Today's "What the hell?" moment

Ok, I just clicked over to CNN.com before bedtime, to see if any news happened while I was watching DVR'd Doctor Who/Torchwood (still one episode behind on this one), and noticed something. Along side the usual little video camera icon next to the "latest news" titles, I spied what looked like a little T-shirt icon. Curious, I clicked on the icon and lo and behold it took me to a page where I could BUY A T-SHIRT with the story title on it.

Does anyone else think this is totally ridiculous? Personally, I can't remember a time when I looked at a caption title on CNN and thought "gee, that would look great on a T-shirt! I wish CNN would start selling them." Especially the 3 titles highlighted today;

Hips Don't Lie' singer pushes education
Law would penalize homewreckers
Weird fish leave sea, spawn on beach

then "I just saw it on CNN.com, with the time it posted.

(seriously, go over and look at them, they are ugly as sin!)

I suppose I should be relieved that they are not offering every title on a shirt since another title in between 2 of these 3 was

Dad mistakes young son for prey, shoots.

Seriously, I think that whatever marketing genius thought this would be a good idea should be fired. Does CNN really think that people these days have $15.00 (plus $4.99 shipping) to blow on a T-Shirt with a CNN.com title and big honking advertisement on it? Seriously bad taste, in my opinion. Gas is nearly $4 a gallon in some places, the cost of food is rising dramatically, in fact CNN did a story today about how people are cutting back on grocery expenses and even making their own laundry detergent because money is so tight. AND there is a little mini survey right on the home page asking if gas prices are cutting into food budgets and 75% of respondents say YES (I know it isn't a scientific poll, but still). Did someone really think that people are going to log in to CNN.com, see a title for a news story and think "I really want that on a shirt!"? Crazy.

I think that I will continue to list the titles CNN deems appropriate to put on a T-shirt until the idea dies. (I seriously hope that people really aren't in the market for this kind of thing. It would really cause me to lose all faith in humanity).