{"id":77042,"date":"2017-07-06T12:01:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T16:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=77042"},"modified":"2017-07-06T12:10:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T16:10:44","slug":"cnns-chris-cuomo-violates-law-and-fcc-regs-with-extortion-by-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=77042","title":{"rendered":"CNN&#8217;s Chris Cuomo Violates Law and FCC Regs With Extortion By Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Did CNN&#8217;s Chris Cuomo Break The Law When He Sent This Now-Deleted Tweet?<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this morning CNN host Chris Cuomo tweeted out, then promptly deleted, a message asking whether he should reveal the name of the Reddit user who made the now infamous Trump-CNN wrestling video.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>He went on to imply that the whole purpose of outing the video&#8217;s creator would be to humiliate him for other posts he shared anonymously on a Reddit thread.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Should CNN reveal name of Reddit user who made trump wrestling video?\u00a0<strong>Had a lot of bigoted and hateful material on page and website.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why did <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisCuomo<\/a> delete this tweet? Possibly because they found out it was 15 year old kid they are trying to extort.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CNNBlackmail?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CNNBlackmail<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JfLWOI6bo4\">pic.twitter.com\/JfLWOI6bo4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark (@mmontuori) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmontuori\/status\/882585747118837761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cuomo&#8217;s tweet seemed to mimic a similar threat made by CNN&#8217;s Andrew Kaczynski that was released earlier this morning (which we covered\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-07-05\/cnn-blackmails-reddit-user-over-trump-wrestling-video-threatens-expose-identity-0\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user230519\/imageroot\/2017\/07\/05\/2017.07.05%20-%20cnn3_0.JPG\" alt=\"CNN\" width=\"600\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(1\/2) Troubling. I assume CNN&#39;s lawyers are examining GA \u00a7 16-8-16 Theft by extortion. If CNN constructively obtained the gif-maker&#39;s IP&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ChxqocuDgc\">https:\/\/t.co\/ChxqocuDgc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/882624428479307776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Unfortunately for Cuomo,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Kaczynski and all of CNN for that matter, it seems they probably should have brushed up on their knowledge of extortion laws<\/strong>\u00a0before making their thinly-veiled threats.\u00a0 As Ted Cruz subsequently pointed out, Georgia law (the home of CNN&#8217;s headquarters) strictly defines &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/law.justia.com\/codes\/georgia\/2010\/title-16\/chapter-8\/article-1\/16-8-16\">theft by exortion<\/a>&#8221; to include\u00a0<strong>&#8220;dissemination of any information tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule or to impair his credit or business repute.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(2\/2) it&#39;s a GA crime if they threatened to &quot;Disseminate any information tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule&#8230;.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ChxqocuDgc\">https:\/\/t.co\/ChxqocuDgc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/882625143968759810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course, Cuomo produces his show in New York so those backward Georgia laws don&#8217;t apply to him.\u00a0 That said, Julian Assange conveniently points out that\u00a0<strong>New York also has it&#8217;s own rather unfavorable views of things like &#8220;coercion&#8221; and &#8220;extortion.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(1\/2) Troubling. I assume CNN&#39;s lawyers are examining GA \u00a7 16-8-16 Theft by extortion. If CNN constructively obtained the gif-maker&#39;s IP&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ChxqocuDgc\">https:\/\/t.co\/ChxqocuDgc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/882624428479307776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(2\/2) it&#39;s a GA crime if they threatened to &quot;Disseminate any information tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule&#8230;.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ChxqocuDgc\">https:\/\/t.co\/ChxqocuDgc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/882625143968759810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"3\"><\/div>\n<p>Of course, this isn&#8217;t the first time Cuomo has openly displayed his ignorance of the law.\u00a0 As you may recall, he warned CNN viewers back in October that it was &#8220;illegal&#8221; for ordinary citizens to take a look at John Podesta&#8217;s emails as posted on WikiLeaks&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Remember, it\u2019s illegal to possess these stolen documents. It\u2019s different for the media. So everything you learn about this you are learning from us.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CNN Lies That It&#039;s Illegal For Americans To Look At Wikileaks, But It&#039;s Okay For Media\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/15ZTiAf8fp8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>All of which makes Project Veritas&#8217; latest CNN video, which features a producer saying that he &#8220;just can&#8217;t stand&#8221; Cuomo<\/strong>, all that much more entertaining.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><strong>&#8220;&#8230;[I] just can&#8217;t stand that guy [Cuomo] when he talks, we&#8217;re like shut up.&#8221;<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN producer on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisCuomo<\/a> &#8211; &quot;can&#39;t stand the guy&#8230;.we&#39;re just like shut up&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>We all know the feeling.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesOKeefeIII?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JamesOKeefeIII<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CNNBlackmail?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CNNBlackmail<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/83wa2sHYc2\">pic.twitter.com\/83wa2sHYc2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPlanet\/status\/882659697802784773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-07-05\/did-cnns-chris-cuomo-break-law-when-he-sent-now-deleted-tweet\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-07-05\/did-cnns-chris-cuomo-break-law-when-he-sent-now-deleted-tweet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did CNN&#8217;s Chris Cuomo Break The Law When He Sent This Now-Deleted Tweet?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}