MSNBC Airs Bizarrely Nonsensical Messages: ‘Poor Riddleschool Wow’

During the Way Too Early business report Wednesday, MSNBC viewers may have spotted a few completely nonsensical phrases being spewed by the network’s news ticker.

“Only quite a fatuous individual would question the use of the mentally salubrious nature of sophisticated commentary, as demonstrated in this public,” read one.

Another one: “I am cognizant of the information about your extreme tendency to receive persona.”

And: “Gentlemen I enjoy vocalizing sequipedalian loquatiousness, poor riddleschool wow.”

Oh, and one more: “Salutations, commendable gentlemen, how are you on this elegant evening? Are you.”

Now before you go ahead and assume someone’s gone mad over at MSNBC, the network confirmed it was just a template error in the graphics department.

Anyone familiar with TV news production should instantly recognize that. Think of those nonsensical phrases as serving a similarly useful purpose as the pangram “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” does for fonts, showcasing the character limits of the template.

But somehow, this morning, that template didn’t get filled with, you know, actual news. Oops.

Watch below, via MSNBC:

[h/t TVNewser]

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