OMG! Is there a WORSE person to defend CNN's Andrew Kaczynski over #CNNBlackmail?

Hahahahahahaha.

— Chris Tsotsoros (@ctsotsoros) July 5, 2017

hahaahhahahahahahahahahahahahah

— El Harro (@elharroo) July 5, 2017

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

— Paul D. (@pdon115) July 5, 2017

As Twitchy told you, CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski is doing his damnedest to defend his decision to threaten to expose the Reddit user who created the Trump wrestling gif that so hurt CNN’s feelings. Kaczynski’s reputation wasn’t all that great to begin with, and this Reddit thing has only made it worse.

So, how to go about fixing it? Kaczynski’s former BuzzFeed boss, editor in chief Ben Smith, probably thought this might help:

.@kfile is among the most careful,transparent reporters on the internet. He's never operated with the bad faith of ppl attacking him today.

— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) July 5, 2017

He was very, very wrong.

https://twitter.com/Me_In_Jersey/status/882602558828761090

pic.twitter.com/nhhXUVFlQi

— Keith ??? Burton (@bbeekk321) July 5, 2017

https://twitter.com/ProbablyMS/status/882608548810829824

Whoops.

Lol, says the peepeegate brigade.

— Jimni27 (@jimni27) July 5, 2017

This means literally nothing coming from Buzzfeed "Dossier" Ben

— bob (@artxmaverick) July 5, 2017

Well, it doesn’t mean nothing … a defense from Smith, whose own journalistic standards are questionable at best, actually makes Kaczynski look even worse.

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https://twitter.com/PixyMisa/status/882597832607256577

Stop trying to justify this, you hack.

— Syntax Error ?? (@SyntaxError1871) July 5, 2017

https://twitter.com/ferdeline/status/882605451728310272

No, Ben, stop – don't…… pic.twitter.com/MCLJjAulKA

— Discarded Virtues (@DiscardedVirtue) July 5, 2017

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