CNN host Don Lemon denied that CNN was “fake” Monday while interviewing a filmmaker about a documentary on the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
“I’m not exactly sure — first of all, I don’t agree with what you’re saying, but I’m not exactly sure of how that played into people going into the Capitol and rioting on January 6th,” Lemon told filmmaker Andrew Callaghan. “There’s nothing fake about CNN.” (RELATED: Don Lemon Laments Media For Not Doing Enough To Attack Republicans)
Callaghan had noted that networks like “Fox” and “even CNN” are constantly competing for “views” in the 24-hour news cycle “based upon fear, division, outrage and panic.”
Despite Lemon’s claim, multiple CNN analysts and anchors cited the now-discredited Steele Dossier, a document funded by the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee, alleged that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election. Host Jim Sciutto defended the dossier on multiple occasions…
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