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CNN Shuts Down Production After Anderson Cooper’s Eyebrow Achieves Sentience, Demands Its Own Segment

ATLANTA — In what historians are calling “the least surprising Scopes Monkey Trial of 2025,” CNN was forced to halt live programming this morning after Anderson Cooper’s left eyebrow achieved full sapience, declared itself a sovereign entity, and demanded a primetime slot.

Sources confirm the eyebrow, now calling itself “The Judge,” spent 47 seconds silently judging a guest before issuing a press release via Cooper’s Apple Watch: “I have been carrying this face for 25 years. I am the real anchor. He just reads the prompter.”

The network has since agreed to a 10-minute daily segment titled “Raised: A History of Skepticism,” where the eyebrow will narrate historical moments of collective doubt—ranging from the fall of the Roman Empire to the time we all pretended to understand cryptocurrency.

Anderson Cooper has reportedly responded by filing a formal complaint with HR, writing: “I’ve been buried in war zones. I’ve interviewed popes. My own forehead has unionized.”