Columbia Journalism Review Names Don Lemon 'Worst of the Worst' In 2014
Source: Mediaite.com
The Columbia Journalism Review gave a big ol lump of Christmas coal to CNNs Don Lemon by naming him among the worst of the worst in journalism for the year 2014.
CJRs blog released its annual worst review, handing out its dubious DART awards to outlets like Rolling Stone (for its infamously bungled UVA rape story), CBS 60 Minutes (for failing to interview a single local for a piece on African Ebola), and Fox & Friends (for its insensitive jokes following the Ray Rice elevator video).
But they saved some of the most direct criticism for Lemon, whose gaffes this year offer a case study in how to choose words wisely or not. More from the text:
On March 20, he asked guests whether Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 could have been swallowed by a black hole: I know its preposterous, but is it preposterous? He later compared spanking children to training dogs and probed similarities between the release of US Army POW Bowe Bergdahl and the Showtime series Homeland. When an alleged Bill Cosby rape victim appeared on his show on Nov. 18, he lectured, You know, there are ways not to perform oral sex if you didnt want to do it
Meaning the use of teeth, right? Less than a week later, as protests turned violent in Ferguson, MO, he described the scene: Obviously, theres a smell of marijuana in the air. Lemons job isnt easy. But hes earned a DART for going there. Obviously.
Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/columbia-journalism-review-names-don-lemon-among-the-worst-of-the-worst-in-2014/
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)True Blue Door
(2,969 posts)csziggy
(34,136 posts)So it's easier to pick the worst of news people from the other channels.
Besides, do any of the FN hosts actually claim to be journalists? Most of the CNN hosts do, so they are fair gam.
roody
(10,849 posts)"trained" his dog by spanking it.