[Buckeye McFrog]

I’m shocked at some of the (anonymously posting) FR members who are defending CNN over this.

If they had found his name and reported it, I would not have liked it. But you could make the case that they were entitled to do so under the First Amendment.

But they did not report his name, they blackmailed him into a Soviet-style public apology. And they have made statements that appear to threaten to continue blackmailing him unless he "gets his mind right". Totally out of bounds.

[TigerClaws]

Gainor said, “The response is unified Left and Right,” referring to the strong objections to what CNN did, adding, “CNN is supposed to be a news organization, not a blackmail organization. And you cannot read that story the way it’s written without thinking that they’re threatening this guy.”

“I want people to understand this,” said Gainor. “Any anonymous post you’ve ever made on the Internet could be used to destroy you under this philosophy. I’m sorry. That’s not what a news organization does. That is what the mob does,” said Gainor.

http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2017/07/05/gainor-cnn-has-become-a-blackmail-organization-this-is-what-the-mob-does/