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Rhiannon12866

(205,320 posts)
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:15 PM Sep 2020

Trump Suspected of Altering C.D.C. Web Site After C.D.C. Is Misspelled

ATLANTA (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump was accused of altering the content on the C.D.C. Web site, after a post appeared in which C.D.C. was misspelled.

The post in question urged visitors to stop visiting the C.D.C site for coronavirus guidance because “there’s a lot that scientists don’t know, O.K.?”

“There will be a vaccine very, very soon, and even if there isn’t, the virus will disappear like magic,” the post continued. “We are doing a phenomenal job and deserve an A-plus, quite frankly. Sincerely, the W.W.E.”

At the agency’s headquarters, Dr. Robert Redfield struggled to explain why the C.D.C. had referred to itself by the initials of World Wrestling Entertainment.

“We are working hard internally to make sure that, going forward, everyone at the C.D.C. knows how to spell C.D.C.,” he said.

Redfield declined to respond to a reporter who asked why several words on the site were randomly capitalized and his name was listed as “Dr. Robert Rovfefe.”


Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-suspected-of-altering-cdc-web-site-after-cdc-is-misspelled




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Trump Suspected of Altering C.D.C. Web Site After C.D.C. Is Misspelled (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Sep 2020 OP
Can't trust the CDC while Drumpf is in White house BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 #1
I know we say this all the time, but I honestly could believe this as a real headline renate Sep 2020 #2
Thanks for making me laugh! yardwork Sep 2020 #3
Thanks! Made me laugh, too! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2020 #4
My, how surprising NOT. triron Sep 2020 #5

renate

(13,776 posts)
2. I know we say this all the time, but I honestly could believe this as a real headline
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:37 PM
Sep 2020

I did have doubts since I'm sure he doesn't know how to change a website. But I mean it about most news from the past three and a half years.

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