Orders From Above

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“A Michigan man was arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot and kill CNN employees, WGCL-TV reported Monday.

“‘Fake news. I’m coming to gun you all down,’ the man told a CNN operator. . . .”

“He allegedly later called CNN again, saying, ‘I’m smarter than you. More powerful than you. I have more guns than you. More manpower. Your cast is about to get gunned down in a matter of hours.

“‘I am coming to Georgia right now to go to the CNN headquarters to f---ing gun every single last one of you,’ he said.” 

—Jacquleine Thomsen, reporter, “Man arrested, accused of threatening to kill CNN employees,” The Hill, Jan. 22, 2018.

 

• Editorial Comment: Where he could have gotten such a murderous, cockamamie notion?

 

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