2017.07.04 Burying CNN Blackmail Controversy

There was a page created on CNN’s blackmail controversy (where CNN threatened to dox someone). Other editors stepped in, and buried the lede and much of the factual content, not because of standards, but because it made CNN look bad (by telling the truth). Efforts to restore the material were met with a wall of double standards or outright censorship.

📚 References https://extranewsfeed.com/cnn-blackmail-controversy-buried-on-wikipedia-with-help-of-partisan-editors-95c70394a310 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:CNN_controversies#Proposed_merge_with_CNN_blackmail_controversy Trimmed key content: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CNN_controversies&type=revision&diff=789312962&oldid=789299861 Like Kathy Griffin's firing from CNN had nothing to do with CNN: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CNN_controversies&diff=793545762&oldid=793510921 Or censoring the James O’Keefe’s video series on CNN that exposed uncomfortable truths by their own editors/producers: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CNN_controversies&diff=791352493&oldid=791349218 Or censored references to other Wikipedia articles that pointed out some of CNN's other bad behavior (wikipedia doesn't believe wikipedia is a reliable source?): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/CNN_2017_undercover_videos_controversy Vox Popoli blog mentioned the problem: http://voxday.blogspot.com/2018/01/wikipedia-buries-cnn-scandal.html?m=1 An editor tried to restore the censored material: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CNN_controversies&diff=818457705&oldid=816803843 And it was reverted immediately back to the censored version: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CNN_controversies&diff=818463170&oldid=818457705 https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2017/07/04/cnn-blackmails-source-donald-trump-wrestling-video/