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<p>On Wednesday, everyone returned from the long weekend to the delightful, cheery hashtag: &quot;CNN Blackmail.&quot; Tweeters included trolls at all levels, including Donald Trump Jr:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So I guess they weren&#39;t effective threatening the admin so they go after &amp; bully a 15 y/o? Seems in line w their &quot;standards&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNBlackmail?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNBlackmail</a> <a href="https://t.co/u8YmNnLonj">https://t.co/u8YmNnLonj</a></p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/882572743648169984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/882440245370904576</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A multi-billion dollar TV network blackmailing a private citizen into not making funny videos about it is not journalism, CNN. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNBlackmail?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNBlackmail</a></p>&mdash; Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) <a href="https://twitter.com/DefendAssange/status/882440859370868737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Explaining this ridiculous scenario backwards from today&#39;s hashtag might be the simplest way to understand what&#39;s going on here. But first, you&#39;ve got to know that all this stems from a <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/donald-trump-tweet-meme-cnn/">ridiculous tweet</a>&mdash;as usual&mdash;from President Donald Trump.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FraudNewsCNN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FraudNewsCNN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FNN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FNN</a> <a href="https://t.co/WYUnHjjUjg">pic.twitter.com/WYUnHjjUjg</a></p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/881503147168071680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>But that&#39;s getting ahead of ourselves. On Tuesday, a CNN reporter named Andrew Kacynski <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/04/politics/kfile-reddit-user-trump-tweet/index.html" target="_blank">identified the Reddit user</a> who initially &quot;claimed credit for&quot; the stupid video in Donald Trump&#39;s above tweet.</p><p>He goes by the user name HanAssholeSolo. Nice. Naturally.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882410764463681540</oembed><oembed>https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882418809046528000</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>As <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/04/politics/kfile-reddit-user-trump-tweet/index.html" target="_blank">CNN poked around</a> HanA**holeSolo&#39;s Reddit history, they found a number of racist, anti-Semitic posts. Of course, because this is the type of guy that inspires Trump. The man behind the Reddit handle apologized, and CNN wrote the following. They wouldn&#39;t publish his name:</p><blockquote> <p>CNN is not publishing &quot;HanA**holeSolo&#39;s&quot; name because he is a private citizen who has issued an extensive statement of apology, showed his remorse by saying he has taken down all his offending posts, and because he said he is not going to repeat this ugly behavior on social media again. In addition, he said his statement could serve as an example to others not to do the same.</p> <p>CNN reserves the right to publish his identity should any of that change.</p> </blockquote><p>And here we are, with a number of right-wing personalities and straight-up trolls (Donald Trump Jr.) tweeting about #CNN Blackmail with made-up allegations, chief of which the idea that HanA**holeSolo is a 15-year-old.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨Any company advertising with CNN should be boycotted...<br><br>Blackmailing an 15 yr old American Citizen over a meme... sickening<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNBlackmail?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNBlackmail</a></p>&mdash; Mark #MAGA 🇺🇸 (@revelation16_15) <a href="https://twitter.com/revelation16_15/status/882570244061093889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In a better world, CNN would be shut down by this. Corporations should not bully 15yr olds. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNBlackmail?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNBlackmail</a></p>&mdash; Jason Richard (@JReesh) <a href="https://twitter.com/JReesh/status/882572582821777408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>He&#39;s not a 15-year-old.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882533322160832512</oembed><oembed>https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882575268564656129</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The issue of exposing the Reddit user&#39;s identity sounds murky and bizarre&mdash;but Kacyznski denied coaxing the apology out of him, and said that CNN&#39;s article is being misinterpreted. The man himself, HanA**holeSolo, apparently agrees.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882438606270410752</oembed><oembed>https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882417992717537280</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882429541981052928</oembed><oembed>https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882418323673239553</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882430148016037888</oembed><p>Plus there&#39;s this gem, in which an anonymous Reddit troll shows better judgment than the president:</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882410932365930496</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>None of the facts of the situation have stopped people like Donald Trump Jr. from tweeting what they want on the matter. After all, &quot;CNN Blackmail&quot; achieves the same thing POTUS did with his initial tweet: it turns the bashing of journalists into entertainment, based on nothing in reality.</p><p>Enjoy your day back from the holiday, and see you at the next Trump tweet.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

The 'CNN Blackmail' hashtag is another complete mess that started with a Trump tweet.

