{"id":2379912,"date":"2024-12-13T16:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T21:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-melts-down-on-camera-after-trump-is-named-person-of-the-year-is-this-a-joke\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T16:24:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T21:24:44","slug":"don-lemon-melts-down-on-camera-after-trump-is-named-person-of-the-year-is-this-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-melts-down-on-camera-after-trump-is-named-person-of-the-year-is-this-a-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Lemon Melts Down On Camera After Trump Is Named &#8216;Person of the Year&#8217;: &#8216;Is This a Joke?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdon-lemon-melts-down-on-camera-after-trump-is-named-person-of-the-year-is-this-a-joke%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2379912&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The passage discusses the reaction of former CNN anchor\u200c Don Lemon to the proclamation that Donald Trump \u200dhas been named Time Magazine&#8217;s \u2062&#8221;Person of the Year.&#8221; \u2064On his YouTube show,Lemon expressed\u2064 disbelief and criticized \u2064the magazine&#8217;s choice,suggesting that\u2062 they \u200bcould have selected someone \u200cmore deserving of \u2062the title,particularly someone who represents democracy. Despite acknowledging that trump is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-democrats-election-heist-too-big-to-fail\/\" title=\"Is the Democrats\u2019 Election Heist \u2018Too Big to Fail\u2019?\">elected official<\/a>, Lemon argued that this does not merit him the award. He went on to question the rationale\u200c behind the selection,reflecting on various controversies surrounding Trump. The\u2063 article \u2063notes that Time&#8217;s choice \u200bis meant to highlight individuals who\u2063 have considerably influenced world \u2063events, nonetheless\u200c of their morality. This context is vital\u2063 as Time has previously \u200bawarded the title to controversial figures, like Adolf Hitler, emphasizing that the title does not \u200bequate to moral\u200b approval. The article\u2063 concludes by highlighting lemon&#8217;s\u2062 misunderstanding\u2063 of\u200d Time&#8217;s criteria for choosing its &#8220;Person of\u2062 the Year.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon simply could not fathom news of President-elect Donald Trump becoming Time Magazine&rsquo;s &ldquo;Person of the Year.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday&rsquo;s episode of &ldquo;The Don Lemon Show&rdquo; posted to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y-2K-JI41ik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>, Lemon displayed the Time cover picturing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fire-sale-biden-auctions-off-critical-infrastructure-trump-needs-sticks-americans-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> while lashing out at the magazine&rsquo;s choice in a tirade.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They [Time] could have done it to someone who actually stood for democracy,&rdquo; he complained.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/don-lemon-announces-major-x-decision-gets-savaged-response-see-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lemon<\/a> went on to immediately contradict that claim, reminding his audience that Trump is an elected official &mdash; indicating he stands for democracy &mdash; but said this doesn&rsquo;t qualify Trump for the award.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just because you are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">elected president<\/a> of the United States does not mean that you should be &lsquo;Person of the Year,&#8217;&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The clip of Lemon&rsquo;s tantrum was later posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon triggered over Trump being named Time&rsquo;s Magazine Person of the Year: &lsquo;What are you doing?&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aMqi1EE8gE\">pic.twitter.com\/aMqi1EE8gE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SHO&rsquo;NUFF (@IAMSHO_NUFF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAMSHO_NUFF\/status\/1867391722537251287?\">December 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Time Magazine, what are you doing?&rdquo; he demanded.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon went into a rant about every accusation, smear and instance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-merchans-new-ruling-hush-money-case-called-massive-trump-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawfare<\/a> against Trump before asking Time once again, &ldquo;and you name them &lsquo;Person of the Year?&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former CNN anchor seems to still be grappling with the reality of Trump&rsquo;s immense sway as he told viewers, &ldquo;Maybe we&rsquo;re being scammed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After Trump&rsquo;s 2024, how could he&nbsp;<em>not&nbsp;<\/em>be &ldquo;Person of the Year&rdquo;?<\/p>\n<p>Lawfare, multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-task-force-releases-report-trump-assassination-attempt-finds-stunning-security-failures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assassination attempts<\/a>, endless media coverage and finally a decisive election victory in November make 2024 a year in the history books synonymous with the name Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Be mindful, &ldquo;Person of the Year&rdquo; is not a declaration about the morality of the person chosen. Other &ldquo;Persons of the Year&rdquo; have included Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5573720\/hitler-world-influence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time chose<\/a> Nazi dictator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/eagles-star-desean-jackson-promotes-louis-farrakhan-conspiracies-jews-coronavirus-vaccine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adolf Hitler<\/a> as &ldquo;Man of the Year&rdquo; &mdash; later changed to &ldquo;Person of the Year&rdquo; &mdash; on Jan. 2, 1939.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, it has had to publish articles defending the publication for that pick after accusations circulated that it was somehow applauding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-voters-say-us-will-descend-into-darkness-under-trump-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris voters say US will descend into darkness under Trump- Washington Examiner\">dictator&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s genocidal actions.<\/p>\n<p>Hitler was not depicted in a flattering light on the cover of that issue, Time editors pointed out in 2019: The illustration showed him with his back to the reader, playing an organ with a torture device known as a St. Catherine&rsquo;s wheel towering above him, displaying the corpses of his victims. It was captioned, &ldquo;From the unholy organist, a hymn of hate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The accompanying story &ldquo;was both clear-eyed and prescient, written at a moment in history after the Reich&rsquo;s land grabs of Austria and Czechoslovakia &hellip;&nbsp; but eight months almost to the day before the invasion of Poland that would trigger the full fury of a second global war.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Holocaust, surely already bubbling up in the fever swamp of Hitler&rsquo;s brain, was still a crime beyond human imagining &mdash; but that would change.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In a world that can sometimes seem inured to evil, may we never see the likes of the unholy organist again,&rdquo; Time editors opined.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Time posted to its <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7201547\/person-of-the-year-2024-donald-trump-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> how the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">staff chooses individuals<\/a> for the title.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For 97 years, the editors of TIME have been picking the Person of the Year: the individual who, for better or for worse, did the most to shape the world and the headlines over the past 12 months&rdquo; it said.<\/p>\n<p>The most important phrase here is, &ldquo;for better or for worse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lemon hates Trump, but he misunderstands Time&rsquo;s motivation if he believes that Trump being a horrible person &mdash; and not everyone agrees, obviously &mdash; disqualifies him from this title.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He expressed that Time could have honored someone who truly represented democracy. However, he contradicted himself by acknowledging that Trump is an elected official, which implies he does represent democracy, yet argued that this alone doesn&#8217;t merit him receiving the award. Lemon stated, \u201cJust because you are elected president of the United States does not mean that you should be \u2018Person of the Year.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The clip from his outburst was later shared on social media platform X. He questioned Time Magazine\u2019s choice with frustration and recounted various accusations against Trump before reiterating his disbelief at Trump&#8217;s selection as &#8220;Person of the Year.&#8221; Despite grappling with Trump&#8217;s significant influence, Lemon suggested viewers might be getting deceived regarding this recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Time Magazine\u2019s selection process for &#8220;Person of the Year&#8221; has historically included controversial figures; it has previously named individuals like Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler to this title without implying moral approval. The magazine clarified its criteria: selecting someone who significantly impacted global events over the past year\u2014\u201cfor better or for worse.\u201d While Lemon disapproves of Trump, he seems to misunderstand that being viewed negatively does not exclude one from consideration for this title<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2379913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Lemon-vs.-Trump-Person-of-the-Year-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36966,5888,40778,46426,3634],"class_list":["post-2379912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-don-lemon","tag-meltdown","tag-news-commentary","tag-person-of-the-year","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Lemon-vs.-Trump-Person-of-the-Year-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2379912"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379916,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379912\/revisions\/2379916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2379913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2379912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2379912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2379912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}