Now that the verdict has been returned in the Jussie Smollett case, it’s important that America address some of the root causes of the case.
In the Smollett case, elitist racism, combined with media-star arrogance, to help aid and abet CNN host Don Lemon’s alleged aiding and abetting of Smollett’s false police report early in the investigation according to reports from the court.
“Critics are angered and some are even requesting that CNN cut ties with its longtime employee Don Lemon after the award-winning broadcast journalist failed to make public his connection to actor Jussie Smollett while reporting on his alleged hate crime attack,” according to BET.
Even worse are allegations that Lemon actively helped Smollett by allegedly “tipping off” the former Empire star about what was happening in the police investigation into the case.
While not illegal, it shows that CNN big-money stars, like Lemon and recently-terminated CNN host Chris Cuomo, have no trouble crossing over from their role as journalists, into active participants, into ongoing sensitive stories with national implications.
These are stories that they then can peddle for profit and virtue as “insiders” who know things that the public doesn’t know and things they won’t disclose to the public unless it’s in some wholly self-serving co-authored memoir.
More worrisome is the concern that Lemon and Cuomo have been using their broad investigative resources provided by CNN as a means to pick winners and losers in cases, especially cases with personal consequences.
If true of Lemon, as it seemed to be for Cuomo, can this be for the good of journalism? Can this be good for America? Can this be good for CNN?
The answer to all three questions is no.
It’s impossible to say with certainty what exactly happened between Lemon and Smollett, so the CNN host at this point should be presumed innocent.
But it is incumbent upon CNN to at least remove host Lemon from his current position and appoint an outside, credible, independent group that can get to the bottom of the rights and wrongs in this case — as well as the Cuomo case — as soon as possible.
And if he’s guilty of wrongdoing, Lemon needs to be fired.
For years Americans have seethed over perceived bias by the media and that distrust has damaged journalism in unprecedented ways, including a decline in revenue, and the need for that last refuge of sycophantic, dysfunctional businesses in America, federal bailouts.
Gallup reported in October that 64% Americans have little or no trust in journalist, the second lowest mark since just before Donald Trump rocked the press by getting elected president of United States, despite press insistence that Trump had no chance of winning.
But cases like Lemon’s and Cuomo’s are cases that are beyond political bias.
They are abuses of power that are impeachable and fireable offenses by any other type of employer outside the CNN cocoon.
Americans shouldn’t have to wait for charges of sexual misconduct to be levied against Lemon, as they eventually were against Cuomo, to get CNN to act.
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Everyone at the Clinton News Network should fire themselves. With no CNN, a lot of filth / evil will be removed from the world.
Not likely to happen. It appears that CNN and other liberal outlets, who seem to be very comfortable in last place in the ratings, still seem to have enough money to keep going as the Left’s propaganda machine. My assumption based on the all too obvious is that this is “dark money” that really needs to be reported as political contributions.
They would first off, need a SOUL, before they could feel enough shame, to fire themselves…
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, is every company that advertises with them, NEEDS TO STOP!
Keep in mind that CNN is a political propaganda outlet and operated for and by the Democrat Party.
CNN has no credibility just like their non-credible, traitorous, dishonest, dishonorable, destructive, immoral, socialist Democrat Party.
Don Lemonhead should be fired from CNN for reporting to the public on his show by telling a continual stream of lies every time he is on camera. He has been getting away with lying about conservatives for his entire career at CNN and it is past time for him to be gone. This has nothing to do with Smollett, it has to do with smearing lies about our conservative elected officials for years and years. GIVE HIM HIS JUST REWARD – FIRE HIM FOR THE RIGHT REASON.
WAKE UP AMERICA AND DEMAND ACTION BY NOT TUNING IN TO CNN UNTIL THEY DO THE RIGHT THING!!!
It would be nice to fire him for the “right” reason, but it didn’t happen with Cuomo when he was governor and got seniors killed. However they can get rid of him is okay by me.
Agreed. JUST as long as he goes, for good, that makes me happy.
The biggest problem for CNN and MSNBC along with the rest of the MSM is that they are NOT newscast. It’s propaganda and political leftist commentary occasionally interrupted by news. I just wish they’d be honest with themselves and tell exactly what they are. Lemon is just what his name implies, a worthless piece of ****.
“longtime employee Don Lemon after the award-winning broadcast journalist…”
What award, being yet another affirmative action hire?
“Americans shouldn’t have to wait for charges of sexual misconduct to be levied against Lemon, as they eventually were against Cuomo, to get CNN to act.”
Maybe he and Smallette were an item?
Anyone who buys Lemon as a newscaster has driven off the lot in a lemon.
With cnn all one has to be is racist to be employed by them. But is doesn’t hurt to be a black racist, queer, of the lesser intelligent persuasion and having a big mouth.