===Racism===
CNN has been widely criticized for its [[racist]] programming.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kanye-west-segment-on-cnn-labeled-racist-for-calling-singer-token-negro-of-the-trump-administration</ref><ref>https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/11/don-lemon-mocks-kanye-west-donald-trump-minstrel-s/</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6266479/amp/CNN-fire-mocking-Kanye-Wests-support-president.html</ref><ref>Nolte, John (October 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/10/14/nolte-cnns-freak-show-of-violence-and-racism-hit-17-new-lows-this-week/ Nolte: CNN’s Freak Show of Violence and Racism Hit 17 New Lows This Week]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 14, 2018.</ref> Many have called for the firing of news Anchor [[Don Lemon]] for his blatantly vile and hate-filled rants and comments from guests.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/10/10/cnn-slammed-full-blown-racist-commentators-call-kanye-west-token-negro/</ref><ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/10/11/don_lemon_explodes_kanye_west_put_on_a_minstrel_show_for_trump_needs_a_father_figure.html</ref><ref>https://gellerreport.com/2018/10/racist-cnn-token-negro.html/</ref> Lemon labled labeled a black man exercising his [[First Amendment]] rights as a "minstrel show;"<ref>https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5bc0048ee4b01a01d688fceb/amp</ref> Democrat Congresswoman [[Jackie Speier]] and others on CNN implied such blacks are "mentally ill."<ref>https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2018/10/12/cnn-kanye-west-is-a-mentally-ill-token-negro-n2527876 </ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-kanye-reaction-factbox/kanye-wests-meeting-with-trump-provokes-scorn-sadness-support-idUSKCN1ML2SX</ref>
Football legend Herschel Walker denounced CNN's racism after a guest inferred blacks who do not vote Democrat "is what happens when Negros don’t read.”<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/herschel-walker-calls-for-cnn-to-fire-don-lemon-over-racist-kanye-west-criticism</ref> Commentator [[Candace Owens]] called CNN's programming "absolutely despicable."<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/tv/candace-owens-blasts-racist-cnn-panel-for-calling-kanye-west-a-token-negro-for-trump-absolutely-despicable/</ref>
<ref>https://blackamericaweb.com/2015/02/10/don-lemon-is-it-time-for-kanye-to-have-a-seat-aot-the-grammys/</ref>
Far-Left activist and regular CNN contributor Bakari Sellers made racially condescending remarks about blacks while Don Lemon,<ref>https://youtu.be/Etvn37wekw8</ref> host of ''CNN Tonight'' chuckled and joined in.<ref>https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/10/bakari-sellers-tara-setmayer-mock-kanye-west-cnn-o/</ref> Lemon is a tool of racist and elitist white liberals; in the Summer of 2018 Lemon aired a show highlighting the lack of nonwhite megadonors hampering Democrat hopes of winning Congress.<ref>https://www.publicintegrity.org/2018/07/23/21972/there-are-many-rich-minorities-so-why-are-there-no-black-koch-brothers</ref> Independent thinking Blacks are not respected or even debated for their words and ideas.<ref>https://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/12/democrats-double-standard-racism/</ref> CNN belittles them with the most disgusting racial epithets. ''[[The Christian Post]]'' noted {{quotebox|"CNNs efforts to keep blacks on the Democrat plantation remind me of the free black slaveowners in the [[antebellum]] South."<ref>https://www.christianpost.com/amp/cnn-kanye-west-is-a-mentally-ill-token-negro-227947/</ref>}} African Americans refer to Don Lemon as a modern -day runaway slave catcher.<ref>https://youtu.be/SxlAbshQuhY</ref> Lemon's racist assaults aren't limited to just Black men, the majority of which are [[heterosexual]], Lemon also claims white males are "terrorists".<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/414109-foxs-jarrett-rips-cnns-lemon-as-racist-hypocrite-and-idiot-all-rolled-into-one</ref>
CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill called for the destruction of the Jewish people at a [[United Nations]] conference.<ref>https://youtu.be/jDg3jjyIEPc</ref>