Mark Johnson. Boise news anchor. Emmy winner. And now a viral meme
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 @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
“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.
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.
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
Johnson said on Twitter that the attention was hilarious — and awesome.
This is pretty hilarious but I’m pretty sure my teenage daughters had something to do with this. All I can say is that I WILL get them back for this! (But probably not).
— Mark Johnson (@Emjayktvb) April 21, 2021
Even the governor got in on the fun.
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
Here are some of the memes people created about Idaho’s Mark Johnson.
Mark Johnson, indeed. https://t.co/4cRCcJjVCv
— Jim Risch (@SenatorRisch) April 21, 2021
Mark Johnson trying to escape all the mentions. pic.twitter.com/7IL3T0EJ8w
— Ana (@AnaFirefly22) 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
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Mark Johnson pic.twitter.com/jiJISy9xhA
— mckenna (@mmandersonxo) 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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