Disgraced former CNN host Don Lemon expressed on his Wednesday podcast that he has had enough of the way legacy media was covering the Texas floods. The problem wasn’t that the media was trying to politicize the event, unnecessarily and inaccurately placing blame on President Trump’s cuts to various government weather agencies. The problem was that the media wasn’t politicizing it enough.
Reading from a Substack article he published, Lemon was eager to express: “Texas is drowning, so is American journalism. Texans are dying. The government is lying. And the media? Too many are too afraid to say it out loud.” His accusation was not just that the Trump administration was responsible for the worsening of the floods, but also that they were threatening the media to say otherwise.
He continued pointing a finger, now being more direct with his claim:
This disaster in Texas didn't just happen. It wasn't just the weather. It wasn't just an act of God. This catastrophe, this deadly devastating tragedy that has left hundreds dead and missing, was made worse by choices. By deliberate, calculated actions from the Trump administration.
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