CNN is being accused of attempting to intimidate the Paul Manafort jury after the far-left cable channel (and six other anti-Trump outlets) requested the jurors’ names and home addresses.
on Thursday, CNN, along with six other far-left media outlets (the Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Politico, the New York Times, NBC, and the AP) sued for the release of the names and home addresses of all of the Manafort jurors, a move that is both disturbing and almost unprecedented.
As Bre Payton at the Federalist points out, “Publicly outing the names and home addresses of jurors is considered ethically questionable, as outlined in this guidance sheet on the topic from the Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press.”
To begin with, it is seen as unseemly to thrust jurors into the spotlight against their will when they are not volunteering for publicity; they are chosen. CNN Don Lemon pointed out "The jurors will be making decisions watched by everyone and should be prepared to face questions if they let Manafort walk."
What many see here, and not without precedent, is yet another attempt by the media, most especially CNN, to bully and intimidate private, everyday citizens into convicting Manafort.
This is the new left media, they've come completely out of the closet. It's time for citizens to fund a counter source to publically release private information on those like Don Lemon, where they live, where they eat, what routes they take to work. Paparazzi's should be hired to follow them and report it live on social outlets. If they want to intimidate jurors and others by releasing personal information including addresses, it's time to do double up on those who do it. They can afford the security that will be needed for them and their families, the jurors can't, but at least we can shake up their routines and show them what it's like.
- By Clownkicker