I think it's more like CNN has a gun, and they called this guy, and said "hey we have a gun. If you do a thing that morally justifies us shooting you, we're going to shoot you with it". The robbery angle makes them seem too sinister.
The dude didn't rob him. The dude just got scared and handed his money over.
CNN didn't blackmail him. He just got scared and deleted everything and apologized.
wait I have a new analogy
CNN is a cop and they pulled over Jew-hating Teenager for speeding and the cop said "hey man speeding is bad. I'm willing to let you off with a warning this time, but if I catch you speeding again, I will give you a super ticket."
and then the teenager says "I'm sorry I will delete my speeding and also those things I said about Jews. I don't want a ticket!"
and then for some reason officer CNN tells everyone about the event
Ok lets do a cop analogy.
A teenager in his house with his friends is singing fuck tha police when his friend puts him over the loud speaker or whatever. Cop going by stops and starts banging on the door. The teen refuses to answer because he is scared but begins pleading profusely that he is scared and will do whatever the cop wants if he won't make a big deal about it. The cop says well you showed remorse, apologized for your behavior to me, and changed your behavior by no longer singing that song anymore.
However, if I hear you deviating from that change of behavior I am arresting you.
I officially have no idea what you're trying to say here.
Teenager did nothing wrong and is being threatened. Man, we need reading classes on this board. ---