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“The First Amendment in the United States protects journalists who bear witness to news and events as they unfold, ensuring they can report freely in the public interest, and the DOJ’s attempts to violate those rights is unacceptable.” 

That was CNN‘s statement following the arrest of Don Lemon, an anchor the network fired not long ago after 17 years at the company. 

“The First Amendment is under attack in America!” added former CNN anchor Jim Acosta, who suffered a similar fate to Lemon at the network last year. 

“Don Lemon is an accomplished journalist whose urgent work is protected by the First Amendment. There is zero basis to arrest him,” House Minority Speaker Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said. “He should be freed immediately.”

It is truly a sight to behold, purported news networks, fellow “journalists,” and a leader of the Democratic Party casting the cheesy performance artist-turned-activist Don Lemon as the second coming of Bernard Shaw. 

But here’s where we are, with some in the community — mostly those ousted from the legacy media jobs — actually defending Lemon storming a church in Minneapolis, which was a blatant attack on the right to worship protected under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. And no, Lemon wasn’t just a reporter covering a story. He brought donuts and coffee for the mob beforehand. He admitted to knowing what was about to unfold beforehand. He kissed the lead organizer after a sycophantic interview moments beforehand. He lectured the pastor, who politely asked Lemon and the agitators to leave, about the First Amendment.

That’s not journalism. 

Fast-forward to this week and the mass layoffs announced at the Washington Post. Overall, more........

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