CNN Breaks News of Titanic Sinking

Well, this was bound to happen. CNN’s fetishization of the Breaking News banner (no more egregious than Fox News’ “Alert,” in fairness) coincided with a story about the deep-sea scouring for MH370, to result in the “Breaking News” that a ship called the Titanic sunk. Here, have a screencap:

The chyron disappears midway through the segment, so perhaps somebody got wise.

Because internet, this was spread by a fictional media personality/critic:

Tell me exactly how this is breaking news, @cnn? pic.twitter.com/uMu42Hdu4v

— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) April 16, 2014

All of this leads to the obvious question:

What if CNN existed when the Titanic sank

— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) April 16, 2014

Now that would be breaking news.

Watch the clip below, via CNN:

[h/t Rare]

[Image via screengrab]

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