CNN’s Headline Is Unintentionally Hilarious And Cringeworthy

I saw this headline on Twitter, and it made me laugh out loud for real.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized last month after falling in her office. She fractured three ribs and was admitted for “observation and treatment.”

We still wish her nothing but the best. I wish her a full recovery, but I ALSO wish her a full retirement.

Anyway, CNN provided us with an update on RGB’s status. Except…they made it sound like she’s still laying on the ground waiting for help. They made it sound like she fell and STILL can’t get up.

this headline makes it sound like she fell down and no one has found her yet pic.twitter.com/XQpV6sCl1E

— David Mack (@davidmackau) December 7, 2018

It’s unintentionally hilarious. (And no. Don’t come at me with “elderly people falling isn’t funny,” because I KNOW THAT. I’ve dealt with that with a grandparent and it sucked, but amazingly, I didn’t lose my ability to laugh at an unintentionally funny headline.)

Oh my god, I’m in a cafe at Balmoral beach having breakfast and just did this when I read your tweet pic.twitter.com/Frh7I6D72q

— Julia Goolia (@Hotham_water) December 7, 2018

All Supreme Court Justices Should Have Life Alert!!! 👨🏼‍⚖️👩🏽‍⚖️

— NɅTHɅN (@NathanKnope) December 7, 2018

I mean…maybe?

I feel like a terrible person for laughing at this.

— Ali Jayne McNabb (@alijayne_mcnabb) December 7, 2018

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— Alt_Marge (@earthjunkie2) December 7, 2018

But yes. As far as we know, she’s here and stable.

The justice, who was appointed to the court in 1993 and has been in the public eye since her women’s rights advocacy in the 1970s, has responded with her own message of visibility — to the extent she can.

She attended the funeral services for President George H.W. Bush at the Washington National Cathedral with all the other justices on Wednesday but passed up Tuesday’s ceremonial arrival of Bush’s flag-draped casket at the Capitol, an event at which the justices stood for the presentations.

In mid-November, she appeared at a White House ceremony for Medal of Freedom awards, where the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who was her best friend on the bench and who died in February 2016, was among those honored.

“Justice Ginsburg,” Trump said, “glad to see you’re feeling great.”

Through her various falls and more serious health ailments over the years, Ginsburg has always made sure she was present for oral arguments, asking questions that demonstrated her deep knowledge of the of the case and law. Other justices often pick up on her lines of inquiry.

Ginsburg did not immediately respond to a CNN request about her health.

h/t CNN