Anti-Trump Hysteria and Silliness

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volinbham said:
CNN contacted him indicating they knew who he was. He deleted his stuff and issued an apology.

You think this was kosher by CNN? The implication was quite clear don't you think?

Bigger picture - is this what a trusted media source does when someone makes fun of them?
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The story, from Trump's retweeting to CNN's bumbling is all dumb.

My point is that it could only be viewed as a blackmail or whatever because the creater did in fact have something to hide.

If CNN had disclosed the source of this tweet, no one would be accusing it of blackmail.

[twitter]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/882186896285282304[/twitter]
 
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Velo Vol said:
The story, from Trump's retweeting to CNN's bumbling is all dumb.

My point is that it could only be viewed as a blackmail or whatever because the creater did in fact have something to hide.

If CNN had disclosed the source of this tweet, no one would be accusing it of blackmail.

[twitter]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/882186896285282304[/twitter]
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Disagree - CNN did investigative reporting (and by some reports pulled strings via Reddit ownership) to find some nobody who made a stupid Internet gif. Then they made it headline news and told the world they were withholding the name unless the poster offended again (definition of offending intentionally ambiguous).

100s of million Internet posters have posts they'd rather not be outed - this was completely self serving by CNN because they were "hurt" about the post. Pretty chilling if you ask me.

They're on a high horse about 1st amendment but want to expose people for free speech. It's BS
 
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volinbham said:
Disagree - CNN did investigative reporting (and by some reports pulled strings via Reddit ownership) to find some nobody who made a stupid Internet gif. Then they made it headline news and told the world they were withholding the name unless the poster offended again (definition of offending intentionally ambiguous).
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This part was lame.

TV news would be much better if it stuck to covering the real world and not tweets. But if you do go down the road of covering tweets, it kind of is a story where the president's most-retweeted post ever came from.

And if the source wants to private, maybe the president shouldn't be tweeting him.
 
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Velo Vol said:
This part was lame.

TV news would be much better if it stuck to covering the real world and not tweets. But if you do go down the road of covering tweets, it kind of is a story where the president's most-retweeted post ever came from.

And if the source wants to private, maybe the president shouldn't be tweeting him.
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No one is defending Trump's retweet.

If CNN wants to be considered serious they should have handled this entirely differently.

Absolutely no reason to go after to the meme source - zero, nada. Indefensible. It's not a story. There are millions of memes on the Internet. Worse to double down by suggesting you are being magnanimous by "withholding" the name while at the same time trashing the guy for implying he's made all sorts of offensive comments. Then they suggest we'll only out him if he does it again.

CNN deserves every bit of crap they get for this. They over reacted to the original meme. When people rightly suggested they were over the top with the "this will get journalists killed" CNN decided to double down and "uncover" the mastermind behind the dangerous meme.

Trump was childish to retweet it but CNN decided to show him what childish really was. They got trolled to the nth degree and they are getting the just deserts.
 
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volinbham said:
No one is defending Trump's retweet.

If CNN wants to be considered serious they should have handled this entirely differently.

Absolutely no reason to go after to the meme source - zero, nada. Indefensible. It's not a story. There are millions of memes on the Internet. Worse to double down by suggesting you are being magnanimous by "withholding" the name while at the same time trashing the guy for implying he's made all sorts of offensive comments. Then they suggest we'll only out him if he does it again.

CNN deserves every bit of crap they get for this. They over reacted to the original meme. When people rightly suggested they were over the top with the "this will get journalists killed" CNN decided to double down and "uncover" the mastermind behind the dangerous meme.

Trump was childish to retweet it but CNN decided to show him what childish really was. They got trolled to the nth degree and they are getting the just deserts.
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And the guy they blackmailed wasn't even the original creator of the meme. So CNN gets their reporting completely wrong and pisses off 4chan while their at it.
 
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volinbham said:
Disagree - CNN did investigative reporting (and by some reports pulled strings via Reddit ownership) to find some nobody who made a stupid Internet gif. Then they made it headline news and told the world they were withholding the name unless the poster offended again (definition of offending intentionally ambiguous).

100s of million Internet posters have posts they'd rather not be outed - this was completely self serving by CNN because they were "hurt" about the post. Pretty chilling if you ask me.

They're on a high horse about 1st amendment but want to expose people for free speech. It's BS
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I believe he had to remove all of his gifs and etc. too
 
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Even lefty sites are trashing CNN for it

A plain reading of CNN’s article, however, contradicts what the network and Kaczynski are saying. If CNN really intended to withhold Han*******Solo’s information regardless of what he did, then why didn’t the news organization say it was withholding his private information simply because he’s a private citizen? Why did it go on to add all the conditions about his behavior? And why did it say it could release the private information with an explicit condition tied to his behavior?

