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The suspect was booked on numerous charges, including multiple counts of felony terroristic threatening and multiple counts of misdemeanor harassing communications.

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00:00An Arkansas man has been arrested on suspicion of making 40 calls to CNN, in which he allegedly

00:05harassed the network and made death threats against at least one reporter.

00:0939-year-old Benjamin Craig Matthews was arrested Wednesday and booked on numerous charges,

00:15including multiple counts of felony terroristic threatening and multiple counts of misdemeanor

00:20harassing communications, according to the Baxter County Sheriff's Office. Matthews is

00:24accused of making the dozens of calls to CNN between October 31st and November 2nd.

00:30He's also accused of making calls to another unidentified TV network and to various public

00:35officials and organizations. He remains in custody with a bond set of $15,000 and will make his

00:41first court appearance on Thursday.

00:43The news comes just weeks after a man was arrested for sending explosive devices to CNN and other

00:48deemed critics of the president. It also comes shortly after President Donald Trump berated

00:53CNN's Jim Acosta during a news conference, before the White House revoked the reporter's

00:58grounds clearance.

00:59You are a rude, terrible person. You shouldn't be working for CNN.

01:03Trump has made CNN the number one target of his, quote, fake news anti-media rhetoric.

01:09The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to CNN for comment.

01:12For more on this story, go to THR.com.

01:14Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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