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Again he isn't afraid because of the Trump gif, its because of his other posts which seemed to have very racist content.Originally Posted by Tisket
There is always going to be a huge power gap for anyone they report on except celebrities and politicians. I don't think they should have even looked into who made the gif, its second rate journalism at best. That being said they still did nothing wrong, maybe a little shady. I don't know how this is even news...
Because it's a multi billion dollar news organization brazenly admitting they engaged in blackmail.
It isn't even about blackmail.
It's about power. CNN has the power to destroy this kid's life. Why? Because he posted stupid shit on the internet.
A news organization using vigilante justice isn't one deserving of respect.
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Edward R. Murrow
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Negative.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/873
CNN gained nothing valuable so it is not blackmail.Whoever, under a threat of informing, or as a consideration for not informing, against any violation of any law of the United States, demands or receives any money or other valuable thing
CNN should have laughed it off and posted the gif themselves.
The losers need to get a fucking sense of humor.
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Edward R. Murrow
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Exactly, they should have just left it at that. If they had done this level of investigating for the Malaysian flight we might know where it is right now.
That's simply untrue. There is no such thing as bad publicity. It's how they stay relevant.
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Edward R. Murrow
The very best thing that ever happened to CNN was being targetted by Trump. If you think they didn't love every time he took a jab at them you are deluding yourself.
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Edward R. Murrow
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They were getting the publicity no matter what they did. They gained zero value by not posting his information.
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