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by wnevets 1074 days ago
That is quite the non sequitur. No one's life was ruined and investigative journalism wasn't involved.
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mcpackieh 1074 days 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-tr...

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wnevets 1073 days ago
> if you can call it journalism.

I don't, hence my comment.

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mcpackieh 1073 days ago
Well that's waffle_ss's point I think.
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wnevets 1073 days ago
That things that aren't investigative journalism aren't investigative journalism? Very insightful.
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