Dear CNN: Please Stop.
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
CNN has decided to sell custom, on-demand t-shirts featuring headlines from their website. No, I’m not making this up.
There seems to be very little rhyme or reason behind their choices of which headlines are permissible for t-shirts — not all of the daily gems can be plastered onto an oh-so-esoteric cotton tee.
And, of course, it has to be “Beta,” since that term has lost all meaning.
Sarcasm and condescension aside, Woot has a far more entertaining way to look at this marketing misstep:
PS: I guess I shouldn’t expect too much from a website that still posts such sensitive, journalistic links as:
Ah, yes. I suppose sensationalism’s best friend is voyeurism.