On Wednesday, everyone returned from the long weekend to the delightful, cheery hashtag: &quot;CNN Blackmail.&quot; Tweeters included trolls at all levels, including Donald Trump Jr:So I guess they weren&#39;t effective threatening the admin so they go after &amp; bully a 15 y/o? Seems in line w their &quot;standards&quot; #CNNBlackmail https://t.co/u8YmNnLonj&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 5, 2017 https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/882440245370904576A multi-billion dollar TV network blackmailing a private citizen into not making funny videos about it is not journalism, CNN. #CNNBlackmail&mdash; Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) July 5, 2017 Explaining this ridiculous scenario backwards from today&#39;s hashtag might be the simplest way to understand what&#39;s going on here. But first, you&#39;ve got to know that all this stems from a ridiculous tweet&mdash;as usual&mdash;from President Donald Trump.#FraudNewsCNN #FNN pic.twitter.com/WYUnHjjUjg&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 2, 2017 But that&#39;s getting ahead of ourselves. On Tuesday, a CNN reporter named Andrew Kacynski identified the Reddit user who initially &quot;claimed credit for&quot; the stupid video in Donald Trump&#39;s above tweet.He goes by the user name HanAssholeSolo. Nice. Naturally.https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882410764463681540https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882418809046528000As CNN poked around HanA**holeSolo&#39;s Reddit history, they found a number of racist, anti-Semitic posts. Of course, because this is the type of guy that inspires Trump. The man behind the Reddit handle apologized, and CNN wrote the following. They wouldn&#39;t publish his name: CNN is not publishing &quot;HanA**holeSolo&#39;s&quot; name because he is a private citizen who has issued an extensive statement of apology, showed his remorse by saying he has taken down all his offending posts, and because he said he is not going to repeat this ugly behavior on social media again. In addition, he said his statement could serve as an example to others not to do the same. CNN reserves the right to publish his identity should any of that change. And here we are, with a number of right-wing personalities and straight-up trolls (Donald Trump Jr.) tweeting about #CNN Blackmail with made-up allegations, chief of which the idea that HanA**holeSolo is a 15-year-old.🚨Any company advertising with CNN should be boycotted...Blackmailing an 15 yr old American Citizen over a meme... sickening#CNNBlackmail&mdash; Mark #MAGA 🇺🇸 (@revelation16_15) July 5, 2017 In a better world, CNN would be shut down by this. Corporations should not bully 15yr olds. #CNNBlackmail&mdash; Jason Richard (@JReesh) July 5, 2017 He&#39;s not a 15-year-old.https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882533322160832512https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882575268564656129The issue of exposing the Reddit user&#39;s identity sounds murky and bizarre&mdash;but Kacyznski denied coaxing the apology out of him, and said that CNN&#39;s article is being misinterpreted. The man himself, HanA**holeSolo, apparently agrees.https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882438606270410752https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882417992717537280https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882429541981052928https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882418323673239553https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882430148016037888Plus there&#39;s this gem, in which an anonymous Reddit troll shows better judgment than the president:https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/882410932365930496None of the facts of the situation have stopped people like Donald Trump Jr. from tweeting what they want on the matter. After all, &quot;CNN Blackmail&quot; achieves the same thing POTUS did with his initial tweet: it turns the bashing of journalists into entertainment, based on nothing in reality.Enjoy your day back from the holiday, and see you at the next Trump tweet.

On Wednesday, everyone returned from the long weekend to the delightful, cheery hashtag: &quot;CNN Blackmail.&quot; Tweeters included trolls at all levels, including Donald Trump Jr:        Explaining this ridiculous scenario backwards...