Personally, if I reported this story, it would have been pretty straightforward: “CNN is not publishing ‘Han*******Solo’s’ name because he is a private citizen.” Period. The rest of the information in that paragraph is unnecessary, because a media organization simply shouldn’t release a private citizen’s personal information. He shouldn’t have his private information threatened just because the president [allegedly] picked up one of his Reddit ****posts, which he made with the expectation that he would be kept anonymous.
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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/5/15922214/cnnblackmail-reddit-trump-wrestling
 
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volinbham said:
CNN contacted him indicating they knew who he was. He deleted his stuff and issued an apology.

You think this was kosher by CNN? The implication was quite clear don't you think?

Bigger picture - is this what a trusted media source does when someone makes fun of them?
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I will restate this:

I can't wait to see CNN call Trump a big, bad bully (again), while defending their sources' need for anonymity (again)... all while being completely blind to their hypocrisy.
 
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Now see, I find South Park to be humorous with their skits concerning Trump as well as any other political figure. Because they bash each side equally and you know it's just for entertainment. It's not like South Park is trying to pass itself off as a credible news agency these days.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...rries-show-is-becoming-too-much-like-cnn.html

The creator of “South Park” said in an interview published Monday that TV shows have gotten so inundated with jokes about President Trump, people have gotten tired of them.

“We fell into the same trap that “Saturday Night Live” fell into, where it was like, Dude, we’re just becoming CNN now,” Trey Parker told The Los Angeles Times. “We’re becoming: ‘Tune in to see what we’re going to say about Trump.’ Matt (Stone) and I hated it but we got stuck in it somehow.”
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Grand Vol said:
Now see, I find South Park to be humorous with their skits concerning Trump as well as any other political figure. Because they bash each side equally and you know it's just for entertainment. It's not like South Park is trying to pass itself off as a credible news agency these days.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...rries-show-is-becoming-too-much-like-cnn.html
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funny, I don't recall you guys taking Fox to task for irrationally basing Obama every day for 8 years.
 
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armchair said:
Are we supposed to feel sorry for a racist, anti-semetic, redneck loser troll who got a little payback? I'm sorry CNN didn't broadcast his name.
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If only your information would be broadcast for those that disagree with you...:eek:k:

I judge you to be the typical keyboard warrior though and would protest vigorously that your 1st Amendment rights were being violated, all while boasting CNN should have broadcast his name solely because he used freedom of speech to make a gif.

Coward.
 
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lawgator1 said:
funny, I don't recall you guys taking Fox to task for irrationally basing Obama every day for 8 years.
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But, but, but TRUMP! And FOX NEWS!

Care to point me in the direction of where Fox tracked down an internet meme maker and threatened to out him if he didn't apologize?

And also, what's your take on the fact CNN can track down this completely anonymous person on the internet after only a day or so, but can't track down the DNC hackers in the last year?
 
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Grand Vol said:
But, but, but TRUMP! And FOX NEWS!

Care to point me in the direction of where Fox tracked down an internet meme maker and threatened to out him if he didn't apologize?

And also, what's your take on the fact CNN can track down this completely anonymous person on the internet after only a day or so, but can't track down the DNC hackers in the last year?
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CNN/DNC is all the same. They are part of the problem.
 
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Grand Vol said:
So, who is/was more desperate for a win?

UT in 2016 against Florida?

Or the DNC for anything right now?
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CNN's latest(?) response to #CNNBlackmail is just... incredibly awkward and unintelligible. Their opinion piece tries to defend themselves without defending themselves, attack Trump while inferring Trump is the bully, while also admitting they're using "fire", and Trump is fighting back, but wrong for fighting fire...

They completely gloss over the blackmail and jump straight to the massive apology and repentance by Han___solo...

It's just odd, creepy, and it tries to make such a milquetoast defense that it just reads as weird.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/05/opinions/liberals-free-speech-and-trump-stanley/index.html

My sympathy, however, does lie with CNN -- for one simple reason. Online abuse is killing the appeal of public service. Any sane, ethical young person would see the ugliness of modern politics and journalism and conclude they want no part of public life. The President is encouraging that.

Horrible things have been said about Trump, true. He could argue that he's simply fighting back, yes. But fighting fire with fire inevitably leads to more fire, and while I'm sympathetic towards some of Trump's agenda, I look upon the state of politics in this era with despair. It is not unreasonable for journalists to say "enough is enough."
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CNN's only option right now is to repent, beg for forgiveness, to promise to never, ever sink so low again, and to promise to become a news reporting organization as opposed to a political agenda seeking ratings.

Just fess up, repent, and earn trust by making a change of direction.

Sadly(?), this is obviously not the direction they will take. They are setting themselves up with irreparable damage.
 
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I would like the redditers and 4chan people get as much filthy history and dirty little secrets from all the clowns at cnn, then plaster it for all to see. Create their own wikileaks for the msm. They need trolled hard for this **it.
 
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