And the hits keep coming for CNN. It turns out that Don Lemon gave Smollett inside information that he was being investigated:
CNN really is a dumpster fire.
That his ridiculous story was doubted by everyone is hardly inside information.
Why was Lemon getting personally involved in an ongoing police investigation???
I don’t know. Was he??
Yes, see the link in Sam’s post.
Like many of Sam’s links, it doesn’t appear to be from a particularly credible news source.
Google reveals the only people paying attention to it seem to be right-wing fake news outlets.
This is the only semi-credible source (Newsweek) I’m seeing, and it indicates that Lemon’s alleged behavior almost certainly wasn’t illegal, and may or may not raise serious ethical questions depending on the details.
Also amusing that all these tighty-righties are just assuming this is true, because Jussie Smollett said so and he is clearly a highly reliable source.
If an investigator on the case told Smollet that no one believed him… OK, maybe inside information. But no damn secret, either.
Jake Tapper from CNN says that a verdict has been reached… stay tuned.
I’d be surprised if Juicy isn’t found guilty. The evidence is overwhelming and the nature of the crime is abhorrent.
Justice for Juicy!
guilty on five of the six counts.
It took a long time and several strange detours, but the justice system worked.
Now, does he get a token slap on the wrist or maybe serves a little jail time? 60 days and community service seems appropriate to me.
Dan Webb, prosecutor, just had a press conference where he was rather pissed about Smollett’s initial lying to police and wasting the resources that followed, but also that Smollett lied to the jury during the trial.
Google reveals you fail at Google. Try ‘Lemon Smollett’ and the first page is a veritable who’s who of ‘credible’ news outlets.
Newsweek as you mentioned.
NY Times
BET
DailyMail,co,uk
BlackEnterprise
BlackAmericaWeb
And of course SDMBs favorite outlet, Fox.
Page two gets you TorontoSun and LGBTQNation.
Apparently the news cycle travels fast. When I ran that search a few hours ago the front page was all the likes of Breitbart and freep.
So what’s the scoop?
And yet all the articles are timestamped yesterday or earlier.
In a nutshell
CNN has come under pressure to fire Don Lemon after it was revealed he contacted former Empire star Jussie Smollett to tell him Chicago police didn’t believe his story.
Mostly with screencaps of various tweets targeting CNN saying as much.
So, you’re saying I’m either lying or actually unable to use Google correctly? Either way, seems like a personal insult and has been reported as such.
Did Smollett tell him “Yeah, no shit.”?