The 2016 presidential race as seen through cable news chyrons
The 2016 presidential campaign has been challenging to cover, especially for the cable news producers who’ve spent the last 17 months struggling to distill Donald Trump’s brash claims into a viewer-friendly sound bite short enough to fit on the screen. We’ve assembled just a few of the race’s many memorable chyrons — those captions that occupy the lower third of your television screen.
Enjoyable @CNN chyron moments ago: pic.twitter.com/CpgCA3PyT8
— Julie Bykowicz (@bykowicz) March 31, 2016
This @MSNBC chyron is so rich on so many levels. pic.twitter.com/BhEkbiZNSj
— Jonathan Yuan (@jyuanathan) February 12, 2016
Never thought I'd see this CNN chyron for the coverage of a convention. #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/uS710L64MY
— Jacob Goldstein (@GoldsteinStreet) July 25, 2016
Read chyron. MSNBC, seriously? pic.twitter.com/M4Zi5NSDAU
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) September 14, 2016
wow @MSNBC with the no-chill chyron pic.twitter.com/xw8ddIzDFx
— Manny Fidel (@mannyfidel) August 25, 2016
Finally, a CNN chyron I can get behind pic.twitter.com/M7zyKSFexJ
— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) October 10, 2016
CNN Chyron Writer strikes again pic.twitter.com/Uqqthm7DCQ
— Shoshana Weissmann (@senatorshoshana) September 29, 2016
CNN channeling the Wizarding World in chyron. pic.twitter.com/JNxgjx6A5i
— vote right meow (@atsinha) November 2, 2016
Great moments in CNN chyron history pic.twitter.com/pchIh2djPx
— Marc Torrence (@marctorrence) October 26, 2016
Good chyron @CNN pic.twitter.com/1JPFFuRcqZ
— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) November 3, 2016
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