CNN doxxes reddit user then bullies him into withdrawal with threat of exposure
 

This might have been posted in the Trump thread but I think it deserves its own thread.

User "HanAholeSolo" creates an animation of Trump beating up Vince McMahon with a CNN logo placed over his face:


CNN discovers his identity, contacts him

They tell him if he doesn't take it down and apologize, they will reveal his identity

They post a story about it on their main page:

https://i.imgur.com/stIQ1kx.png

From all the "Trump stuff" that has happened since the election, this to me is the most fucked up story of all. A massive media conglomerate is bullying a private citizen into withdrawal from the internet because he made a silly image with their logo.

USA has officially turned into a South Park episode WutFace

And before anyone says, it doesn't matter if this kid is an alt-right retard or whatever. This is totally unacceptable no matter what side each is on.

lol

But CNN is sooo progressive amirite?

This GIF was pretty crude anyway. Looks like it was made by a 15 year old. Where did the skin on CNN go? Down the swamp drain?

So now the internet knows CNN gets mad when they see an image of Trump beating them up.

What do you think happens now? EleGiggle

https://media.giphy.com/media/3ohryx...d7l6/giphy.gif

Where did you get that it was a 15 year old kid?

It doesn't really matter if it's a 15-year-old kid or a 45-year-old man, to be honest. CNN crossed the line.

I think his identity eventually got out and that's what people are saying. I guess I should write that since it wasn't really confirmed.

Undoubtedly, it is shameful for a massive media giant such as CNN to bully the Reddit user into apologizing and retracting his satire. Unfortunately, however, I don't think the story is going to gain enough coverage or traction in the media world to actually go viral.

Shouldn't try to hide behind the internet. People need to take responsibility for what they post.

already confessed my dislike for CNN but put yourself in their boardroom

i would've pulled the same thing to make sure my company is not derogatorily (is that a word) tarnished by some keyboard warrior

this is not some well-conducted criticism piece. it's a downright drop-kick in the balls that's given the man baby of a world leader to use as a humiliation fodder, then retweeted/shared a couple million times.

if you have the leverage and influence to end it swiftly, why not?

sometimes it takes a wolf to catch a wolf. It shouldn't be surprising a big news outlet probably assembled a full team to do detective work then stooping down to the level of a near-threat tactic.

Anyone else wish the fictional HBO Newsroom was still on the air so they could do a few seasons from the material gathered in the last 6 months alone?

Oh man Newsroom would be so epic right now.. EleGiggle

Anyway there would be a million ways to handle this better than how they did. In fact out of those million, they chose literally the worst one.

The typical sleaze ball way that I can think of is to sue the guy for some sort of misuse of their logo / trademark. I'm sure CNN has a huge lawyer team. All that is needed is for them to send the guy a legal letter threatening to sue, and get the guy to apologize and retract his post(s). There is absolutely no need to advertise it on their own site and FB page as a news story.

Threatening to expose the guy's identity, and then publicising the threat to let the world know... now that is just low. Besides, it amounts to extrajudicial measures / Internet frontier justice, and that is something any legitimate body should never do. FailFish

Exactly. They could have issued a C&D to him and the host, which may have gone public but then they just look like typical corporate dicks. Or they could have ignored it which would have been the best thing to do.

Instead they are coercing someone into doing their bidding and then basically bragging about it on their website. I can't even imagine how they thought that was OK to do

Just saw this on cnn, they justified their actions because he has an extensive history of online racism lol

guy should make another quick animation of himself giving 2 thumbs up mocking CNN and writing his name and state in it. Beat them to the punch.

From a media ethics standpoint, I am of the opinion that CNN had crossed the line on this one.

The Reddit user exercised his right to free speech. On the other hand, one could argue that he should own up to his actions if and when posting on the internet.

this reminds me a bit of a certain local sportscaster who was outraged at a parody account on Twitter. the parody account was pretty damn funny, while not being gross or libelous. poor sportscaster guy sends the Global/Corus lawyers after this guy and shuts him down.

Let the troll games begin! Another one!

Agree 100%. But that should be social pressure, not some billion dollar worldwide media corporation coercing him with threats of public exposure.

If this is left unchecked, it sets a really scary precedent.

:troll:

You know what happens at the end of the movie right?

i wonder what george washington would say about this ordeal if he were alive today lmao

He'd probably be all like,
"Let me out of this fuken coffin! I've been in here for 200 years!!!"


:alone:

^ That's fake newz :troll: