# Trump "punches" CNN **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361 "2017-07-02T15:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/101 "2017-07-05T19:46:46Z")
The apology has somehow mysteriously disappeared. FOX creatures are trying to claim the guy is a poor 15-year-old gay supporter of Trump, but that’s a lie, of course. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/102 "2017-07-05T19:56:00Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > If this story is correct: > > [http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/04/politics/kfile-reddit-user-trump-tweet/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/04/politics/kfile-reddit-user-trump-tweet/index.html) > > …then CNN found out who it was and attempted to contact him but he didn’t respond. But then, apparently knowing that the jig was up, the redditor made his apology and deleted all his old (racist and violence-advocating) posts. And afterwards, CNN posted that in light of his apology, they didn’t plan to release his name, at least as long as he didn’t get back into the abominable posting business. I fully understand how this could happen, but I still think it sends the wrong narrative. At the very least, they should have just not said anything about what they intended to do, and let his apology stand. Also, my understanding is that he deleted everything, and the apology was deleted with it. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/103 "2017-07-05T19:56:41Z")
What happened to “the party of personal responsibility?” Why shouldn’t this guy take his lumps (providing he’s not actually a minor)? It’s almost like that claim is as much bullshit as, “character matters.” Oh well, you live, you learn, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/104 "2017-07-05T19:57:43Z")
A conglomerate of Nazis are threatening with releasing the information of CNN workers’ children if they don’t agree to a group of demands including giving a college scholarship to this poor gay 15-year-old who is neither. > **[Neo-Nazi vows to 'hunt down' children of CNN staffers over reporting on...](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/neo-nazi-vows-to-hunt-down-children-of-cnn-staffers-over-reporting-on-pro-trump-reddit-troll/)** > > CNN has become the recipient of white supremacist troll ire -- all for investigating the origins of the GIF President Donald Trump tweeted attacking them last weekend.After CNN tracked down the identity of the Reddit user who created the GIF of... ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/105 "2017-07-05T20:15:30Z")
If this world were a bus, I’d get off at the next stop. ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/106 "2017-07-06T01:24:53Z")
[https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRepublicToday/videos/1732713537027790/](https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRepublicToday/videos/1732713537027790/) Tucker Carlson interviewing Mark Steyn - Mark Steyn thinks the current direction of CNN will destroy it. I hope so, they richly deserve it. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/107 "2017-07-06T01:33:41Z")
As if Fox News deserves any better. Try this for a juicy right-leaning take on the fiasco. [Instapundit » Blog Archive » UH OH: If BuzzFeed is correct, it appears CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski outed the wrong guy. “According…](https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/269167/) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/108 "2017-07-06T02:49:06Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > [https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRepublicToday/videos/1732713537027790/](https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRepublicToday/videos/1732713537027790/) > > Tucker Carlson interviewing Mark Steyn - Mark Steyn thinks the current direction of CNN will destroy it. I hope so, they richly deserve it. Counterpoint: who gives a shit what those two political hacks think? ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/109 "2017-07-06T03:15:47Z")
[https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRepublicToday/videos/1732716357027508/](https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRepublicToday/videos/1732716357027508/)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/110 "2017-07-06T03:36:55Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > [https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRepublicToday/videos/1732716357027508/](https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRepublicToday/videos/1732716357027508/)🙂 Oh yeah, that’s from that play Obama, Biden and others performed in. Someone added a CNN head to the person being attacked in the video, which was then re-edited in the White House, and then tweeted by Obama from both his personal account and the PotUS account. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/111 "2017-07-06T03:41:15Z")
Doxxing has been done in the past and it’s been brutal, but I don’t agree with it. CNN made the right call in not releasing his name and frankly they look dumb for trying to ascertain his IP and other information. They set themselves up for right wing criticism. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/112 "2017-07-06T04:33:54Z")
Will Trump’s animus towards CNN cause his Justice Department to get revenge by denying permission for CNN parent Time Warner to merge with AT&T? [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/business/media/jeffrey-zucker-cnn-trump.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/business/media/jeffrey-zucker-cnn-trump.html)? ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/113 "2017-07-06T11:27:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The apology has somehow mysteriously disappeared. FOX creatures are trying to claim the guy is a poor 15-year-old gay supporter of Trump, but that’s a lie, of course. The native mods removed it on the grounds that it was posted under duress, so I hear. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/114 "2017-07-06T12:14:11Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > If this world were a bus, I’d get off at the next stop. It’s like that movie I can’t remember the title of. It’s about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode! I think it was called, ‘The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down.’ ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/115 "2017-07-06T18:43:20Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I don’t understand why there aren’t 1000s of GIFs now of everyone in any movie clip, or wrestling clip, or whatever, taking down a guy with a CNN logo face. Hackivists are slacking I guess. There are a bunch out there, some of them quite funny. ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/116 "2017-07-06T20:08:40Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > There are a bunch out there, some of them quite funny. [https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRepublicToday/videos/1733070570325420/](https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRepublicToday/videos/1733070570325420/) ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/117 "2017-07-06T20:19:49Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > [https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRepublicToday/videos/1733070570325420/](https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRepublicToday/videos/1733070570325420/) I don’t Facebook, but there are plenty on Twitter too: [x.com](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNBlackmail) ETA: I don’t Twitter either, but their prompting you to login is less annoying than FB’s ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/118 "2017-07-06T20:24:49Z")
What was really funny was when that congressman in Montana actually body slammed that reporter. Violence against journalists is hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/119 "2017-07-06T20:28:10Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > What was really funny was when that congressman in Montana actually body slammed that reporter. Violence against journalists is hilarious! You see some connection between that and this thread? And FWIW, he wasn’t a Congressman at the time. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361/120 "2017-07-06T20:30:37Z")
And yet he is now. How proud you must be of your goons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-punches-cnn/790361.md?page=7)