BLUF: CNN hosts Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon claim that CNN is not the news and is not being victimized, despite their building being attacked and a reporter being arrested while covering the protests.
CNN hosts Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon attempted to absolve their network from being a focus of the current protests, claiming that CNN is not the news and is not being victimized. This came after CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez was arrested on live television while covering the protests and the entrance to Atlanta’s CNN Center was attacked. Cuomo insisted that CNN’s ability to tell the story won’t change, while Lemon remarked that CNN is not the news, despite people attacking their building and many businesses being destroyed.Source…