Apr 21, 2008
CNN headline t-shirts: tacky, hackable
I’ve been almost completely incapacitated for the last week due to this crazy flu I picked up — but damned if I didn’t feel like I was still in a fit of feverish delirium when I found out that CNN took a page out of the Weekly World News playbook, using an instant t-shirt app to merchandise those tawdry headlines. How about instead we use CNN’s tool to make a shirt that actually bears some resemblance to truth and reality?
I'm an editor and technology critic in the midst of founding a new web startup: 
[...] Ryan Block. Monday 4/21 around 12 [...]
My god man. It’s hard to believe that CNN link is real, but alas, it is.
By the way, Ryan, what do you think of your new Rancilio?
Not bad! Takes up a lot of space! Heh.
Looks like they fixed it, no more real headlines based on actual truth. Bummer.
[...] One of the biggest fears brands have with social media is losing control of the conversation. This happened with the backlash against Motrin Moms, and misuse of CNN’s Headline T-Shirts. [...]