Posted on 01/29/2020 3:44:10 PM PST by Morgana
Days after he took part in viciously attacking Trump supporters for supposedly not being able to read, CNN anchor Don Lemon finally addressed the controversy on-air, but only after it blew up across social media. During his opening monologue for Tuesdays CNN Tonight, Lemon refuses to apologize, instead claiming he doesn't belittle people and was only laughing at the joke and didn't hear everything.
And one final note that I have for you. Because this is personally important to me to address this, he claimed. Anyone, ask anyone who knows me. Theyll tell you. I don't believe in belittling people. Belittling anyone for who they are, for what they believe, or where they're from.
Good thing he told viewers to go ask people who know him because they cant reasonably do that. If he was really against belittling people, he would have taken command of his show and stopped his guests.
In his explanation for his laughter, Lemon suggested he was only laughing at the disparaging joke and not the people the joke was targeting:
During an interview on Saturday night, one of my guests said something that made me laugh. And while in the moment, I found the joke humorous and I didn't catch everything that said. Just to make this perfectly clear, I was laughing at the joke. And not at any group of people.
CNN is a network that purports to be facts first. So, what do the facts say about Lemons assertion that he doesnt believe in belittling people? Hint: theyre not on his side.
As NewsBusters had previously documented, Lemon has a laundry list of instances of being uncivil and viciously lashing out at Trump supporters. He has claimed they support racism, described them as people who will lie, steal, and cheat, lie to their mother, and even smeared Trumps bases as racists worse than him.
Almost 30 minutes after his empty comments, Lemon showed off how little self-awareness he had when he tried to chide Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for his feud with an NPR reporter. We're not perfect. When we get it wrong, we say we got it wrong, we apologize and we move on.
Perhaps Lemon should take his own advice. This is CNN.
The transcript is below:
CNN Tonight January 28, 2020 10:08:20 p.m. Eastern
DON LEMON: And one final note that I have for you. Because this is personally important to me to address this. Okay? Anyone, ask anyone who knows me. Theyll tell you. I don't believe in belittling people. Belittling anyone for who they are, for what they believe, or where they're from.
During an interview on Saturday night, one of my guests said something that made me laugh. And while in the moment, I found the joke humorous and I didn't catch everything that said. Just to make this perfectly clear, I was laughing at the joke. And not at any group of people.
He has viewers?
Ill bet he got more viewership because Crowder did a video about this than hes had all month.
Bug the hell out of CNN's advertisers until they agree to stop advertising on Lemon's show!
It is bizarre that libs with straight faces mention the education levels of Trump supporters; the urban Dem base doesn’t average a second grade education - and they turn out in droves with outstretched palms.
Best Trump campaign ad ever!
And, of course, they refuse to mention all the Dem voters who are illiterate and/or part of the Free-Sh!t army (e.g., vote to maintain their unearned Gubermint handouts).
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P.S. Brenden Dilley had a great response to this on his show yesterday 1/28.
FYI: He can be really crude (language and more), but what he had to say about Lemon and company was spot on.
Don Lemon, the dumbest man in television.
Smirking King of the Vaseline Jar is a lying sack of sh*t!!
He constantly belittles Trump and Trump supporters.
Hey Vaseline King, wheres your little white crackah fiancé right now? Ill bet hes slinking around in bath houses, trolling for anonymous sex. Did you think your toy boy was really going to be faithful to youa dumpy 53 year old putz? Bwah hah hah hah!!!!
Don Lemon - You LIE!
He who pronounces sorbet as sore bet.
Lemon is still thinking about whether another hilarious joke about him eating chicken and watermelons is OK.
How do you not hear what is being blasted in your ear bud?
Why in God’s green earth would anyone care about any sort of apology from a liberal?
DON LEMON IS A LEMON.
Now would be a good ime to send Don dAdorable a thank you note........
And include a pkg of Huggies with the note......
Dondos having leakage problems in CNN offices trying to decide which bathroom to use-
a big decision tolerant and compassionate CNN allows him to make.
Looks like his apology disappeared into a black hole.
To wit— the State of New Mexico, run by democrats on every level since 1931 (this is a fact from recent research on the
“worst education system” by states and the literacy rate accompanying the system). New Mexico is the worst in the country, and also has an illiteracy of 20% of the population.
Some bigots/ or implied bigotry (from democrats no less, as an excuse) have said this is because of the large Native American population in the State. Really? Native Americans, from most recent data are 11-14% of the population. Whites are 80%. Blacks and Asians are both 1.7 to 2.5% each group.
Democrat crappy schools and crappy management is the reason. Period. But they blame it on the “population”. Guess most of the Trump supporters they say are illiterate— are American Indians... right?
He should have gone with the “I’m sorry you’re not intelligent enough to understand us” excuse.
But he's clearly aware of it now, after it was pointed out to him, and after he saw the tape. So given that he's now aware of what was said, and that he at least apparently was laughing at it, that's exactly when you should apologize. "I apologise to any viewers who were offended. I actually didn't hear the second part of the joke, so if anyone was offended by my laughing, I am truly sorry."
But his refuse to apologize even after he was made aware of what he did actually validates the belief that he doesn't care who he insults.
If one really thinks about it the CNN audience are morons for believing the drivel CNN spews out
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