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CNN's Don Lemon Says Being PC Is 'Dangerous,' Liberals Least Tolerant

By Randy Hall | June 11, 2015, 6:28 PM EDT

During a radio commentary for the Black America Web site on Thursday, CNN Tonight host Don Lemon startled many of his listeners when he declared that the culture of “political correctness” in America has become “dangerous.” He also claimed that after 25 y ...

Comedy Central's Larry Wilmore Slams CNN, Fox News Baltimore Coverage

By Randy Hall | April 29, 2015, 6:47 PM EDT

During Tuesday's edition of The Nightly Show on the Comedy Central cable channel, host Larry Wilmore used a combination of bad comedy and vulgarity to criticize how the Cable News Network and the Fox News Channel covered the riots and chaos in Baltim ...

Tavis Smiley on CNN: 'Racism, Poverty and Militarism' Behind Ferguson Shooting

By Matthew Balan | September 12, 2014, 1:35 PM EDT

PBS's Tavis Smiley shamelessly invoked Dr. Martin Luther King on Thursday's CNN Tonight, as he commented on the ongoing controversy surrounding the shooting of Michael Brown: " It underscores that Martin [Luther] King was right about what h ...

CNN's Lemon Uses Bill Maher Tweet To Revisit 'Islam is A Violent Religion' Debate

By Matthew Balan | September 12, 2014, 5:02 PM EDT

Don Lemon returned to the question of whether Islam is an inherently violent religion on Monday's CNN Tonight, as he interviewed Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison and author Reza Aslan. Lemon turned to his two Muslim guests for their take on a recent Twe ...

Shock: CNN's Lemon Strongly Hints Islam is 'More Violent' Than Other Religions

By Matthew Balan | September 12, 2014, 5:14 PM EDT

Don Lemon surprisingly shot down a common moral equivalency argument in defense of the Islamic faith during a panel discussion on Wednesday's CNN Tonight. Lemon asked, " Is Islam a more violent religion than other faiths? " When CNN analyst ...

CNN's Lemon Spotlights Obama's Briefing on ISIS A Year Ago; NYT's Kristof Downplays Report

By Matthew Balan | September 4, 2014, 11:43 AM EDT

On Tuesday's CNN Tonight, Don Lemon spotlighted the scoop that President Obama received briefings on ISIS "for at least a year" before the extreme Islamist group's blitzkrieg across northern Iraq – something the Big Three networks fail ...

CNN's Lemon Spotlights Obama's Briefing on ISIS A Year Ago; NYT's Kristof Downplays Report

By Matthew Balan | September 3, 2014, 10:09 PM EDT

On Tuesday's CNN Tonight, Don Lemon spotlighted the scoop that President Obama received briefings on ISIS "for at least a year" before the extreme Islamist group's blitzkrieg across northern Iraq – something the Big Three networks fail ...

CNN's Don Lemon: An 'Automatic' Weapon Is What I Say It Is

By Tom Blumer | August 22, 2014, 9:33 PM EDT

Don Lemon at CNN isn't interested in being told what an "automatic" rifle is. He's decided what it is, and the truth doesn't matter. Even after recognizing after the fact that the person correcting him was right, he has no remorse ...

Don Lemon 'Understands' the Rioting, Looting Response to Ferguson, Mo. Shooting

By Laura Flint | August 12, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT

On the August 11 edition of CNN Newsroom, Brooke Baldwin invited fellow CNN host Don Lemon and former NYPD detective Gil Alba on the show to discuss the latest reports of unrest in Ferguson, Mo., following the shooting of an unarmed African-American teen. ...

Don Lemon Shocked by Paul Rodriguez Supporting Deportation of Illegal Children

By P.J. Gladnick | July 12, 2014, 10:00 AM EDT

It wasn't supposed to go this way. Or so CNN's Don Lemon must have thought when he had Mexican-American comedian Paul Rodriguez on his CNN Tonight show on Wednesday. Perhaps Lemon was expecting the standard liberal answers from Rodriguez about w ...

On CNN, Conservative Pollster Conway, Joy Behar Spar Over The Future of 'The View'

By Matthew Balan | July 10, 2014, 6:33 PM EDT

Kellaynne Conway and Joy Behar faced off on Wednesday's CNN Tonight over the future of ABC's The View, particularly in light of Rosie O'Donnell rejoining the cast. Host Don Lemon wondered, "Will the panel reflect American politics?&quo ...

CNN Hosts: Paul Ryan ‘Not a Happy Man Today,’ But IRS Scandal Exists Because GOP 'So Mad About It'

By Curtis Houck | June 20, 2014, 11:14 PM EDT

On Friday’s edition of CNN Newsroom with Don Lemon, host Don Lemon and CNN chief congressional correspondent Dana Bash made some unusual remarks about a Republican, but later retreated to downplaying one of the many scandals facing the Obama administratio ...

CNN Anchor Don Lemon: 'Redskin' Is the New 'N-Word'

By Randy Hall | June 20, 2014, 7:36 AM EDT

The debate over whether the National Football League team in the District of Columbia should change its name from the Washington Redskins to something “less offensive” was the subject when CNN Newsroom weekend anchor Don Lemon was a guest during The Tom J ...

CNN's Lemon Spars with Ben Carson Over ObamaCare/Slavery Remarks; V.A. Scandal

By Matthew Balan | June 6, 2014, 8:58 AM EDT

On Tuesday's CNN Tonight, Don Lemon hounded conservative author Dr. Ben Carson over his October 2013 likening of ObamaCare to slavery and his recent blunt remarks about the V.A. scandal. Lemon acted as an apologist for the President and wondered, &qu ...

CNN Anchor Flips Out, Rashly Accuses Conservative Guest of 'Dog Whistle' Insult

By Matt Hadro | May 8, 2014, 5:16 PM EDT

After conservative guest Will Cain scolded society for "cheap hashtag activism" on Boko Haram, CNN anchor Don Lemon exploded and accused him of a "dog whistle" insult of First Lady Michelle Obama. Cain first ranted that "We do che ...