Social media denizens and late-night comedians are giving their own takes on United Airlines' public relations fiasco that erupted when security officers forcibly dragged a passenger off a plane because he refused to be bumped from an overbooked flight.
Late-night TV talk show host Jimmy Kimmel provided United Airlines with a new television ad.
People took to Twitter to make jokes and express their outrage over the incident. Here's a sample:
United re-accommodating passengers.
A new kind of fight club.
Pentagon contracts with United to forcibly remove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Was this United's customer training video?
The Hunger Games, United Airlines style.
A little Indiana Jones?
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