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RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:35 PM Nov 2015

WTF is this all about? Remove Don Lemon from CNN

I don't watch him much, but I've never seen stuff like this from him. But I'm more than willing to say I have no idea about any of this. I was just surprised when this started popping up all over the internet.

https://www.change.org/p/cnn-remove-don-lemon-from-cnn

Don Lemon is guilty of many accounts of attempting to portray Black people in a negative light in times of racially motivated injustice.
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WTF is this all about? Remove Don Lemon from CNN (Original Post) RKP5637 Nov 2015 OP
He took a right turn into Looney Land. nt ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2015 #1
It puzzles Aerows Nov 2015 #2
Looks like he drank the koolaid and though he was "equal" to the whites in the company. LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #3
Blacks view him as a self hater LittleBlue Nov 2015 #4
I love him. Every news anchor in the world has probably made a statement or two wordpix Nov 2015 #5
All I remember is that once he asked what does TGIF means... question everything Nov 2015 #6
I like Don Lemon. grasswire Nov 2015 #7
Pffffft rjsquirrel Nov 2015 #8
I don't always agree with Don Lemon romanic Nov 2015 #9

LiberalArkie

(15,730 posts)
3. Looks like he drank the koolaid and though he was "equal" to the whites in the company.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:42 PM
Nov 2015

That ruins so many when they start believing themselves.

 

LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)
4. Blacks view him as a self hater
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:43 PM
Nov 2015

They call him Tom Lemon.

Joking aside, firing him merely for having opinions is somewhat fascist.

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
5. I love him. Every news anchor in the world has probably made a statement or two
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:45 PM
Nov 2015

that he/she regrets. No one is perfect. I think Don is fabulous including his coverage of Ferguson. He was pushed around himself by police there but notably kept his cool.

 

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)
8. Pffffft
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 05:01 PM
Nov 2015

As if Lemon matters. Or CNN.

One thing I know is NEVER SIGN AN ONLINE PETITION. They never change anything, they just harvest emails for spam fundraising and grifting.

Waste of time and energy. You could have a million signatures and it would have no effect on CNN.

romanic

(2,841 posts)
9. I don't always agree with Don Lemon
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 06:05 PM
Nov 2015

however he's done no harm to black people with his reports or views. Black twitter and others of the like call him all kinds of "coon" and "Uncle Tom" simply because he does his job and asks questions/viewpoints without "choosing the right side".

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