Group who created Tumblr worm says they're protesting "lowering journalistic standards"

Statement from the group purportedly sent to The Guardian:

This was just another part of our “anti-blogging” campaign. GNAA’s stance on blogging in general has always been a negative one: in short, blogging is lowering journalistic standards to the point where the number of friends a murderer has on Facebook has become news.

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    the “Gay Nigger Association of America” strikes…… Suddenly this information war got a little stranger, I don’t think...
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    Also see How the Tumblr worm spread so quickly
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  6. bronyned reblogged this from reuters and added:
    …does that mean I’m a journalist now? COOL
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    This is laughable. A group of trolls are arguing that they’re protesting against lowered journalistic standards, for the...
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    cyber protest was in fact as shallow as those who...group protested against. If these...
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    Blogging is ruining journalism?
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    I really love the fact that these idiots are pretty much targeting the wrong people. I just say an article on TIME...
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