As Twitchy reported earlier, Variety is out with a new story about CNN’s Don Lemon that paints him as a misogynist and a diva.
Don Lemon’s Misogyny at CNN, Exposed: Malicious Texts, Mocking Female Co-Workers and ‘Diva-Like Behavior’ https://t.co/0Iz9NvKFHv
— Variety (@Variety) April 5, 2023
Some who read the piece can’t believe CNN kept Lemon on while purging other on-air talents. Lemon even hosted a talk show on CNN+ for the month that it lasted. They pulled him from his prime time slot and stuck him on the morning show, though.
CNN has responded to the piece about Lemon, noting that Variety relies on anonymous sources and unsubstantiated claims from 15 years ago.
.@CNN responded to the Don Lemon disaster: "The Variety story provides no actual proof, and instead relies on anonymous sources and unsubstantiated claims from 10 to 15 years ago. CNN is unable to corroborate the alleged accounts." — WAIT. I thought we 'Believe all Women' ??
— Jon Nicosia (@NewsPolitics) April 5, 2023
That reminded a lot of people of CNN’s coverage of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s hearings, where they went through his high school yearbook to determine that he spiked the punch at parties and arranged gang bangs.
Remember when CNN televised account after account about Brett Kavanaugh from THIRTY years before, without a single substantiated claim?
Ah….good times.
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) April 5, 2023
Funny, when it was Brett Kavanaugh facing far less valid claims which were far older CNN spent weeks delving into THOSE claims.
Now? #BelieveAllWomen has now become #BitchesBeTrippin' https://t.co/ysuYbpfjtW— Brad Slager: Just Watching Walls Moving Out… (@MartiniShark) April 5, 2023
Wait, like CNN does? 🤔
— Sour Patch Lyds 💐 (@sourpatchlyds) April 5, 2023
Not only that, but CNN publishes stories everyday relying on anonymous sources and unsubstantiated claims.
They wouldn't have any content if it weren't for anonymous sources.
But y'all are supposed to believe THOSE.
— Rusty 🎙️ (@rustyweiss74) April 5, 2023
So the story is as credible as anything @CNN airs.
— IronTarkus (@FirstIronTarkus) April 5, 2023
I heard the sources were pulled into a black hole.
— Jon Awesome-Best Life (@RealStarMan) April 5, 2023
Since when were anonymous sources and unsubstantiated claims a problem for @CNN journalists?
— Red Dot in a Blue Dot in a Red State (@reddotaustintx) April 5, 2023
BREAKING: Anonymous sources, suddenly bad.
— Ian (@IanLysaght) April 5, 2023
There go the goalposts again!
— Marty (@nysportsfan1364) April 5, 2023
Funny how that works.
— Robert Smith (@RSmithInc) April 5, 2023
“No actual proof.” Then why did they run with the #Trump/Russia hoax like it was all facts? 🤔
— Northsider2U (@CHI_guy08) April 5, 2023
Cowards
Afraid of being called a racist or homophope— Ultra-Extreme Deplorable Petr (@PragueArtist) April 5, 2023
CNN goes out of their way to protect a misogynistic man while punishing women who complain about misogyny at their network.
— commonsense (@commonsense258) April 5, 2023
Who are you going to believe? Vanity Fair, which used anonymous sources, or CNN, which doesn’t deny any of it and only says it’s “unable to corroborate the alleged accounts”? CNN is unable to corroborate a lot of its stories; what’s different about this?
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Related:
New exposé examines Don Lemon’s alleged long history of threatening and misogynistic behavior at CNN https://t.co/rEj0miGgSH
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 5, 2023
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