CNN's Andrew Kaczynski fights back as #CNNBlackmail trends nationally

CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski is fighting back against accusations that his article on the Reddit user who created the Trump–WWE GIF was basically extortion:

https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882429541981052928

https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882430148016037888

And it’s our fault for misinterpreting the line in his story that sounds whole lot like extortion:

https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882438606270410752

This might not be the best way to spin the extortion threat, eh?

How do we put out this fire? Let's try gasoline!

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) July 5, 2017

https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/882440546484137985

And he’s mad that people are misreporting the Reddit guy’s age:

https://twitter.com/kfile/status/882533322160832512

Yes … it’s good to get information correct:

So rude of him. Spreading misinformation is CNN's job. https://t.co/2DPS346xTC

— jon gabriel (@exjon) July 5, 2017

It's fun watching CNN decry the spread of misinformation. https://t.co/Fj9g73IB8D

— Teri Christoph (@TeriChristoph) July 5, 2017

It's very important that people don't spread wrong information regarding the age of the person I doxxed and threatened. https://t.co/gVTpra7A9P

— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) July 5, 2017

Flashback: Remember when Kaczynski got caught spreading misinformation?

https://twitter.com/LukasMikelionis/status/882590529627836417

As Kaczynski dug in last night and this morning, the hashtag #CNNBlackmail became the No. 1 trending topic in the United States:

#CNNBlackmail story needs to be spread far and wide. The WH should pull their creds. Let them buy/share from the AP or another outlet.

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) July 5, 2017

Boomerang!

CNN thought they "got" Trump yet again and all they ended up with is #CNNBlackmail trending on Twitter.

— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) July 5, 2017

And expect a whole lot of new CNN memes like this one:

#CNNBlackmail pic.twitter.com/bMmtMlXWnv

— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) July 5, 2017

https://twitter.com/RealNMWD/status/882449095712952320

More to come.

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