CNN tracks down random reddit meme poster and threatens to release his information

hatrickpatrick · 05-07-2017 07:12PM

20Cent wrote: »

He's probably just some teenage kid doubt his identity newsworthy or would ad anything to the story. It would result in a lot of grief for him though.

Some journalist obviously thought it was, or they wouldn't have bothered researching it. The issue is that they're not deciding whether or not to publish it based purely on its newsworthiness - they're deciding based on the guy's future behaviour, and more specifically whether he does what they want him to.

Now, if they never thought it was newsworthy to begin with, then the only other possibility is that they specifically went looking for it in order to have the option to blackmail the guy. I'm actually giving them the benefit of the doubt by assuming there was no such malintent...

WinnyThePoo · 05-07-2017 07:38PM

Bushmanpm wrote: »

I've been reading this thread and its just gone round and round and round more times than Dougal, Florence, Brian and Zebedee!

This basic point is CNN bullied/blackmailed/threatened/coerced (call it what you like, I'm past caring!) an individual, private citizen. From an organisation the size of CNN? One of the first rules of journalism is don't become the story yourself, as CNN are now finding out why.

Absolutely and irrespectively of what the poster said, done or posted, CNN's threat to him is wrong and diabolical, even borderline fascist:
"SILENCE! OR ELSE!" knowing full well if the posters details were publicised, a fair amount of fruitloops would make his life toast. Anyone endeavoring to condone CNN's actions "...because..." is nothing more or less than weapons grade whataboutery being perpetrated by boring, virtue signaling snowflakes.

Like a previous poster, I'm off to walk my dogs for an hour or two, respond/post/reply or don't, I'm past caring, I doubt I'll be returning to this thread in a hurry.

The story here is quite simple. Why is the President of the United States attacking the free press?.
The gif shows Trump knocking down CNN . In reality that's not what been happening.

In terms of the vile kid. Singling out Jewish people who work for CNN is pathetic behaviour.

Irish Guitarist · 05-07-2017 07:41PM

hatrickpatrick · 05-07-2017 08:07PM

WinnyThePoo wrote: »

The story here is quite simple. Why is the President of the United States attacking the free press?

Because he and his supporters do not believe it to be politically neutral - a claim which CNN seems to be absolutely determined to verify, judging from its recent behaviour.

mcmoustache · 05-07-2017 08:12PM

WinnyThePoo wrote: »

The story here is quite simple. Why is the President of the United States attacking the free press?.
The gif shows Trump knocking down CNN . In reality that's not what been happening.

In terms of the vile kid. Singling out Jewish people who work for CNN is pathetic behaviour.

I thought it was a middle aged man who then apologised on reddit and admitted that he didn't feel coerced?

Maybe I'm out of the loop here but the idea that this was a kid sounds a bit like a lie. Trump supporters wouldn't spread lies, surely?

Yourself isit · 05-07-2017 08:14PM

WinnyThePoo wrote: »

The story here is quite simple. Why is the President of the United States attacking the free press?.
The gif shows Trump knocking down CNN . In reality that's not what been happening.

In terms of the vile kid. Singling out Jewish people who work for CNN is pathetic behaviour.

He attached a news channel. The press can attack the president. The media can attack other parts of the media. Jon Stewart attacked fox news. So have other politicians.

No attacks on freedom there.

Hank Scorpio · 05-07-2017 08:19PM

https://www.yahoo.com/news/blogs/ticket/obama-admin-spied-fox-news-reporter-james-rosen-134204299.html

The Justice Department spied extensively on Fox News reporter James Rosen in 2010, collecting his telephone records, tracking his movements in and out of the State Department and seizing two days of Rosen’s personal emails, the Washington Post reported on Monday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/opinion/spying-on-the-associated-press.html

The Obama administration, which has a chilling zeal for investigating leaks and prosecuting leakers, has failed to offer a credible justification for secretly combing through the phone records of reporters and editors at The Associated Press in what looks like a fishing expedition for sources and an effort to frighten off whistle-blowers.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/28/reporter-sharyl-attkisson-says-feds-hacked-compute/

Reporter Sharyl Attkisson says feds hacked computer, CBS protected Obama

Trump hasn't done anything anywhere near the level as to what went on during the past administration. Plenty of bad rhetoric yes, but it's not comparable.

mcmoustache · 05-07-2017 08:27PM

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

https://www.yahoo.com/news/blogs/ticket/obama-admin-spied-fox-news-reporter-james-rosen-134204299.html

The Justice Department spied extensively on Fox News reporter James Rosen in 2010, collecting his telephone records, tracking his movements in and out of the State Department and seizing two days of Rosen’s personal emails, the Washington Post reported on Monday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/opinion/spying-on-the-associated-press.html

The Obama administration, which has a chilling zeal for investigating leaks and prosecuting leakers, has failed to offer a credible justification for secretly combing through the phone records of reporters and editors at The Associated Press in what looks like a fishing expedition for sources and an effort to frighten off whistle-blowers.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/28/reporter-sharyl-attkisson-says-feds-hacked-compute/

Reporter Sharyl Attkisson says feds hacked computer, CBS protected Obama

Trump hasn't done anything anywhere near the level as to what went on during the past administration. Plenty of bad rhetoric yes, but it's not comparable.

Wrong thread?

hatrickpatrick · 05-07-2017 08:28PM

Enlightened Being wrote: »

4chan churning out anti CNN memes. To them it's a 'meme war'.

