Re: POTUS 45.13 - CNN is still Fake News
I am only talking about the CNN/Trump/wrestling stuff. CNN was acting like babies, not being able to take criticism.
Note: I thought the CNN/Trump gif was childish also.
Personally I don't think is is childish. The guy has posted a bunch of awful stuff, not just that. Not so sure anything would have been done if it was a one off but he has a history of being putrid.
Regardless~ The journalists are really catching it. Trying to do their job and getting threatened, in some instances physically hit, concerted attacks to discredit, etc. Read what happened to Megan Kelly sometime. I am
really not a fan of hers. I might mumble things about her to those I know but I heard her interviewed at one point- this is to another level. Death threats, people trying to accost her, personal attacks on her from all sorts of social media, etc. They had to hire security for her. It didn't let up until she met Trump and basically backed down by saying some neutral things about him. Heard another guy who writes for an on-line site interviewed- he questioned things during the campaign. He had todeal with both threats on social media and via telephone- threats to himself, his wife and his kids. He had to change his phone #, hire security, and if I recall right pull his kids from school for a bit. This is not normal.
The current Prez points his finger and the Deplorable army does everything to assassinate the person's character and career, floods social media with all sorts of stuff, not factual. There is a certain subset of those wackos that threaten physical harm which necessitates extra care on the part of the journalists because who knows when some nutbag will actually act. They feed on each other's nuttiness and we are told that if they respond they are snowflakes. If this were to happen in any other arena- say this was directed a public official (or God forbid- the President who would immediately go wacko), your family member, your child would you think they were being like babies? What is it that makes journalists OK targets? This is a version of the severed head/lynching photos- very much watered down but with the background hx of what has happened recently- I think they were downright decent.
From what I can figure out CNN went to the guy and said desist or we will give you credit for what you posted. Way more restrained than what I would want considering the job these people do to the journalists. You know dam well if it was the other side they would be hanging the guy out to dry by his balls.