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Somehow, Donald Trump Jr. and Julian Assange are united in outrage at CNN over the video Donald Trump tweeted of himself beating a figure with the CNN logo in place of a head. (I know. I cant believe I just typed that, either.) <\/p>\n
The back story is as twisted as youd expect. After Trump the father tweeted aGIF of himself in his days as an occasional WWE character tackling and beating a wrestler with the CNN logo edited onto his face, CNNfound the Reddit userwho initially created the image, got an apology from him, and said they wouldnt publish his name due to his remorse, but that CNN reserves the right to publish his identity should any of that change. The same Reddit user, by the way, previously posted pictures of CNN staff with Stars of David next to their heads and the text Something strange about CNN...cant quite put my finger on it.So its not like hes just apologizing for the Trump wrestling thing. <\/p>\n
To Trumpland, its a total outrage that if the same guy returns to making violent and\/or anti-Semitic memes about CNN, the network will release his identity. Hashtag CNNBlackmail.WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange dove right in with the claim that thiswas a crime. Which Uday Trump quickly cited: <\/p>\n
Not that this should be a surprise, given that the Trumps havea history of pointing to Assange's expert opinion. But Uday wasnt done. <\/p>\n
A Trump, spreading misinformation? Surely not! <\/p>\n
As a reminder in all of this, were talking about a network that went out and specifically hired Trump-supporting commentators during the Republican primaries, then hired Trumps former campaign manager while he was still collecting money from the Trump campaign. But Trump demands 100% fealtyand hes looking to make an example of one of the biggest, blandest news outlets he can to frighten the rest of the media into line while telling his supporters to believe that anything they dont want to hear is fake news. <\/p>\n
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