[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
Don Lemon offered a strange critique of Paul Ryan on the 13 January 2016 edition of CNN Tonight, as he noted the House Speaker's "poker face" during Tuesday's State of the Union address. Lemon spotlighted Hollywood writer/producer Shonda Rhimes Twitter Post attacking Speaker Ryan for his lack of applause: "She [Rhimes] said, 'Seriously? You cannot clap for curing cancer? You are that much of a whiner?'"
The anchor later wondered if there are "two sides of Paul Ryan?...you see this, sort of, back-slapping, friendly speaker who is joking...with the Vice President. They seem to have a good time. Then, on the other — I mean, really, you have an attack dog on Obama's policies — especially when you look at ObamaCare."