It was an event all but designed for Twitter.

A Carnival Cruise ship that was stuck out at sea, unable to port for several days finally made it to land Thursday. A large portion of the TV news coverage of the story centered on the ship's sewage problems. It was an event all but designed for Twitter. "If only CNN had smell-o-vision technology. We could smell the raw sewerage and their coverage in one blended smell." --Twitter user Tarnatiger to media expert Brad Phillips "UH-OH. Carnival CEO vows to board ship to apologize to passengers. I'm afraid he may have some feces hurled at him before he gets to speak." --Author Eric Metaxas... He also said: "FoxNews is now interviewing a passenger about the disgusting bathroom situation. FUN FACT: Her surname is Colon. Sorry." "Suggested CNN CHYRON while interviewing passengers: 'Trail of Smears.'" --BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski "Rather than continue complaining about some overflowing feces, perhaps Carnival Cruise passengers should just let it slide?" --New York Post's Robert George A "poop deck" is the flat structure on a boat's rear that serves as the roof of a cabin. Naturally, that became a thing. "I'll meet you on the poopdeck." --NRO's Jonah Goldberg to one of his followers... He also said to NYP's George: "Now we all know what happens in the bowels of a cruise ship." "N. Korea explodes a nuke - CNN has no live coverage. The S.S. Poop Deck hits port - CNN is wall-to-wall." --Chicago Sun-Times Managing Editor Craig Newman The ship was dubbed "poop cruise." "If poop cruise ends with Gojira (yeah I spelt it that way jerks) ripping the ship open and eating the passengers, CNN will be vindicated." --BuzzFeed D.C. Bureau Chief John Stanton (Gojira is the Japanese name for Godzilla)... He later added: "Flipped to MSNBC. Mistake! Poop cruise survivor told harrowing tale of how state rooms are EXACTLY like the Superdome post-Katrina." "You don't have to watch it, but I don't know why people are baffled by CNN's wall-to-wall Poop Cruise coverage. People love this stuff." --Bloomberg View's Josh Barro "It's after 1 a.m. and CNN is still interviewing poop cruise passengers live. Possibly Jeff Zucker is publicly hazing his employees?" --Avid tweeter NYC South Paw "1st world modern day trauma=stuck on the poop cruise." --WSJ's Neil King

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