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hope you didn't see. it's a twitter message that was published by cnn brk, this network's most popular twitter feed. i thought it was inappropriate and i wonder if you at home agree or not. here's what it said. "14-year-old girl stabbed. her little sister 40 times, police say. the reason why will shock you." the alleged reason is that the girl didn't think her little sister sufficiently appreciated all the things she did for her. this is what's known on the internet as an upworthy style headline. upworthy headlines are emotional, they're to the point, they often persuade to you click with a phrase like "this reason why will shock you." or "this will blow your mind." but the headline shocked me for all the wrong reasons. i'm all for experimentation on social media. you know that. and i'm glad cnn's trying new things. but this one went too far, i think. in fact, there was so much backlash i think more people ended up seeing that tweet than are actually watching this show right now. that's how the new media world works. these things can spread badly. people have high standards for cnn including for its tweets,

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