At the end of 2013, CNN and HLN reportedly laid off dozens of journalists:
CNN Lays Off 40+ Senior Journalists http://t.co/88Jdw3UrZi via @BreitbartNews
— The Curve Is Bent. Time to Free Us! (@NolteNC) January 23, 2014
As often is the case, Twitter users were there to help, and the hashtag #NewCareersForFiredCNNReporters was born.
Here’s one possible career option for laid off CNN reporters, with a potential stumbling block:
#NewCareersForFiredCNNReporters
Won't they all just end up working in the White House?— Dianny ?? (@DiannyRants) January 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/TheMorningSpew/status/426440788931661824
Many other possible careers were suggested:
I'm sure MSNBC is hiring… #NewCareersForFiredCNNReporters
— ?? The?FOO ?? (@PolitiBunny) January 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/hollyrn2/status/426472515196571648
#NewCareersForFiredCNNReporters Goat Watcher pic.twitter.com/8CHZmLNo64
— Dump Obamacare (@WNeiljohnson) January 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/AssTales/status/426441000974692352
https://twitter.com/WMDOwl/status/426475548802424832
#NewCareersForFiredCNNReporters
Ostrich farming? pic.twitter.com/ODVjLfEPWR— Libs BeLike (@LibsBeLike) January 23, 2014
#NewCareersForFiredCNNReporters Joe Biden speech writer
— Dump Obamacare (@WNeiljohnson) January 23, 2014
#NewCareersForFiredCNNReporters Obamacare Navigators
— [Object object] (@StevenJBurns) January 23, 2014
#NewCareersForFiredCNNReporters Spokes-idiot for (insert Democrat pol name here)
— Mike Benedict (@mikeyb310) January 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/Major_Skidmark/status/426442023176908800
#NewCareersForFiredCNNReporters Wendy Davis Campaign Staff
— [Object object] (@StevenJBurns) January 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/TheMorningSpew/status/426448333628923905
#NewCareersForFiredCNNReporters Media matters file clerks. #tcot
— Austere scholar (@flappdoodle_) January 23, 2014
But not everybody saw the humor in this hashtag:
Another idiotic conservative promoted hashtag celebrating people losing their jobs. Charming. #NewCareersForFiredCNNReporters #tcot
— FreedomWorks Panda (@RDofJE) January 23, 2014
Counterpoint:
https://twitter.com/TheMorningSpew/status/426471771093487616
Touché.
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