Back in October, CNN dropped a baffling “facts first” ad in hopes of combatting President Trump’s accusations that the network is “fake news.” They were scourged with hilarious mockery that left the ad feeling more like a joke than something to take seriously. But now, CNN has brought it back — new and not-so-improved.
The original, and most desperate ad, showed a picture of an apple and a voiceover that stated: “Some people might try to tell you that it’s a banana. They might scream ‘banana, banana, banana,’ over and over and over again. They might put BANANA in all caps. You might even start to believe that this is a banana. But it’s not. This is an apple.”
Here’s the new, and still desperate, ad. It starts with a banana peel on the ground:
“Some people might try to tell you that this is an apple. It might even start as a joke. But when they say it over and over and over again, and people start to believe it, it’s only a matter of time until someone gets hurt. Facts first.”
It seems like CNN didn’t learn its lesson the first time around. Not only do they continue to peddle fake news, they keep getting mocked for it:
