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TomCADem

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Tue Jul 4, 2017, 05:41 PM Jul 2017

Journalist Who Exposed The Racist Creator Of Trumps CNN Tweet Gets Death Threats

Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — A journalist who revealed the racist, anti-Semitic internet troll behind the CNN beat-down video that President Donald Trump shared says he’s facing a barrage of death threats. And he warns that the president is fueling a violent, anti-media conversation online.

Jared Yates Sexton, a New York Times contributor and assistant professor of creative writing at Georgia Southern University, shared with HuffPost several threatening messages directed at him since he unmasked the troll Sunday. In one, a Reddit user warns of a looming “journocaust” — presumably a holocaust for journalists. In another, a Twitter user says there’s “a civil war coming” and that memes — specifically, the antisemitic one by the creator of the video that Trump shared — are “the least” of Sexton’s problems.

“There’s a fever pitch to this dialogue that is dangerous to everybody,” Sexton told HuffPost. “And it’s the people who are mentally ill, who are unhinged, who are unwell — they pick up on this stuff. And they are really, really moved to act by it.”

“If we keep this up, there’s going to be more consequences,” he added. “That’s just a fact.”

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jared-sexton-trump-cnn-tweet_us_595a6656e4b0da2c7324d3d6?qbpe&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

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Journalist Who Exposed The Racist Creator Of Trumps CNN Tweet Gets Death Threats (Original Post) TomCADem Jul 2017 OP
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After re-reading the story, it became apparent that the gist of my comments were directed at the journalist who did the research. No. I applaud the journalists research and i fear for their saftey.

I have no sympathy for the spooge-ball who made the animation and the list of Jewish personnel at CNN.

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