The Brian Williams-Edward Snowden Picture Just Won The Internet

The Internet was in prime form on Thursday after news broke that NBC's Brian Williams landed the first U.S TV interview with Edward Snowden.



The network announced that Williams traveled to Moscow for an exclusive, one-hour special report with Snowden and Glenn Greenwald. But then, an even more amazing thing happened. NBC News released a promo picture of the interview, and the Internet took off:

An Unexpected Interview http://ift.tt/1jHtQoZ

— Carol Ray Hartsell (@carolrhartsell) May 22, 2014

let me just save you a hashtag http://ift.tt/1gTQCtC

— darth™ (@darth) May 22, 2014

http://ift.tt/RevEZV

— Katherine Miller (@katherinemiller) May 22, 2014

they said it was a birthday party. then you walk in and it's an intervention with Brian Williams and Edward Snowden http://ift.tt/1jHtQp7

— Dan Amira (@DanAmira) May 22, 2014

Must see TV. http://ift.tt/RevCRJ

— Dorsey Shaw (@dorseyshaw) May 22, 2014

Brian Williams landed an interview with Edward Snowden http://ift.tt/RevFgk

— Graham Flanagan (@Graham_Cam) May 22, 2014

Oh, hello. I didn't see you there. http://ift.tt/1jyMlKX

— Mark Gongloff (@markgongloff) May 22, 2014

So chill. http://ift.tt/RevFgo

— Dorsey Shaw (@dorseyshaw) May 22, 2014

“…and aliens." http://ift.tt/1jHtRJI

— darth™ (@darth) May 22, 2014

Edward Snowden still has only 1 shirt http://ift.tt/1jHtRZW

— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) May 22, 2014

One weird album cover: http://ift.tt/RevD8t

— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) May 22, 2014

u mad? http://ift.tt/1nvHzxs

— John Cook (@johnjcook) May 22, 2014

come on now @NBCNews let’s not oversell this http://ift.tt/1i8HhJ3

— darth™ (@darth) May 22, 2014