The 'Open Na Noor' Ring doorbell meme, and a jagged HBCU field

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThis is BBN Investigates. Tonight, two viral videos, one doorbell, one football field, and a question nobody asked us to answer.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWho started it, who benefits, and how deep does it go? I have asked these questions in forty countries. Never about a doorbell.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorStart with the evidence, Gloria.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorExhibit one.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYahoo News Singapore reports a viral Ring doorbell video has spawned the Open Na Noor meme, also known as the open the door meme.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's everywhere, bro. People are doing the voice at their own front doors. Nobody even knocks anymore, they just perform.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPerform?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSlowly, Hank. Someone says the phrase, someone else films it, and then a thousand people say it back. That's the whole machine.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorExhibit two. HBCU Gameday reports a football field at a historically Black college has gone viral over a jagged paint job.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorJagged how?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe lines wander. Fans online noticed, and the photos spread within hours. Light, feel-good, and deeply suspicious.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTimeline, please. When did a doorbell and a football field become our problem?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBoth stories surfaced within a few hours of each other today. Coincidence is a word I stopped trusting in nineteen ninety-four.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI made a chart. The x axis is time, the y axis is vibes. It goes up. That's all I've got.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA chart that proves nothing.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt proves it goes up, Hank. That's more than the show's ratings.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNow the rabbit hole. A doorbell asks to be opened. A field has crooked lines. Both are about boundaries. Someone is moving them.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWait, are you saying the paint crew and the doorbell guy are the same guy?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI am saying nobody has ruled it out.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI've covered three blizzards, and none of them had a suspect.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe string on the corkboard just snapped.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen we confront the obvious. Is it possible no one planned any of this?

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYeah. People just found something funny and hit share. That's the whole conspiracy.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the field?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSomeone painted it, someone photographed it, and the internet did the rest. It is the least classified document I have ever held.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe verdict. A doorbell got famous, a field got crooked, and nobody is behind either one.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe case remains open. Like the door.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCase closed, Gloria. Please stop ringing it.