Was atrocious then, feels worse a year later

In case you needed a reminder that CNN is a garbage network…

A year ago, CNN reporters went out of their way to track down the Redditor who created a gif that poked fun at CNN.

The gif:



Not only did they track down HanA**holeSolo, the Reddit user behind the gif, CNN then bragged about doing so and threatened to dox him.

One year ago today. @brianstelter and @KFILE are still grappling with the PTSD. https://t.co/yKDXsYzRdR — Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) July 2, 2018

And Reddit user “HanAssholeSolo” is still wondering if Andrew Kaczynski will eventually dox him. — Alex VanNess (@thealexvanness) July 2, 2018

CNN then tried to have Trump kicked off of Twitter for tweeting the gif:

Does Trump’s anti-CNN tweet violate Twitter’s terms? This is the “hateful conduct” policy https://t.co/1oCoXPNNul https://t.co/AhEu7Hwn12 — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 2, 2017

SO BRAVE.

As Mike blogged last year, “Nice private life you’ve got there. Be a shame if something happened to it.”

I’ve almost forgotten what life was like when news conglomerates actually tended to the news business instead of threatening and maligning the private citizenry. But this is our brave new world.

[h/t to @jtLOL for keeping the memory of this awful event alive]



