CNN's New #FactsFirst 'Apple' Ad Sparks Battle Over Banana Truthers

“Some people might try to tell you that it’s a banana.” #FactsFirst pic.twitter.com/LbmRKiGJe9

— CNN (@CNN) October 23, 2017

up next on cnn: jeffrey lord and corey lewandowski on how its really a banana and you just dont get it https://t.co/zSoNC6ozL1

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 23, 2017

CNN then invites banana truthers on-air to explain why they call it a banana.
They give the banana people and the apple people equal airtime https://t.co/Vi7D4rQR1U

— 🇳🇬 (@shOoObz) October 23, 2017

This ad only works if the network promises to stop booking banana truthers. https://t.co/MWYRGrFtQ8

— Sam Sanders (@samsanders) October 23, 2017

"And that's how news works." #FactsFirst pic.twitter.com/twiLX5RsTk

— The Opposition (@TheOpposition) October 23, 2017

Good pointed ad, but CNN's own headline writers would promo such a story with "Banana Controversy Heats Up."

— The Ottawa Ross (@ottaross) October 23, 2017

haha! So true. Then they would have a split screen with a Banana Expert

— Mehnaz Thawer (@mehnazt) October 23, 2017

Yes! One of them hyping a book: "As I said in my book, 'Are Apples Even Fruit?' we need to give the banana hypothesis a look."

— The Ottawa Ross (@ottaross) October 23, 2017

“It’s a valid story!” Jake Tapper says defensively before introducing the guy in the MAGA hat insisting the apple is a BANANA.

— Misgivings 🐝💜 (@lacunalingua) October 23, 2017

Cool ad @cnn. So why do you keep having people on your network like @KellyannePolls who insist it's a banana, kumquat, spying microwave etc?

— Jamie Culp (@JamieCulpAuthor) October 23, 2017

Is CNN going to remove all the apple deniers from their guest lists? Or keep shoving them down our throats 24/7?

— (((Truth Is Truth))) (@WeeeeeSquirrel) October 23, 2017

GALLUP: Apple 67%, Banana 27%, Don't Know 6%.

— John Thomas (@JCTRamblerINC) October 23, 2017

I applaud this, #CNN. But your decision to cover Trump the way you did for ratings cost us-OWN THAT. pic.twitter.com/tLTFMBaOoT #FactsFirst

— Girls Really Rule. (@girlsreallyrule) October 23, 2017

*invites banana truthers to the panel anyway* https://t.co/gMIfRtucGT

— Kosar (@615Kosar) October 23, 2017

The 'banana truthers' are coming. #CNN https://t.co/4stKGhew73

— Renee Garcia-Brown (@RenwriterRenee) October 23, 2017