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That is quite the non sequitur. No one's life was ruined and investigative journalism wasn't involved.

• mcpackieh 3y ago
  It was investigative journalism, if you can call it journalism. CNN investigated the origin of the gif, and used biographical details revealed on reddit to determine the gif creators real name / identity. They didn't ruin his life, but threatened to go public with information which probably would have. Anyway, here's the article in question: https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/04/politics/kfile-reddit-user-trump-tweet/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/04/politics/kfile-reddit-user-tr...
  • wnevets 3y ago
    > if you can call it journalism. I don't, hence my comment.
    • mcpackieh 3y ago
      Well that's waffle_ss's point I think.
      • wnevets 3y ago
        That things that aren't investigative journalism aren't investigative journalism? Very insightful.