{"id":302480,"date":"2021-03-24T18:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T22:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=302480"},"modified":"2021-03-24T18:00:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T22:00:53","slug":"former-cnn-producer-calls-on-network-to-step-in-stop-don-lemons-dangerous-rhetoric-on-gun-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-cnn-producer-calls-on-network-to-step-in-stop-don-lemons-dangerous-rhetoric-on-gun-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Former CNN Producer Calls On Network To \u2018Step In,\u2019 Stop Don Lemon\u2019s \u2018Dangerous\u2019 Rhetoric On Gun Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fformer-cnn-producer-calls-on-network-to-step-in-stop-don-lemons-dangerous-rhetoric-on-gun-violence%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=302480&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3299.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A former CNN producer called on the network to stop one of its hosts, Don Lemon, from using \u201cdangerous\u201d rhetoric surrounding his coverage of the Monday mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the shooting that killed 10, Lemon used his platform on CNN to advocate for gun control and slam Republicans for resisting such measures by Democrats. The CNN host also insisted that Americans are playing the \u201codds\u201d that they will not be killed in a mass shooting by not supporting gun control measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single one of us is just playing the odds at this point. The odds that in a country of 325 million souls that we won\u2019t be the ones who get hit by the next bullets that start flying. We won\u2019t be the one that gets that phone call about someone you love who did. That phone call that changes your life,\u201d Lemon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/don-lemon-makes-emotional-plea-for-gun-control-2nd-amendment-doesnt-require-us-to-submit-to-a-lifetime-of-mass-carnage\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut with every deadly shooting in this country, the odds get worse and worse. Are you really willing to keep playing those odds? Haven\u2019t we learned after this year of pandemic, a year of loss of life, isolation, mass death of nearly 550,000 Americans that life is just that precious? If not now, when? When will we ever learn? I don\u2019t want to have to say those words again,\u201d the host added.<\/p>\n<p>Media critic and executive producer of \u201cThe Megyn Kelly Show\u201d Steve Krakauer, who formerly worked for CNN as a producer, called on his old network to \u201cstep in\u201d and stop Lemon from using \u201cdangerous\u201d rhetoric to advocate for gun control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone at CNN needs to step in. This hyperbole isn\u2019t just offensive, it\u2019s actually dangerous,\u201d Krakauer said.<\/p>\n<p>Krakauer had quote-tweeted a post by NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck saying, \u201cAs someone who\u2019s struggled with depression and suicide, it\u2019s offensive for Don to so callously say in this chyron that \u2018every single one of us is just playing the odds at this point.\u2019 Before a break, Don brings up the National Suicide Prevention Line \u2026 absolutely insulting.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.797619047619\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone at CNN needs to step in. This hyperbole isn\u2019t just offensive, it\u2019s actually dangerous. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iABa9jkjs7\">https:\/\/t.co\/iABa9jkjs7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveKrak\/status\/1374587169528946690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democratic lawmakers and activists have called for gun control in the wake of a mass shooting in a grocery store in Boulder. The shooting was allegedly carried out by a 21-year-old, Syrian-born man who was known to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/syrian-born-boulder-shooting-suspect-known-to-the-fbi-suffered-from-paranoia-mental-illness\">FBI<\/a>. Family members and others had reported the man to law enforcement for mental illness.<\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/obama-claims-mass-shootings-result-from-disaffection-racism-and-misogyny-demands-gun-control\">Barack Obama<\/a> has backed calls for gun control, releasing a statement following the shooting calling for stricter gun control measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will take time to root out the disaffection, racism, and misogyny that fuels so many of these senseless acts of violence. But we can make it harder for those with hate in their hearts to buy weapons of war,\u201d Obama said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can overcome opposition by cowardly politicians and the pressure of a gun lobby that opposes any limit on the ability of anyone to assemble an arsenal,\u201d he added. \u201cWe can, and we must. A once-in-a-century pandemic cannot be the only thing that slows mass shootings in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>H\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-network-don-lemons-dangerous-rhetoric\">Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former CNN producer called on the network to stop one of its hosts, Don Lemon, from using \u201cdangerous\u201d rhetoric surrounding his coverage of the Monday mass shooting in Boulder, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311100,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3299.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Former CNN Producer Calls On Network To \u2018Step In,\u2019 Stop Don Lemon\u2019s \u2018Dangerous\u2019 Rhetoric On Gun Violence","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3299.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Former CNN Producer Calls On Network To \u2018Step In,\u2019 Stop Don Lemon\u2019s \u2018Dangerous\u2019 Rhetoric On Gun Violence","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302480","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=302480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}