I Get My News From a Reliable Source

Submission 31,015

About

I Get My News From a Reliable Source is a series of image macros which sarcastically present various news sources as if they were reputable sources of information, most often featuring fictional newspapers and video game news channels.

Origin

On February 9th, 2017, Twitter user @Payton_Flynn^[1] tweeted a screenshot of the Bikini Bottom News channel from Spongebob Squarepants, along with the message "Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source" (shown below). In the coming weeks, the tweet was reposted by several different accounts, including @FreeMemesKids,^[2] @memesupply^[3], Redditor eatmyfriesyoudies^[7] and the Spongegar Facebook page.^[4]

Spread

On March 6th, Redditor FxckinNormie submitted a post titled "I only get my news from a reliable source" to /r/rickandmorty,^[6] featuring a screenshot of the "Opposite News" channel from the Rick and Morty episode "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate" (shown below, left). That day, Redditor BraveReddit posted a screenshot of the "Krabby Kronicle" from Spongebob Squarepants with the caption "Unlike yall, I get my news from a reliable source" to /r/dankmemes^[8] (shown below, right).

Also on March 6th, Redditor the_trashman_devito submitted a screenshot of the Wii News Channel with the same caption to /r/dankmemes^[5] (shown below, left). Meanwhile, Redditor -Striiker- submitted a multi-pane image showing Donald Trump reacting to CNN and the Wii News Channel to /r/memeeconomy^[9] (shown below, right). Within 24 hours, the posts gained over 19,200 votes (93% upvoted) and 14,600 points (85% upvoted) respectively.