It worked out pretty well for them when it came to the election so I can see where they're coming from

WinnyThePoo · 05-07-2017 08:32PM

Yourself isit wrote: »

He attached a news channel. The press can attack the president. The media can attack other parts of the media. Jon Stewart attacked fox news. So have other politicians.

No attacks on freedom there.

I suppose you see what you want to see.

Hank Scorpio · 05-07-2017 08:35PM

mcmoustache wrote: »

Wrong thread?

Nope, just pointing out the hypocrisy

Skylinehead · 05-07-2017 08:36PM

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

Nope, just pointing out the hypocrisy

No, wrong thread.

Yourself isit · 05-07-2017 08:42PM

WinnyThePoo wrote: »

I suppose you see what you want to see.

No argument there. In free societies politicians can attack the partisan press and vice versa.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 05-07-2017 08:48PM

The guy who created the meme, what exactly did he do wrong?

lifeandtimes · 05-07-2017 08:57PM

Joziah Rapping Statue wrote: »

The guy who created the meme, what exactly did he do wrong?

It wasnt that meme about trump but the racist antisemitic ones about a CNN staff he didn't want people to connect him with

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 05-07-2017 09:19PM

lifeandtimes wrote: »

It wasnt that meme about trump but the racist antisemitic ones about a CNN staff he didn't want people to connect him with

Ooooh, I see, but all over the net and news, people are referring to the Trump wrestling meme.

BabyCheeses · 05-07-2017 10:49PM

Joziah Rapping Statue wrote: »

Ooooh, I see, but all over the net and news, people are referring to the Trump wrestling meme.

It's their way of downplaying it. The gif drew attention to him but it was the whole wanting to kill people thing that made it a bigger thing. They probably can't see why anyone would have issue with the other comments.

BillyBobBS · 05-07-2017 11:15PM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I have to say he sounds like a charming individual going by his posts on reddit. a capital fellow indeed. Could one describe him as being typical of trump supporters?

Who knows? Would you call the guy who shot the republican senator recently a typical democrat supporter?

osarusan · 05-07-2017 11:26PM

BabyCheeses wrote: »

The gif drew attention to him but it was the whole wanting to kill people thing that made it a bigger thing.

Not really though.

CNN working out his identity and then contacting him made it a bigger thing.

I mean, what were they thinking?

I can't think of any possible outcome that wouldn't have made them look really bad.

Hank Scorpio · 06-07-2017 01:47AM

Thought this was good

https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/882749187439419392

hatrickpatrick · 06-07-2017 02:17AM

Oh dear... From the guy who wrote the article and doxxed the meme guy, a tweet back in 2012:

https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/284045594387955712

The internet never forgets, how have people still not learned this?

Jesus Wept · 06-07-2017 03:26AM

streisand effect

entropi · 06-07-2017 03:30AM

What I like from this thread is people calling for racism. It's fascism...get the definition right. Racism doesn't exist in the perceived perception, as we're one race, the human race ffs. Different colours and cultures, yes, but not a different race!

sbsquarepants · 06-07-2017 10:14AM

WinnyThePoo wrote: »

In terms of the vile kid. Singling out Jewish people who work for CNN is pathetic behaviour.

WinnyThePoo wrote: »

Some little vile racist got a shock. Posting memes about what Jews work for CNN. Sick little puppy.
.

What exactly did he say about them?

Was it a hitler had the right idea, gas them all kind of thing or just these people all happen to be jewish?

In general I find a lot of the "anti-Semitic" hysteria tends to be blown out of all proportion. Just saying someone is jewish is hardly racist!

ohnonotgmail · 06-07-2017 10:16AM

osarusan wrote: »

Not really though.

CNN working out his identity and then contacting him made it a bigger thing.

I mean, what were they thinking?

I can't think of any possible outcome that wouldn't have made them look really bad.

he contacted CNN.

lifeandtimes · 06-07-2017 10:35AM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

he contacted CNN.

They tried to contact him but we're unsuccessful and then he apologised and contacts them to come to an agreement not to release his identity as he didn't want people associating him and his family with the posts he made about Jewish workers at cnn

Grayson · 06-07-2017 10:45AM

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Oh dear... From the guy who wrote the article and doxxed the meme guy, a tweet back in 2012:

has there been an update that I'm not aware of. I didn't realise the guys identity had been released by CNN.

ohnonotgmail · 06-07-2017 10:45AM

lifeandtimes wrote: »

They tried to contact him but we're unsuccessful and then he apologised and contacts them to come to an agreement not to release his identity as he didn't want people associating him and his family with the posts he made about Jewish workers at cnn

so he did contact CNN. glad we cleared that up.

osarusan · 06-07-2017 10:58AM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

he contacted CNN.

What difference does it really make though?

They tried to contact him first, by phone and email.

I would guess that he knew it was them by whatever messages they left/emails they sent, and consequently deleted his posts and apologised, before contacting CNN himself.

Even if you don't consider emails and phone calls/messages contact, I don't really think it makes much difference that the first time that he spoke to CNN was him contacting them, rather than the other way round.

ohnonotgmail · 06-07-2017 11:00AM

osarusan wrote: »

What difference does it really make though?

They tried to contact him first, by phone and email.

I would guess that he knew it was them by whatever messages they left/emails they sent, and consequently deleted his posts and apologised, before contacting CNN himself.

Even if you don't consider emails and phone calls/messages contact, I don't really think it makes much difference that the first time that he spoke to CNN was him contacting them, rather than the other way round.

i was correcting you, nothing more.

CNN tracks down random reddit meme poster and threatens to release his information

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