Someone at CNN is apparently bewildered by the general immobility of inanimate objects

The sky is blue, the sun rises in the east and statues tend to stay put, even in inclement weather.

One wouldn’t ordinarily expect to see one of these generally accepted truths in a news headline. These are not ordinary times.

“New York’s ‘Fearless Girl’ statue stands her ground against the Wall Street bull, even in the snow,” read a tweet sent from CNN’s official account Tuesday morning.


The tweet links to an article published on March 9 titled, “Why a defiant girl is staring down the Wall Street bull.”

The CNN article explains the backstory of a statue called “Fearless Girl,” which was installed in front of the infamous Wall Street bull a day before International Women’s Day.

The aim of the new statue, which shows a little girl standing defiantly with her hands on her hips, is to raise awareness about the lack of female representation on Wall Street, because we’re apparently through attacking the financial industry as a soulless entity, hell-bent on separating you from your money.

“Today, we are calling on companies to take concrete steps to increase gender diversity on their boards and have issued clear guidance to help them begin to take action,” SSGA CEO Ron O’Hanley said at the time in a statement. “A key contributor to effective independent board leadership is diversity of thought, which requires directors with different skills, backgrounds and expertise.”

On Tuesday, as a snowstorm continued to pelt much of the East Coast, a photographer snapped a picture of the “Fearless Girl” statue.

CNN then tweeted the picture, linking back to its March 9 story.

It’s clear the cable news network used the new photo as an excuse to squeeze the last remaining drops from its original “Fearless Girl” article. It’s less clear why they would do it in a way that makes it sound as if they’re unfamiliar with the general immobility of large metal objects.

Also, in case you were wondering, the Wall Street bull is still there, even in snow.

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