This guy (who’s probably in his teens) was reveling in his 15 minutes of internet fame. He probably said something that gave himself away, and that led to his Facebook page. Which probably had all sorts of public information on it. Sherlock Holmes was not required to find this guy.
Is CNN really overreacting? Reporters have been threatened with violence at Trump campaign rallies. There is a climate of acceptability Trump has created where journalists are not human beings trying to do their jobs, but something less than. And this stupid immature video is another symptom of that.
Quote from the article.
"The Committee to Protect Journalists said in a statement this week that the tweet “undermines the work of the media in the U.S. and makes it more dangerous.” CNN said in a statement that the tweet “encourages violence against reporters.”
I was never more than a lowly journalism student in college writing for the school paper, but I never felt threatened in any way. My editor did get a threatening letter personally directed at them once, (over an opinion piece they wrote on gun control) and our professor called in the cops. I sure as heck would not want to be identified as a journalist in mixed company these days.
What does it say about the sub reddit he posted to that they have removed his apology?
