DON LEMON IS A JOKE! An interview in Ferguson, Missouri, between rapper Talib Kweli and CNN host Don Lemon almost ended in a storm-off by Kweli on live television. The situation in Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson has been widely reported on by national media in the days and weeks since Browns death. Kweli appeared with anchor Don Lemon live on the scene and criticized the medias coverage of events - including Lemons own network CNN. Media has done a horrible job in getting the story out there the right way, said Kweli, indicating that media organizations, even with the best intentions, were placing the blame for the violence on crowds of protestors rather than the militarized police response. When Lemon interrupted Kweli to dispute his criticism of the media coverage, Kweli grew irate. On CNN right now you have a story up that says: Ferguson calm until bottles fly. Well, thats inaccurate, because I was there that night and thats not what happened. And the first thing in the story it says is: Police chase down men. Lemon attempted to respond, saying: Well - hang on - but that was - thats not what happened where you were - But Kweli was not finished: Let me finish - let me finish my point - let me finish my point - let me finish my point. The two spoke over the top of each other until Kweli began to walk off the interview, saying, We dont have to have an interview if I cant talk. If I cant talk, we dont have to have an interview. Lemon managed to coax the rapper back, but Kweli then took issue with Lemon himself. I invited you to come on CNN, Lemon told Kweli. Let me tell you what happened: You didnt even invite me. Nicole invited me, first of all. You came up, you didnt even say nothing to me. You were on your phone the whole time. You asked how to pronounce my name. You have no respect for who I am, the Get By rapper said. Lemon and Kweli became distracted from the issues in Ferguson as the CNN anchor defended himself for the perceived social slight. In all, the men managed to speak about matters in Ferguson for a small portion of the seven-minute interview as Lemon used up valuable interview time explaining the rudiments of conversation and telling Kweli that he fully intended to let him talk. Are we good? Lemon asked Kweli as he proffered a hand at the end of the spot. We good, said Kweli. Emotions are running high, but we good. Talib Kweli is just one of several influential black artists who have felt the importance of being on the scene in Ferguson.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 14:50:54 +0000
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