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Daily Beast Editor: CNN a victim of “social media mob frenzy” over Trump wrestling GIF
Legal Insurrection ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 07/09/2017 10:27:04 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Yeah, CNN threatened to out the guy who made the CNN wrestling meme. But the threat, according to CNN, was just some language that the legal suits stuck into the CNN statement. So if you complain about it, you’re just part of a social-media “mob” that is falsely playing the victim.

That was the argument made on Reliable Sources hosted by CNN’s Brian Stelter. John Avlon of the Daily Beast, a CNN analyst, warned the media not to let the criticism “distract” them from the “real issue”: President Trump’s tweet of the wrestling GIF.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brianstelter; cnn; johnavlon; liberalmedia; snowflakes; trumpmedia; wrestlingvideo
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1 posted on 07/09/2017 10:27:05 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: miss marmelstein; patro; abb; SE Mom; HarleyLady27; connyankee; Behind Liberal Lines; ...

Poor, poor CNN: they’re the victims of an “alt-right mob” for threatening the wrestling-GIF guy.

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.


2 posted on 07/09/2017 10:28:20 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

It’s OK for fakestream presstitutes to pile on, but don’t you dare respond in kind.


3 posted on 07/09/2017 10:31:07 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Some people consider government to be a necessary evil, others their personal Ponzi scheme.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Beast...........how apropos.


4 posted on 07/09/2017 10:34:14 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I suspect CNN hasn’t really even begun to feel the wrath of the Chans. So much mischief can be made with a far-flung media empire that jobs out so much of it’s content. It should be worth weeks and weeks of amusement.


5 posted on 07/09/2017 10:38:00 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

This is RatherGate all over again ... the NYT always pushing the “fake but accurate” meme over and over.

Maybe they’ll make another movie called “The Truth II” where they again try to rewrite history and tell everybody ‘Hey, we were essentially right - well almost right. REALLY !!!! WE ARE THE VICTIMS HERE !!!’

Can’t wait for 10 years to pass and see Shia LaBeouf as the lead.

(I posted this this yesterday - then later Shia L got arrested and FNN is whining even more... HA HA)


6 posted on 07/09/2017 10:40:28 AM PDT by Texaspeptoman (Even canabels get feed up with people... sometimes.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

the guy who modified the video only added the CNN logo.
Somebody else added music and the FNN at the end of the video.

can somebody take what I assume is a trademarked\copyrighted logo and superimpose it onto something else and release it publicly without a threat of a lawsuit ?


7 posted on 07/09/2017 10:42:55 AM PDT by stylin19a
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Daily Beast. Isn’t that where Kirsten Powers hangs out? She used to be on FNC as part of the evening panel. But I haven’seen her anywhere for over a year. The way she used to have to contort to protect the DNC talking points, she may’ve wound up in full body cast./S.


8 posted on 07/09/2017 10:42:59 AM PDT by Tucker39 (Read: Psalm 145. The whole psalm.....aloud; as praise to our God.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Puppet Show

 And CNN

9 posted on 07/09/2017 10:44:14 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Meanwhile....


10 posted on 07/09/2017 10:45:57 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

/eyeroll.

I can’t stand Stelter.


11 posted on 07/09/2017 10:48:21 AM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is Mine)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Boo Fricking Hoo. Like despicable mafia thugs, CNN threatens the person who created the WWE hilarious video.

We must continue to mock and rudicule CNN in every way possible. They are an evil fake news organization, they are the enemy. Give no quarter, catch them in their lies every day, mock and ridicule them without ceasing.


12 posted on 07/09/2017 10:51:00 AM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
I see...

It's not a "social media mob frenzy" when Occupy Wall Street swarms urban downtowns.

It's not a "social media mob frenzy" when Black Lives Matter riots in urban downtowns.

It's not a "social media mob frenzy" when flash mobs loot shopping malls.

It's not a "social media mob frenzy" when Leftist extremists assault attendees of conservative speakers at university campuses.

But it IS a "social media mob frenzy" when people push back on MSM excesses.

Got it!

-PJ

13 posted on 07/09/2017 10:52:08 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: stylin19a

can somebody take what I assume is a trademarked\copyrighted logo and superimpose it onto something else and release it publicly without a threat of a lawsuit ?


Yes

It is called PARODY and it is a protected form of free speech (guaranteed in our constitution as well as okayed by the men in black (robes)


14 posted on 07/09/2017 10:53:14 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
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To: RegulatorCountry
A nice compilation of CNN abuse memes!
15 posted on 07/09/2017 11:00:19 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Mob frenzy?


16 posted on 07/09/2017 11:04:09 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Climate Change: The Imminent Crisis That Never Arrives and the gravy train that never ends.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Taking the overall view of Stelter’s timeline since President Trump’s election, this is a completely stressed-out guy who has been Peter Principle’d one promotion beyond his capacity. #Schadenfreude


17 posted on 07/09/2017 11:22:21 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Prosecute the win. Run up the score.)
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18 posted on 07/09/2017 11:24:00 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

thanks


19 posted on 07/09/2017 11:30:36 AM PDT by stylin19a
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

President Trump has shown us all, you do not have to be afraid of the MSM and their lies. They have used up their various derogatory cards.

For many years I thought I was in the minority with my conservative views, and then Rush Limbaugh began broadcasting.

I was not alone, there were millions of Americans that felt the same way. Unfortunately, we still did not have a leader in the political arena that was not afraid to fight back.

Trump is that leader.

The left have gotten a free ride for years, but the sleeping giant has been awaken.

We will no longer be silenced.


20 posted on 07/09/2017 11:46:42 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
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