Did CNN threaten to dox the Trump wrestling gif maker unless he stops doing similar things?

[repoman]

First, I think that making the gif and posting it is par for the course for the internet and nothing crazy. I have just seen one make with Trump being the guy in American History X and CNN the guy who is curbstomped. That is way more edgy.

However, Trump tweeting it is really pathetic.

That being said this is from CNN:

http://archive.is/F9Nc9#selection-1189.0-1189.78

This is a Guardian artlcle this gif makers previous posts

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/03/trump-tweet-reddit-user-history-hanassholesolo

This is the picture he posted, spoilered to keep format tight

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Some may think that this is dox-worthy on its own.

 

[repoman]

Ha, "Rebel Media" scumbag Jack Posobiec (part of the Trump Ceasar protest) was spreading the lie that the gif-maker was a 15 year old lgbt teen.

There is an archived reddit thread where the guy says he was a teen when the Hubble Telescope launched in 1990. That meshes with the rest of the content he put out. This was not a 15 year old with a 45 year old's pop culture reference frame.

At any rate, the new kooky conspiracy (which I DO NOT believe) is that reddit mods gave CNN the gif-makers IP address and that Time-Warner cable gave his information. The guy probably just left trails like everyone else, like pictures that they did reverse image search on.

If his reddit account was being archived the guy can be doxed again. Would not be surprised if he will doxed this way or by hacking the reporter. The reporter should not have the guys info on any electronic device, but only on paper. The amount of threads dedicated to hacking and fucking with this reporter are astonishing.

 

[ZiprHead]

Must be getting so boring in Kekistan that you have to reply to your own posts. Pepe the frog cartoon only showing repeats?

 

[RavenSky]

Did CNN threaten to dox the Trump wrestling gif maker unless he stops doing similar things?

No.

Fucking internet trolls did, however, dox CNN personnel AND THEIR CHILDREN; plus posted photos of the people with the CNN logo superimposed over their faces while they are being shot in the head.

This shit is not funny.

 

[Ford]

Pro tip: If you're going to go after one of the biggest news-gathering organizations on the planet, you can't be surprised if they manage to track you down.

I mean, Trump has labeled them "fake news" over and over again, and their reputation has become a bit tarnished, but they still employ a considerable number of journalists. Journalists find things out. That's what they do.

It appears that assholesolo or whatever his name is didn't take this into account. Nor did he take into account the fact that posting - even anonymously - to a site like Reddit doesn't even come close to guaranteeing your identity is secure. If you think otherwise, you're dumb.

Did CNN "dox" the dumb guy? No. Quite the opposite. They kept his identity - which they figured out by committing journalism - secret. Did they threaten to? No. They suggested that they might reveal his identity if it turned out his apology was less than sincere and he went right back to his previous activities. They can do this. News outfits do it all the time. All they have to do is add the word "allegedly" to the story.

When your local news outlet discovers that a local priest has been looking for a boyfriend on a dating site they can say "the user known as 'Altarman07' is believed to be Father Thomas O'Flannery from our Lady of Blessed Acceleration. Allegedly he's been seeking sex partners on the site since late last year. A spokesman for the church declined to comment on the alleged activities."

That's not doxxing or blackmail. That's news.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

What I find odd is who cares who made the video? Unless some at CNN took it very seriously, which I could understand.

 

[RavenSky]

Pro tip: If you're going to go after one of the biggest news-gathering organizations on the planet, you can't be surprised if they manage to track you down.

I mean, Trump has labeled them "fake news" over and over again, and their reputation has become a bit tarnished, but they still employ a considerable number of journalists. Journalists find things out. That's what they do.

It appears that assholesolo or whatever his name is didn't take this into account. Nor did he take into account the fact that posting - even anonymously - to a site like Reddit doesn't even come close to guaranteeing your identity is secure. If you think otherwise, you're dumb.

Did CNN "dox" the dumb guy? No. Quite the opposite. They kept his identity - which they figured out by committing journalism - secret. Did they threaten to? No. They suggested that they might reveal his identity if it turned out his apology was less than sincere and he went right back to his previous activities. They can do this. News outfits do it all the time. All they have to do is add the word "allegedly" to the story.

When your local news outlet discovers that a local priest has been looking for a boyfriend on a dating site they can say "the user known as 'Altarman07' is believed to be Father Thomas O'Flannery from our Lady of Blessed Acceleration. Allegedly he's been seeking sex partners on the site since late last year. A spokesman for the church declined to comment on the alleged activities."

That's not doxxing or blackmail. That's news.

moreover, it is standard legalese to "reserve the right" - basically if assholeo reneges on his promises to cease and desist, then CNN is released from their promise to not report his real name. Not at all blackmail. Just a typical agreement.

Not that the knuckledraggers doxxing the CNN reporters care about facts and truth. These are the same fucktards that threaten women bloggers with rape and murder. Why should anyone expect rationality or civility from them now.

 

[repoman]

I should not have used dox, but publish his name and city etc.. which is not a dox by any means.

 

[LordKiran]

Why the hell is this even a thing? This whole CNN wrestling tweet nonsense plays out like a massive farce. This is the sort of thing that makes people question CNN's legitimacy. No amount of James O'Keef bullshittery can top CNN taking time on their news channel to talk endlessly about this BS non-story because Trump tweeted a thing not relevant to his job as president.

 

[repoman]

Why the hell is this even a thing? This whole CNN wrestling tweet nonsense plays out like a massive farce. This is the sort of thing that makes people question CNN's legitimacy. No amount of James O'Keef bullshittery can top CNN taking time on their news channel to talk endlessly about this BS non-story because Trump tweeted a thing not relevant to his job as president.

