digs.

Fox News, 10:04amET: So let’s just be clear: Gov. Sarah Palin (or, possibly, a staff member) was sending “tweets on Twitter.” Also, anchor Megyn Kelly expanded on the Alaskan Governor’s new media presence, describing how she “did offer on Facebook a talk about pursuing a higher calling.”

At Mediaite HQ our TVs are tuned to the cable news networks for most of the day, and every now and then we spot a chyron that sticks out above all the other pithy offerings. Here is today’s Chyron of the Day, courtesy of MSNBC:

At Mediaite HQ our TVs are tuned to the cable news networks for most of the day, and every now and then we spot a chyron that sticks out above all the other pithy offerings. Here is today’s Chyron of the Day.

It comes from MSNBC, at 12:46pmET: