On Monday, February 28, CNN stopped carrying water for Democrat politicians just long enough to carry a little bit for Islamic extremists instead. This happened when host Don Lemon modeled the Hollywood mentality that explains away America’s distrust of radical Islamists by accusing salt-of-the-earth Americans of being ignorant or un-edgumacated (like Sarah Palin or Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush or Dick Cheney).

This mentality allowed Lemon to provide film director Qasim Basir a platform from which to promote “Mooz-lum” – a movie intended to “clear up some of [the] ignorance” Americans seemingly have about Islam.

(Don’t you love it when CNN, or any other liberal outlet, begins a story on the relationship between Americans and Muslims by focusing on how ignorant the Americans are?)

In addition mocking Americans’ supposed lack of knowledge pertaining to Islam, the Lemon/Basir segment highlighted the need for tolerance in religion. Not surprisingly, they focused on a lack of tolerance in the U.S. without ever mentioning the modesty police in Muslim countries like Iran: modesty police publicly flog women for wearing skirts that are too short or clothes that are too revealing. Nor did they mention the fact that it’s still illegal to build a Christian church in Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia (where it’s also against the law for women to drive cars).  And the list goes on… (more…)

I’ve been way behind on this, mainly because I had relatives staying with me, and consequently I’ve been drunk for four days. However, this piece of footage is still worth showing, courtesy of Weaselzippers. In it CNN’s Don Lemon is interviewing a correspondent about President Obama’s visit to Ghana. Here Lemon earnestly brings up the “unprecedented” welcome Obama received upon his arrival. Only he finds out quickly, that it wasn’t unprecedented. In fact it’s totally precedented, if indeed that’s a word:

Watch Lemon’s response around thirty seconds in. It looks like someone gently pokes him with a stun gun.

Can we go back to that moment again? But this time, producers, let’s slow-mo it.

Joy! In that instant, you learn a couple of valuable things:

-Lemon is adorable when he’s miffed (more…)