'Get off his lawn, new media'! Don Lemon blames 'bloggers' for Ferguson 'stir'

Last night, CNN’s Don Lemon went off on the real Ferguson troublemakers: The bloggers.

.@DonLemon: “There are people with cameras, many of them bloggers and what have you.” Get off his lawn, new media. #Ferguson

— Mark P. (@map408psu) November 25, 2014

Now Don Lemon is hating on the bloggers.

— Natalie Caula Hauff (@ncaula) November 25, 2014

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Don Lemon just claimed that "bloggers and live streamers" are "in a standoff with the police."

— jasoncherkis (@jasoncherkis) November 25, 2014

.@donlemon: "There's a small crowd of live bloggers and streamers in a standoff with police." What??

— Paul Farhi (@farhip) November 25, 2014

Wow #DonLemon just dissed bloggers for being out there reporting. I'd trust bloggers before #DonLemon

— elle sea (@pentimentos) November 25, 2014

He’s back at it today:

Don Lemon blaming bloggers. #FireDonLemon

— tony pierce (@busblog) November 25, 2014

Here’s what Lemon said, via WaPo’s Erik Wemple:

“OK, here’s the thing that people at home should understand. So there is this outrage that everyone thinks is out there. Most of that outrage is coming from the Internet and social media. When you actually come here on the ground and the people who are actual protesters…most of them peaceful. They have a beef and they are being peaceful about it. And they aren’t the people who are out there causing the commotion every day. It is a lot of the times here bloggers and people who are trying to make a name for themselves. People who want you to follow them on Twitter; or follow their blog; or follow them on livestream. So when we came in, we were confronted by a blogger; when the Rev. Al Sharpton came in, we were confronted by a blogger for questions that had nothing to do with the situation here about personal issues, or whatever. It has nothing to do with anything — not respectful of the situation. So they come in, they stick a camera in your face: ‘Do you want to comment about this, what do you have to say about that.’ And, what do you do?”

Lemon went on to say that the press conference got unruly when some bloggers were attempting to “confront” a member of the Brown family. “She got sick of it, she started speaking out about it,” said Lemon, noting that people then tried to expel these bloggers.

“These were bloggers and as many people are calling them, ‘outside agitators’ That’s where the commotion is coming from,” said Lemon. Don’t go thinking that “everyone here is pissed off and angry or what have you. It’s the people who are online who are taking things out of context. Those are the people who are really creating the stir.”

Suuuuuuuuure, buddy.

https://twitter.com/DaveLozo/status/537308702303604736

Really @jlangdale: .@donlemon is actually blaming internet & "bloggers" for #Ferguson disruptions.#DonLemonReporting http://t.co/ayJOuhQXMJ

— Lisa Campbell (@LisaCampbell102) November 25, 2014

Don Lemon blaming bloggers for…asking questions or something.

— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) November 25, 2014

@cnn Don Lemon blaming bloggers putting things out of context in Ferguson last night? Sour lemons. TVcams much more inciting.

— Emil Guillermo (@emilamok) November 25, 2014

@donlemon is in denial #Ferguson "protesters are peaceful"? "The violence is from bloggers"? Don excuses the violence @CNN is fucking dumb

— StabThePuppet (@StabThePuppet) November 25, 2014

Wow, Don Lemon talking shit about bloggers and streamers on the ground in Ferguson.

— [Tity Bear] (@whiskeytits24) November 25, 2014

So, .@DonLemon is on @CNN saying the bloggers and those of us who are on Twitter are causing the outrage, not the people of #Ferguson. LOL.

— Dr. Goddess, Taking Teens to #SchoolGirls at @PPT (@drgoddess) November 25, 2014

@donlemon For all your talk on bloggers getting people riled, For me, it was CNN that fit it for me.

— exiene lofgren (@exiene) November 25, 2014

Don Lemon @cnn says that bloggers and internet caused Ferguson riots. #BurnThisPlaceDown

— Steve Walker (@stevegotold) November 25, 2014

Don Lemon just blamed "Bloggers" for inciting violence in Ferguson. This guy.

— JAGQ (@JAG_Q) November 25, 2014

I'm still laughing @DonLemon blaming bloggers and us on Twitter for outrage, as if #Ferguson protestors didn't burn police cars themselves.

— Dr. Goddess, Taking Teens to #SchoolGirls at @PPT (@drgoddess) November 25, 2014