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CNN anchor Don Lemon turned on his friend Jussie Smollett on Thursday, hours after a court found Smollett guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct for staging a hate crime.
“[Smollett] had to make up too many lies as to why he didn’t want to do certain things,” Lemon said.
“To cover. Like another lie – and I guess he got caught up in that because he took the stand himself.
“He got angry with the prosecutor as the prosecutor poked holes in his story – -calling the only other witnesses liars.'”
Lemon’s critique of Smollett is accurate: Smollett is a liar. Yet, Lemon again noticeably failed to disclose his own role in assisting Smollett while the case was still under investigation.
Earlier this week, Smollett testified that Lemon had tipped him off in 2019 that the police didn’t believe his made-up hoax.
Lemon “meddled with [the] police investigation,” the Daily Mail concluded.
From Smollett’s testimony, we also learned that Lemon texted Smollett “every day” in 2019 to check on his well-being because the case was “personal” to Lemon.
Lemon’s role in Smollett’s case comes at an inopportune time for CNN. The network just fired another primetime host, Chris Cuomo, for journalistic malpractice last week.
Still, I wouldn’t expect CNN or Lemon to address this elephant in the room. CNN responded to Chris Cuomo only after its allies in the press made it a story. From the Washington Post to the New York Times, media pundits across the industry demanded CNN react to Cuomo assisting his brother.
Meanwhile, the outrage toward Lemon for tipping off Smollett is comparably mild. Why is that? Is Lemon so sacred that no one dares to challenge him for his behavior? CNN is already facing questions, even internally, about its reputation for journalism, and this week, Lemon only furthered those doubts.
Something’s going on at CNN. I’m spitballing here but it looks like the (eventual) new owners have made it clear that either standards will change or personell will change.
Maybe
Writing is on the wall. Clown News Network has zero credibility as a news organization and is simply a Political Activist arm of the Leftists in the minds of most Americans.
New owners surely want to turn that around. Clean house, the talking heads that spewed non-stop Orange Man Bad and Identity Politics and the Gospel of Woke will never be believed by the vast majority of Americans.
ONLY option for CNN to climb out of the hole is: CLEAN HOUSE.
Yeah. Toobin, Stelter, and Lemon have to go. Maybe Cooper, Blitzer, and Tapper can stay if they get their act together.
*personnel. This isn’t Twitter Clay.
When CNN reports facts instead of having their bobbleheads regurgitate progressive talking points and run interference for the Democratic Party I’ll believe they are trying to change.
But not today. After all, on this very story, CNN’s headline was “Smollett Convicted of Some Charges.”
I don’t really believe they’re changing, just some of the more well-known voices have been saying (for CNN standards) weird things lately.
Lemon is holding TWO “You Can’t Fire ME” cards … he’s Black and he’s Gay.
Fredo was simply a scumbag. “Scumbags” are not a protected species … yet.
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2 losers: Smollett and Lemon. They deserve each other.
Comparing Smollett to Lemon is like comparing apples to oranges. Two different fruits.
Don Lemon turns on Former Lover Jussie Smollet… there fixed the headline
Smollett: ‘The True Attackers Were Inside Me All Along’
CHICAGO, IL—In a stirring moment that left judge, jury, bailiff, and typewriter lady in tears, actor Jussie Smollett paused while reciting his well-rehearsed testimony, stood, and proclaimed, “Now I see, clear as day, that the true attackers were inside me all along.”
“We knew he had it inside of him, and it was our job to help him see for himself what we’ve seen in him all along,” said lead prosecutor.
Smollett apologized to the two Nigerian co-conspirators and asked them to stop emailing him about their rich uncle, gave credit to the police for looking past his story to see the real Jussie Smollett, and thanked both of his fans for standing by him during this difficult time.
The bailiff then wiped his tears, handcuffed Smollett, and dragged him off to jail.