Also, Jerry Springer weighed in and that for me as an American should be the FINAL WORD.

 

[Arctish]

Why the hell is this even a thing? This whole CNN wrestling tweet nonsense plays out like a massive farce. This is the sort of thing that makes people question CNN's legitimacy. No amount of James O'Keef bullshittery can top CNN taking time on their news channel to talk endlessly about this BS non-story because Trump tweeted a thing not relevant to his job as president.

It's a thing because we haven't had a President pick a fight with the press since Nixon was scheming to bury the Watergate break-in story, and we haven't had one so pathetically juvenile ever.

Our President is unable or unwilling to grapple with issues that are actually important to the majority of Americans. He spends his time seeking flattery and validation via Twitter ffs. That is a yuge problem.

 

[LordKiran]

Why the hell is this even a thing? This whole CNN wrestling tweet nonsense plays out like a massive farce. This is the sort of thing that makes people question CNN's legitimacy. No amount of James O'Keef bullshittery can top CNN taking time on their news channel to talk endlessly about this BS non-story because Trump tweeted a thing not relevant to his job as president.

It's a thing because we haven't had a President pick a fight with the press since Nixon was scheming to bury the Watergate break-in story, and we haven't had one so pathetically juvenile ever.

Our President is unable or unwilling to grapple with issues that are actually important to the majority of Americans. He spends his time seeking flattery and validation via Twitter ffs. That is a yuge problem.

Sure, but you can say this about almost any of trump's media interactions. So why this one specifically?

 

[repoman]

Galileo (HanAssholeSolo) recants to the Catholic Church (CNN)

 

[Arctish]

It's a thing because we haven't had a President pick a fight with the press since Nixon was scheming to bury the Watergate break-in story, and we haven't had one so pathetically juvenile ever.

Our President is unable or unwilling to grapple with issues that are actually important to the majority of Americans. He spends his time seeking flattery and validation via Twitter ffs. That is a yuge problem.

Sure, but you can say this about almost any of trump's media interactions. So why this one specifically?

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking.

Are you asking why this incident caught people's attention, or why people thought it warranted public discussion, or why CNN went looking for the guy who created the gif and asked him for an interview? Or are you asking something like "why has this particular instance of Trump's juvenile, needy, egotistical behavior resulted in media attention when his juvenile, needy, egotistical behavior is already well documented?"

 

[LordKiran]

Sure, but you can say this about almost any of trump's media interactions. So why this one specifically?

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking.

Are you asking why this incident caught people's attention, or why people thought it warranted public discussion, or why CNN went looking for the guy who created the gif and asked him for an interview? Or are you asking something like "why has this particular instance of Trump's juvenile, needy, egotistical behavior resulted in media attention when his juvenile, needy, egotistical behavior is already well documented?"

The last one. I mean is this really any worse than linking to a crass political cartoon? Really now?

 

[Arctish]

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking.

Are you asking why this incident caught people's attention, or why people thought it warranted public discussion, or why CNN went looking for the guy who created the gif and asked him for an interview? Or are you asking something like "why has this particular instance of Trump's juvenile, needy, egotistical behavior resulted in media attention when his juvenile, needy, egotistical behavior is already well documented?"

The last one. I mean is this really any worse than linking to a crass political cartoon? Really now?

It would depend on the cartoon but IMO Trump tweeting that stupid gif was a new low even for him. At this point in his Presidency, I expect him to have gotten over his fear of bad press and to focus his attentions on doing his job. Instead, he's still tweeting inane egotistical smugfarts every morning while his administration flails around like an angry drunk, breaking valuables and accomplishing nothing.

 

[repoman]

and or it is a distraction for a heist

 

[Jason Harvestdancer]

Sure, but you can say this about almost any of trump's media interactions. So why this one specifically?

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking.

Are you asking why this incident caught people's attention, or why people thought it warranted public discussion, or why CNN went looking for the guy who created the gif and asked him for an interview? Or are you asking something like "why has this particular instance of Trump's juvenile, needy, egotistical behavior resulted in media attention when his juvenile, needy, egotistical behavior is already well documented?"

I would like to know why CNN felt this was so overwhelmingly important that they had to dig out this guy's identity and threaten to reveal it unless he confessed his sins and recanted at their altar. Was this little clip really that much of an ordeal for those who own CNN?

 

[ZiprHead]

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking.

Are you asking why this incident caught people's attention, or why people thought it warranted public discussion, or why CNN went looking for the guy who created the gif and asked him for an interview? Or are you asking something like "why has this particular instance of Trump's juvenile, needy, egotistical behavior resulted in media attention when his juvenile, needy, egotistical behavior is already well documented?"

I would like to know why CNN felt this was so overwhelmingly important that they had to dig out this guy's identity and threaten to reveal it unless he confessed his sins and recanted at their altar. Was this little clip really that much of an ordeal for those who own CNN?

There's an old saying, goes something like this: Don't fuck with people that buy ink by the barrel.

 

[Jason Harvestdancer]

I would like to know why CNN felt this was so overwhelmingly important that they had to dig out this guy's identity and threaten to reveal it unless he confessed his sins and recanted at their altar. Was this little clip really that much of an ordeal for those who own CNN?

There's an old saying, goes something like this: Don't fuck with people that buy ink by the barrel.

That explains how he called attention to himself, not why they chose to do anything about it. Sure they had the power, did they really think this was that important?