They can begin to elevate the discourse any time they want.
Posted on 07/09/2017 4:17:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The president of the United States of America is a “sh*tposter.”
It’s not an elegant turn of phrase. But it is, I think, the correct terminology to capture a political moment so monstrously stupid that even Jerry Springer finds it embarrassing. To sh*tpost, according to the scholarly journal Urban Dictionary, is to “make utterly worthless and inane posts on an internet message board,” particularly those involving memes or low-quality visuals.
And the president’s latest act of sh*tposting—tweeting out a video edited to show Trump wrestling, and beating up, the CNN logo—has flung the 24-hour news network into a week-long controversy involving death threats, claims of blackmail and a Reddit user who calls himself “Han@$$holeSolo.” It’s very hard to imagine having to explain that sentence to a person from 2007. But frankly, it’s also pretty hard to explain that sentence to a normal person from 2017 who doesn’t spend every waking moment following incremental developments in Trump’s blustery war with the media. (Which, probably, is healthy.)
Now, a week after Trump’s tweet, CNN is accused of blackmailing the Reddit user behind the wrestling clip, and the network’s journalists (and even some of their families) are being subjected to threats and harassing phone calls from pro-Trump trolls and Redditors. Curiously, the line from the CNN story that was interpreted as blackmail (a stretch) wasn’t written even by the reporter. According to Gizmodo, it was added by a CNN executive as a legal safeguard, but the threatening tone proved disastrous. But as the #CNNBlackMail hashtag spread through the alt-right this week, things got ugly.....
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
CNN is becoming less credible than National Enquirer
Well Trump is talking about sh@theads and sh@theels.
Watching the death spiral is great. Waiting for the dying quiver...
Trolling only works if the ‘trollee’ bites.
CNN and much of the media bite — hook, line, and sinker.
They are so easy that it is almost embarrassing.
Call the MSM waaahmbulance fleet, they’re going to need a lot of help this week!
Well, the National Enquirer is what, a weekly? They have the leisure to actually verify the facts that go into their stories.
I'm guessing this story, coming from NewsWeak, is their attempt to climb up a notch over CNN in deep hole of the fake and false news business?
And the enemedia still doesn't get it!
Newsweek is a sh*tpublisher.
Imagine what would happen if he asked us to boycott all cnn and cnn affiliate advertisers.
Top Gun,Trump takes out CCN Commie pilots!
They can begin to elevate the discourse any time they want.
Trolled, not trolling. We’re in the past tense phase of things.
so now tell me, which cuomo is preparing to run in 2018? The one that works for CNN?
Kinda of reminds of Ben Rhodes and David Rhodes — a clear political backchannel to CNN from the whitehouse and Donna Brazile a clear backchannel from DNCHQ to CNN.
On a brighter note, it took me several minutes to remember Obama’s name. He’s fading fast.
Check out the comments at the source.
They are shredding CNN & Newsweek.
Beautiful to see.
And CNN is "sh*t news"!
What a year this has been so far! Thanks, DJT!
And with a single so-called sh*tpost, Pres. Trump succeeded in getting CNN to self-destruct. Imagine the damage a real post might have done.
Newsweak sold for $1 recently, the entire company..... shows how worthless it is when even Leftards wouldn’t pay.
I thought we got rid of “News”weak. What’s up with that?
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