CNN has threatened to reveal the name of the Reddit user who
created a GIF of President Trump wrestling a person with a CNN logo
photo-shopped over his head, if the individual doesn’t toe the network’s line
from here on out. The network nauseatingly congratulated itself for not immediately exposing the GIF
creator…out of concern for his safety.
Incredibly
(if that’s an adverb that can still be used anymore), CNN’s president, Jeff
Zucker, said of President Trump: “He’s trying to bully us, and we’re not going
to let him intimidate us.”
But
it’s okay for a major news company, part of the massive Time-Warner media
empire, to bully an individual American citizen? That’s not holding those in
charge responsible, Jeff. That’s not “speaking truth to power,” Ms. Zucker, not
that you’d know the truth if it bit you on any of your four substantial cheeks.
This is a thin-skinned, humorless, media powerhouse using its reach and
resources to intimidate a lone citizen into taking down his perfectly legal
posts, which he did, and to promise not to put up anything that might upset it
in the future. One of the nation’s largest media conglomerates is attempting to
deny an individual American his First Amendment rights. That is sick. That is
scary. CNN is the bully, Jeff.
What’s next, Jeffrey? Will
CNN be sending its people out to visit the homes of those whose social media
posts it dislikes? Perhaps myself included?
“Honey,
can you come to the door, please?”
“Okay,
dear, who is it?”
“He
says he’s from CNN!”
“I’ll
take it from here, dear, just go to the basement and lock the door, please.”
“Mr.
Johnson?”
“That’s
me.”
“I’m
from CNN. Say, didn’t I see your car parked in front of the Ecstasy Massage
Parlor last night?”
“Nope.
I was home with my wife all night.”
“Well then, I gotta
say…nice house ya’ got here. Be a shame if somethin’ happened to it…”
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