Who is Mark Johnson? Idaho produces another viral meme
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Maddie Capron, Idaho Statesman
BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Mark Johnson.
Those two words created an uproar on the internet after Boise’s KTVB news station sent an accidental tweet.
The news anchor’s name and a link to his profile was sent out by mistake Tuesday night. By Wednesday morning, the tweet had thousands of shares and 14,000 likes.
“When you update (Mark Johnson’s) bio on the website, accidentally tweet it and make him an overnight sensation,” Celina Van Hyning, a digital producer at KTVB, tweeted.
When you update @Emjayktvb bio on the website, accidentally tweet it and make him an overnight sensation ???✨ https://t.co/omHGRSn0AI
— Celina Van Hyning (@CelinaKTVB) April 21, 2021
Mark Johnson became a top trending topic on Twitter because so many people were talking about Mark Johnson. They created memes and made jokes about how there’s a reporter in Idaho named Mark Johnson.
Johnson said on Twitter that the attention was hilarious — and awesome.
Top trending on Twitter:
1) The Chauvin trial verdict.
2) There's a reporter in Idaho named Mark Johnson. https://t.co/jEVrbZlUu2— Matthew J. Brings (@MJBrings) April 21, 2021
Mark Johnson https://t.co/dP6rZpaFrn
— KTVB.COM (@KTVB) April 21, 2021
Here are some of the memes people created about Idaho’s Mark Johnson.
As your Governor, my goal is to make Idaho a place for Mark Johnson to choose to live, and for the Mark Johnsons who have left to choose to return. pic.twitter.com/IS9z4ZVsb6
— Brad Little (@GovernorLittle) April 21, 2021
Mark Johnson, indeed. https://t.co/4cRCcJjVCv
— Jim Risch (@SenatorRisch) April 21, 2021
please enjoy my fave personal mark johnson broadcasting masterpiece pic.twitter.com/cf0UYFAQK6
— Kay Taylor Rea (@kaytaylorrea) April 21, 2021
With all due respect to @KTVB's Mark Johnson (@Emjayktvb), our @MarkJWeather is the most #MarkJohnson that ever Mark Johnsoned.
— News 5 Cleveland (@WEWS) April 21, 2021
Co-creators of the vaccine, Mark Johnson & Mark Johnson pic.twitter.com/DXP11IvajD
— ian zandi ! ! ! (@IanZandi) April 21, 2021
Mark Johnson pic.twitter.com/bGozGjsmt3
— BSU Uniform Tracker (@BsuTracker) April 21, 2021
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