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CNN “fact-checks” SNL’s Obama skit and hilarious #CNNFactCheck hashtag emerges

I taught my sister what a meme is this weekend.  This, Alana, is a meme.

snarkymcgee:

My personal favorite:

@JoshSamBob Christopher Walken is actually quite good at guesstimating. #CNNFactCheck

randyhaddock:

The inherent hilarity and absurdity of a supposedly news organization fact-checking a comedy skit is what gave way to the Twitter hashtag called #CNNFactCheck, where tweeps take on the serious task of fact-checking some classic SNL skits and other non-SNL material.

Here are a few:

@pcbyers Dayna Carvey did not actually know the lady who was choppin broccoli. #CNNFactCheck

@EnasYorl “Wayne’s World” was not really a public access cable show. #CNNfactcheck

@thecomeback After checking every river in America, we have not been able to find a motivational speaker living in a van. #CNNfactcheck

@CalebHowe #CNNFactCheck finds that 999,999 women do NOT think “D*** in a Box” is a good gift. Which proves the perfect woman really IS 1 in a million.

@diggrbiii “He is not, in fact, Brian Fellow. Despite his very loud proclamations, it’s just Tracy Morgan.” #CNNFactCheck

@jimmiebjr CNN has obtained a statement from the CDC advising that “more cowbell” is never an appropriate cure for a fever. #CNNFactCheck

@jkfecke In fact, Blue Öyster Cult never included a cowbell player named Gene Frenkle.— the musician didn’t exist. #CNNFactCheck

@freemanhunt Neither Dan Aykroyd nor Steve Martin ever resided in former Czechoslovakia, & neither is particularly wild or crazy. #CNNFactCheck

@effdobbs Schwetty Balls were actually made out of animal parts, not from the male human anatomy #CNNFactCheck

@ORourkian After an exhaustive study, CNN has discovered Jake & Elwood’s last name wasn’t Blues and they weren’t really brothers. #CNNfactcheck

@mitrebox Despite VP Biden’s claims CNN finds you can actually go to 7-11 or Dunkin Donuts w/o an Indian accent #CNNFactCheck

@pow127 #CNNFactCheck finds that Dr Dre is not licensed to practice medicine of any kind. #psa

And my favorite:

@andylevy That wasn’t really Obama - it was actor Fred Armisen! #CNNFactCheck

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  1. cureforbedbugs reblogged this from barthel and added:
    Actually, I’m pretty sure that Obama has quite done a lot so far. Like, getting healthcare reform farther along than at...
  2. megankcollins reblogged this from snarkymcgee and added:
    I taught my sister what a meme...this weekend. This, Alana, is a meme.
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  4. savvymac reblogged this from randyhaddock and added:
    My favorite comment...news was, “I bet Sarah Palin...Alaska,...
  5. snarkymcgee reblogged this from randyhaddock and added:
    My personal favorite: @JoshSamBob Christopher Walken...at guesstimating.
  6. takethecityandrun reblogged this from barthel and added:
    And here I just thought some of the tweets from the original post (now snipped) were somewhat humorous… I’m pretty much...
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  8. barthel reblogged this from takethecityandrun and added:
    The idea that a President with a Congressional majority passes his agenda unimpeded has no basis in historical fact. The...
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    Unfortunately it seems as though this administration over-analyzes how each & every policy decision they make will be...
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    only one who thought
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  16. soupsoup reblogged this from randyhaddock and added:
    accurate. I’m still waiting for results...promises Obama has made. He hasn’t broken many...
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