CNN AND MSNBC: Choas and Death in Ukraine Brought to You By Applebee’s!

CNN and MSNBC decided that mixing live coverage and commercials for beer and chicken would be the most appropriate and reserved approach to Europe’s crisis. The result was as disastrous as you could imagine. 

Anchor Bianna Golodryga on Thursday related heartbreaking details: “It should be packed with commuters but subway stations in Ukrainian cities under fire and turned into makeshift bomb shelters. Families having to protect their little children.” Going to commercial break, she added, “Air raid sirens are ringing out this morning.” Then, with half the screen showing the spiraling situation in Kyiv, Ukraine, the other half featured country music, beer, chicken and Applebee’s. 

Have a look at these: 

 

 

MSNBC soon followed the lead: 

 

 

Hey, CNN and MSNBC: Perhaps split screens of the violence and heartache in Ukraine don’t fit well with a happy visit to Applebee’s? 

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