tshirts
apr 21
2008

News Tees

OMFG. See this? cnn tshirt It's a new icon on CNN.com. It appears next to headlines in the "Latest News" module. It is an invitation to buy a t-shirt with that headline on it. This is the end of everything.

Update#1: Andy noticed you can hack the url to make your own. Update #2: Store and FAQ. Update #3: I wrote about t-shirts as media in Wired a year ago, so maybe I'm to blame. Update #4: Gawker is doing an offensive headline writing contest.
7 comments

Remember that Press Corps vid in which Bush, feigning searching around the White House, joked that "those WMDs must be around here <em>somewhere</em>"? This is CNN's version: it has the same degree of contempt and obvliviousness and the only possible response is to laugh, shake your head in disbelief and, in a vain attempt to maintain some optimism, try and forget what you just saw.

posted by Nav at 2008-04-21 13:05:11

[insert Richard Quest joke here]

posted by Adam at 2008-04-21 13:12:19

just spoke with someone in the know. yes, you can manipulate the site to show any headline you want, but you can't actually get that headline on the t-shirt.

posted by Larry at 2008-04-21 13:15:25

<a href="http://www.cnn.com/tshirt/?headline=Sorgatz%20Wins%20First%20Blog%20Pulitzer.&date=1208772622000&hash=4f2e03baf9a0cc4ed25c0dee1d0a56d3&return_uri=http://www.cnn.com/video/%23/video/world/2008/04/20/vanmarsh.uk.food.whip.cnn" target="_blank">Get 'em while you can</a>.

posted by Kurtis at 2008-04-21 14:01:09

i can't wait to see what busted tees does with this!!!

posted by spencer at 2008-04-21 14:04:09

http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Fox_Blows_CNN_Sponsored_T_Shirt

posted by Jeremy at 2008-04-21 16:22:17

Seriously, I am trying to find all posts about this CNN stupidity...and share a quick opinion about the issue. This truly is the a step in the wrong direction. The country/world already can't handle or process real information...now we are just feeding this mentality that information doesn't require any more thought than reading a Nike logo on a tee. Someone at CNN...please wake up!!!

posted by Mandi.monster at 2008-04-22 22:53:06