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Don Lemon doing a public service (Original Post) choie Jun 2018 OP
Was listening to him the other night NewJeffCT Jun 2018 #1
I agree PatSeg Jun 2018 #2
maybe even be done by dems on the steps of congress, with flow charts too nt msongs Jun 2018 #3
you are exactly right... choie Jun 2018 #6
Who needs a journalist to list the lies Raine Jun 2018 #4
it's a given to us... choie Jun 2018 #5
True Raine Jun 2018 #9
The people that support him don't care that he's lying oberliner Jun 2018 #7
that's not the point choie Jun 2018 #8
Maybe--at least for some of them--there'll be a tipping point... First Speaker Jun 2018 #10
and there are a lot of people who don't support him who need to be informed. spooky3 Jun 2018 #13
+1 n/t jaysunb Jun 2018 #21
Every Day. zentrum Jun 2018 #11
I'll Have to Start Watching Don Lemon Leith Jun 2018 #12
These journalists are doing their jobs Hekate Jun 2018 #14
They need to point out the lies. Grammy23 Jun 2018 #15
Don't really watch CNN ... LenaBaby61 Jun 2018 #16
He also said "The President is a Racist" EndGOPPropaganda Jun 2018 #17
Kind of bewildering why Don Lemon receives so little praise here Awsi Dooger Jun 2018 #18
Here- WATCH: Don Lemon Shreds Trump's Litany of 'Lyin' Friday' Lies Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #19
It must be exhausting... yuiyoshida Jun 2018 #20

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
1. Was listening to him the other night
Fri Jun 15, 2018, 10:24 PM
Jun 2018

while doing a few other things, and loved that Lemon mentions how Trump projects all of his own faults onto others.

PatSeg

(47,512 posts)
2. I agree
Fri Jun 15, 2018, 10:37 PM
Jun 2018

Every damn lie. The mainstream media fell short time and time again during the campaign. They can start to make up for it now, by holding Trump and his administration accountable for every lie, something they should have been doing in 2016. Its not like Trump has anything good to say about them, they might as well do their job.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
4. Who needs a journalist to list the lies
Fri Jun 15, 2018, 10:46 PM
Jun 2018

everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie, that's a given..

choie

(4,111 posts)
8. that's not the point
Fri Jun 15, 2018, 10:59 PM
Jun 2018

it's the news media's job to hold power accountable, which means calling him out on every lie and countering it with the truth.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
10. Maybe--at least for some of them--there'll be a tipping point...
Fri Jun 15, 2018, 11:10 PM
Jun 2018

...at which all the lies--their sheer quantity--will finally make them a little uneasy. And they'll start to think, and reflect. Despite what we sometimes say here--what I feel myself, at the worst moments--people aren't automatons. We have free will. Maybe exposing the lies--calling them out for what they damned well are--might make a small difference. Enough to influence things for the better, just a little.

Leith

(7,809 posts)
12. I'll Have to Start Watching Don Lemon
Fri Jun 15, 2018, 11:42 PM
Jun 2018

But he comes on at the same time as Lawrence so it will have to be hour 2.

Are there any clips of his stuff on YouTube?

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
15. They need to point out the lies.
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 12:12 AM
Jun 2018

Followed by the truth of the matter. Give details. Provide the proof if necessary.

No need to be snarky or shrill. Just a list of “This day’s lies” and now the truth.

His lying appears to be picking up speed and frequency. His little impromptu press conference on the driveway was one lie after another. And it is so easy for him to lie. If he is confronted with a lie, he just ignores it or moves on to someone else. Or projects back on them saying THEY are the liar, the fake news.

The press is fighting for its life. They need to hit back and hit hard. I have noticed a definite increase in the number of TV journalists and print journalist that are no longer tip toeing around the subject. They are openly calling him a liar or a sick person. He will crack wide open one of these days if they keep the pressure on him and he’ll have an epic meltdown on live TV. I am waiting anxiously for that day. I wonder what his fans will think of him after he throws a sh*t fit and loses his cool in front of millions. I would pay to see that.

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
16. Don't really watch CNN ...
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 12:20 AM
Jun 2018

But a friend sent a link, and I enjoyed Don's setting the record STRAIGHT on the many LIES the hog told from early this morning.

As skeptical as I am, I DO believe that a few journalists are starting to challenge the hog on a bit more of a consistent basis. It's about damn time

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
18. Kind of bewildering why Don Lemon receives so little praise here
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:23 AM
Jun 2018

Nobody day to day is more condemning of Trump in straight forward effective fashion.

If he were on MSNBC using identical words and tone, Don Lemon would be a legend here. But there's a laughable reluctance to praise or even acknowledge CNN.

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