We all said Don Lemon sucks, and Columbia Journalism Review agrees.

[Wrath2X]

CNN's Don Lemon Named to 'Worst Journalism of 2014' List
by THR Staff
12/26/2014 1:27pm PDT

Don Lemon has picked up a dubious honor: ranking in a Columbia Journalism Review fellow's list of the "worst journalism" of 2014.

The anchor has made headlines throughout the year for controversial moments during his tenure as a CNN newsroom anchor.

In a post written by David Uberti, the CJR fellow makes a case for why Lemon deserves to be ranked along with other missteps in journalism over the past year.

"As one of the most recognizable anchors on CNN, Don Lemon has helped lead the cable network’s coverage of the biggest stories of the year. Live television is exceedingly difficult to produce, of course, but Lemon’s gaffes this year offer a case study in how to choose words wisely — or not," Uberti wrote.

Lemon's comment that "Obviously, there's a smell of marijuana" during a Ferguson protest and his remarks during an interview with a Bill Cosby accuser were cited as controversial moments by Uberti. The CNN wasn't alone in the cable news world on the CJR worst list, Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends also made Uberti's list.

Also included on the list was Rolling Stone magazine, which acknowledged serious missteps in its feature report on an alleged University of Virginia campus rape. "The disintegration of the magazine’s visceral campus rape story from Nov. 19 wins this year’s media-fail sweepstakes," Uberti wrote.

On Dec. 22, Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner wrote in a statement that the magazine had asked Columbia Journalism School, which publishes CJR, to review the edit process of the feature.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cnns-don-lemon-named-worst-760393

[toku]

On one hand you kinda sorta want to feel bad because no doubt he had to put in work to get where he's at but at the end of the day it's still don lemon so he can go choke on a dick.

[Phoenix Dark]

The Cosby thing is unforgivable, and was made worse by his response to the outrage. The man is a victim of sexual abuse yet showed no sympathy for a fellow victim, trying to suggest she could have prevented her own rape if only she thought of x. And when called out he pulled the "I'm a victim, I would never do that" card. Fuck him. He's truly the personification of CNN's "both sides" slant. No matter the issue or circumstance, he's there to bring balance like a Jedi Knight of fuckery.

Also he got sonned by Talib Kweli which is truly some sorrowful shit.

[sarslip]

oh yeah, that Talib thing, lmao

Don Lemon took many L's this year, now he has his coup de grace

[I'm a Puppy!]

Think don lemon is a journalist brehs

[Himu]

Shouldn't it be high time journalists require a license? They owe the public a responsibility, and yet are highly negligent. In their current incarnation, that can be highly dangerous.

[Human Snorenado]

Better journalism happens on Jon Oliver's show than any news network.

[seagrams hotsauce]

'Journalism licenses' is one of the silliest concepts I've ever heard. The media is essentially a mouthpiece for the government already, and having  politicians choose deigning who is and isn't worthy  of reporting the news wouldn't make that any better.

[Human Snorenado]

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/12/don-lemon-fuccboi-of-the-year

[Great Rumbler]

Better journalism happens on Jon Oliver's show than any news network.

That's because most TV media is in the business of disguising entertainment as news, Comedy Central disguises news as entertainment.

[Joe Molotov]

Also, there was his Black Hole Theory, which he totally plagiarized from The Bore.

[Dickie Dee]

wt

[helios]

This nicca

[Stoney Mason]

I have no idea who this person is but I find it hard to believe the worst journalist/anchor isn't somebody on fox news.

[Great Rumbler]

If they didn't exclude Fox News, it would get pretty boring after a few years.

[PlayDat]

About a year overdue. Remember his 5 tips to black people after the Zimmerman acquittal?

Here's number five. Pull up your pants.

Wasteman.

[Oblivion]

If they didn't exclude Fox News, it would get pretty boring after a few years.

This also gives "centrist" news outlets a way to rebut the claims of being part of the LIE-BERAL media by pointing to people like Don Lemon and going "See! We're going after leftist CNN anchors too!"