> It would still be blackmail, I think, if you threatened to take someone's tweet and put it on the front page of the NY Times unless you receive a lifetime sup

> It would still be blackmail, I think, if you threatened to take someone's tweet and put it on the front page of the NY Times unless you receive a lifetime supply of M&M's and Diet Coke ... Haha... wow, such a good synopsis of the state of media today. Yeah, this is a good argument. It also suggests, though, that criminally relevant distinctions between blackmail and publication are strained.