Posted on 07/05/2017 7:12:31 PM PDT by TigerClaws
Several anchors and reporters at CNN have had their home addresses published and have received threats of rape and other violence in the wake of a story published by Andrew Kaczynski, who heads up the network’s investigative K-FILE team. Anti-network trolls are encouraging viewers to wrongly accuse CNN staffers of pedophilia and child pornography. There is also “tons of anti-Semitism.”
“Frustration” is the predominant feeling inside CNN, The Mirror has learned.
Kaczynski published a story on the 4th of July in which he appeared to threaten to publish the name of a Reddit user who parades around anonymously as “HanAssholeSolo.” HanAssholeSolo claimed to be the originator of the wrestling video tweeted by President Trump in which POTUS flattened a wrestler whose face was a CNN logo.
Trump has long accused CNN of being “fake news” and “very fake news.”
The network seems to be fulfilling Trump’s need for a public enemy. In other words, CNN fills the void for “Low energy Jeb,” “Little Marco,” “Lyin’ Ted” and “Crooked Hillary.” In recent months, CNN has become a virtual punching bag for Trump supporters. The reason doesn’t often matter. Be it White House correspondent Jim Acosta bitching about press access or “New Day” host Chris Cuomo deleting a tweet, they’re drunk on hate and their perception that the network is not giving Trump a fair shake. They delight in clobbering the network as much and as often as possible. Do You Think Andrew Kaczynski Is A Good Journalist Overall?
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To be sure, Kaczynski’s home address has been posted online as have those of various CNN anchors and reporters.
“Frustrated by our critics’ double standards,” a CNN insider said on condition of anonymity. “Frustrated that CNN staffers’ private information is being published in ‘retaliation’ — when the network made the decision to not out the Reddit user. Frustrated by the speed in which misinformation, lies and hate spreads. Frustrated that POTUS’s son has no accountability.”
Some CNN employees are taking steps to protect themselves, but details are hush-hush as revealing them could jeopardize employing safety measures in the first place.
Kaczynski called out Donald Trump Jr. for posting incorrect tweets. “Don Jr. knowingly spreads lies,” my source told me.
For one thing, the Reddit user in question is not 15 but a middle-aged man.
Secondly, Kaczynski never deleted his tweet.
Who needs to make up lies about Chris Cuomo (”Fredo Cuomo” according to Rush)? Some of his genuine quotes are bad enough.
CNN: The Most Busted Name in News
All news organizations their gathers,editors and presenters should be throughly vetted, how else are we to know if they are worthy of our trust.
I’ve been on the 4chan/8chan circles a year or two. It’s more about ‘protect the community.’
99% of the folks there are anonymous and want to stay that way. This is a warning shot not to cross the line of calling out the small fries.
4chan honestly scares me. Those folks are amazing. Look at what they did to the Shia ‘he will not divide us’ thing. They tracked down the location of a flag based on planes passing over. !! They are brilliant and dedicated.
CNN has no idea the sh*tstorm coming their way. Well, they might after today...
Where is the outrage for Jeff ZuckerNothingBerger to be down with all of this?
Pissing off the Chans is like pouring water on a Mogwai that wasn’t cute and cuddly to begin with. I’m just glad we’re not on their bad side. Recall they actually are Anonymous, and that they’ve not always been on our side. I suggest admiring their handiwork at arm’s length because there will come a day once again when we’re not benefitting.
I support totally, completely, and forever destroying CNN and anyone associated with it.
I’m talking about doxxing — giving out the name, address, and phone numbers of family members so they’ll get 3 a.m. phone calls and threats.
I think that’s beyond ‘vetting.’
“a Reddit user who parades around anonymously as “HanAssholeSolo.”
Whut? He “parades around”? He had to have a username and that’s it - like others on reddit - he USES a name, I don’t know how someone would “parade around.” They feel taunted, do they?
Man! Those are serious charges.
Of course, it doesn't matter if they're true or not.
When charges are this serious, they just have to be looked into.
Imagine their houses covered in cow or pig dung.....
I’m sure all the CNN idiots like pizza. Dominoes will be busy.
Who is this author? “Be it . . .”
That’s a good point.
Also, consider that there are those on the left calling for the IP/names/email/address of all the Redditor/4chan/8chan folks to be exposed.
Surely Free Republic is on that list as well.
I’m sure most of us (being online and anonymous) have posted things we would prefer to delete.
That’s why I was surprised several FR members saying it was okay for CNN to threaten this guy. It’s not okay.
Cnn, like all whores, is going down hard.
We use anonymous handles here for the most part — 99% of the FR members.
Those not condemning CNN are saying it’s okay to expose people here or on any private board.
Turns out it wasn’t even HanA-hole’s video which Trump tweeted. There are stories about that out today as well.
See my post #10.
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