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1 posted on 07/08/2017 7:27:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Link to article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/07/cnn-holesolo-blackmail-journalism-kirsten-powers-column/459898001/


2 posted on 07/08/2017 7:27:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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When did CNN ever have journalists?


3 posted on 07/08/2017 7:28:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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That is not the issue. They should not pick fights with people who can cut them to pieces.


4 posted on 07/08/2017 7:29:42 PM PDT by proxy_user
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News consumers should have no pity for CNN urinalists and anonymous propaganda manufacturers.


5 posted on 07/08/2017 7:30:49 PM PDT by IronJack
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Anonymous sources are entirely different, however.


6 posted on 07/08/2017 7:32:18 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Some people consider government to be a necessary evil, others their personal Ponzi scheme.)
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She was cute and somewhat knowledgeable but not so much anymore.


7 posted on 07/08/2017 7:33:01 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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This is a bit rich, considering that CNN is now falling behind reruns of Yogi Bear in prime time ratings

8 posted on 07/08/2017 7:33:25 PM PDT by coydog (Time to feed the pigs!)
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Then they should have no support for anonymous sources.


9 posted on 07/08/2017 7:34:17 PM PDT by Bayard
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Kirsten Powers....geeze, what ever happened to her after she left FNC?


10 posted on 07/08/2017 7:34:57 PM PDT by clintonh8r (AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
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Maybe someobody should dox this kirsten Powers of USA today, address and phone.


12 posted on 07/08/2017 7:36:06 PM PDT by Cubs Fan (Liberals are the most hateful, violent and intolerant people in America)
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I have no pity or tolerance for fake-news journalists.


16 posted on 07/08/2017 7:40:54 PM PDT by windsorknot
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Perhaps CNN will learn that if you pick a fight with a tough, street-wise alpha male from Queens, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.


17 posted on 07/08/2017 7:44:18 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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Being uterly clueless about the ethical problem of doxing has subjected CNN to the consquences of people being digusted with them. If the guys messages are unpopularly bigoted then you dont need to dox him to descredit him. Why is ad hominem necesary when one is right? I dont know the guys other content and dont care to see it. Ive heard he was a sh-t lord...somebody who just says outrageous stuff as a kind of humor...to see if anyone is foolish enough to take them seriously. Its immature and weasily, but its amazimg the msm would be silly to fall for it.


19 posted on 07/08/2017 7:49:12 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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The fake media gets a ballpark full of Republicans shot and the President’s life threatened, so they distract by extorting kids that post funny memes. Now Kirsten doubles down. Next she’ll want his lunch money.


21 posted on 07/08/2017 7:50:20 PM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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To paraphrase CNN and all the other leftwing outlets - this could have a very chilling effect on free speech. Oh wait, that was them responding to others calling them out for their false reporting and liberal bias.


22 posted on 07/08/2017 7:56:08 PM PDT by mbrfl
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No pity? Like ISIS or the Nazi SS?

Dumb liberal broad.

23 posted on 07/08/2017 7:58:13 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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I hope 4chan tears her apart along with CNN.

27 posted on 07/08/2017 8:28:07 PM PDT by TigersEye (Investigate the Awan brothers and Wasserman Schultz)
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Kirsten Powers was never a great pundit but now she’s a fallen pundit and can’t get up.


28 posted on 07/08/2017 8:31:59 PM PDT by Boomer ("Based on the impotent shrieking of the Never Trump bedwetters"....)
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Internet ‘trolls’ are people expressing their opinion about so-called journalist Liars and news spinning, videos that are cut short to spread lies or misinformation.


29 posted on 07/08/2017 8:32:56 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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If releasing their identity was my only leverage, I would use it.

The only defense I can see for protecting his identity is that CNN believed it might jeopardize his physical safety. If this is true, then they made the right decision.

Kirsten Powers, you should never have written that. You and others like you need your personal information posted. Practice what YOU preach. Personal safety? What about the personal safety of Donald Trump and other conservatives you folks trash all of the time?

Maybe the right decision is to simply stop. Now. We do NOT like what you write and those other newscasters say and write and we want them to stop. Now. They feel the same way toward us. Tell me. My solution is for you to stop. What part of "stop" do you NOT understand? So, how do we settle this, Kirsten?

30 posted on 07/08/2017 8:33:28 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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