CNN quickly clarified its intent, saying that it had “decided not to publish the name of the Reddit user out of concern for his safety,” but the battle had already begun. “I want to see CNN go down like Gawker,” wrote one user, posting to a pro-Trump Discord channel called Centipede Central. Remarkably, the CNN episode has managed to unite the notoriously fractious right-wing meme community under a common cause. On 4chan, a message board known for off-color humor and offensive memes, one poster wrote: “Right now, Reddit and r/TheDonald are our allies. “The next meme war is upon us,” wrote one Discord user, “and we will win.”

Source: New York Times July 06, 2017 01:07 UTC