JEFFREY LORD IS THE TOKEN
CONSERVATIVE VOICE THAT COMES UP AND SAYS TRUMP THINGS AND
THEN GETS YELLED AT BY EVERYBODY.
APPARENTLY WENT TOO FAR.
HERE'S WHAT HE TWEETED.
SEIG HEIL, WHICH IS A NAZI SALUTE OUT THE FULL STORY IS
THAT JEFFREY LORD HAD BEEN AT WAR WITH MEDIA MATTERS SAYING
THEY HAD BEEN GOING AFTER SEAN HANNITY AND TRYING TO GET HIS
SPONSORS TO PULL OUT THEIR SPONSORSHIPS BECAUSE OF
HANNITY'S BEHAVIOR AND JEFFREY LORD KIND OF CALLED THEM
OUT SAYING THEIR FASCISTS.
THE QUOTE THAT HE SAID IS MEDIA MATTERS ARE FASCIST AND
ANTI-FREE SPEECH BIGOTS WHO MAKE IT THEIR MISSION TO SHUT DOWN
FREE SPEECH THAT THEY DON'T LIKE.
IT IS KIND OF THE REACTION
FROM CONSERVATIVES TO CALL ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS FASCISTS FOR SETTING IT DOWN.
JEFFREY LORD WROTE AN ARTICLE ABOUT THAT.
ANGELO CALLED HIM OUT.
HERE'S THAT SWEET.
BEHOLD.
CNN'S RESIDENT TRUMP ADVOCATE JEFFREY LORD AT LEAST THEY
AREN'T TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING ANYMORE.
THAT IS THE WRONG TWEET, BUT THE TWEET WAS ESSENTIALLY HE SAID
THAT JEFFREY LORD HAD SPELLED HIS NAME WRONG IN THE COLUMN
HEADING AND JEFFREY LORD SAID THIS, SAYING HE'S A FASCIST
OUT THE NEXT WEEK.
NICE TRY.
I WILL HAPPY TO MOCK NAZIS AND FASCISTS ANY DAY.
AND SINCE YOU LEAD MEDIA MATTERS FASCIST I UNDERSTAND WHY
YOU HATE IT.
SEEING THE NAZI SALUTE, IT SEEMS THAT CNN HAS PARTED WAYS
WITH HIM SAYING NAZI SALUTES ARE INDEFENSIBLE.
JEFFREY LORD IS NO LONGER WITH THE NETWORK.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY.
FIRST OF ALL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE GOT HIM.
THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY BE SAYING THAT AT MEDIA MATTERS HEADQUARTERS
BUT WE DIDN'T GET HIM, HE GOT HIMSELF.
COME ON, YOU HAVE TO KNOW CNN IS GOING TO BE TOUCHY ABOUT
THAT.
ARE THEY THOUGH?
IS CNN GOING TO BE TOUCHY ABOUT THAT?
CNN EMPLOYS ALL SORTS OF CONTRIBUTORS THAT ARE
PASSIONATE CRAZY.
AND THEY DO IT ON PURPOSE BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT HELPS
THEIR RATINGS.
PEOPLE LIKE THE TRAIN WRECK.
THEY KNOW OTHER MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
METEORITE WILL COVER THEIR CLIPS IF THEY HAVE INSANE PEOPLE
ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THEY SPECIFICALLY SEEK OUT LUNATICS AND THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN IT IS LIKE OH, HE SAID SOMETHING REALLY OFFENSIVE
ON TWITTER.
TIME TO FIRE HIM.
JEFFREY LORD IS A BAD PERSON.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BUT FIRING HIM IS PUTTING A
TINY LITTLE BAND-AID ON A GUSHING WOUND AND THE
GUSHING WOUND IS CNN'S HIRING DECISIONS.
THEY HIRE LUNATICS.
I AM NOT SAYING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T REPRESENT OR HAVE
PEOPLE COME ON TO REPRESENT CONSERVATIVES OF THE RIGHT
WING, BUT THEY SPECIFICALLY GO FOR CRAZY PEOPLE LIKE SCOTT
HE NOW HUGHES WHO LITERALLY HAS NO EVIDENCE TO BACK UP
ANYTHING SHE EVER SAYS AND THEY LOVE IT.
THEY KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE COVERED BY OTHER MEDIA
OUTLETS BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE WATCHING TRAIN WRECKS.
I THINK CNN NEEDS TO REALLY REEVALUATE THEIR OWN HIRING
BEHAVIOR BEFORE THEY TAKE THE MORAL HIGH GROUND ON ANYTHING.
HAVE THE RIGHT SUITES HERE.
ONE OF THE TWEETS ANGELO USED TO CALLOUT JEFFREY LORD.
THE ACTUAL TWEET WAS HI CNN/ CNN PR.
CARE TO COMMENT
ON YOUR ON-AIR TALENT ISSUING IN A SERIOUS AND
NON-IRONIC WAY NOT NAZI SALUTES?
THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH A HERE IS I THINK JEFFREY LORD IS AN
IDIOT BUT HE WAS NOT BEING SERIOUS WHEN HE USED IT,
ESPECIALLY IF HE HAS A HISTORY OF CALLING CORAZON A FASCIST.
IT IS CONSISTENT TO SAY THAT HE IS USING THIS TO MOCK CARUSONE
FOR SHUTTING HIM DOWN, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T BUY IN TO THE
WHOLE ARGUMENT I THINK IT IS STUPID WHEN PEOPLE SAY, THE LEFT
IS TRYING TO MUZZLE US BECAUSE THEY ARE FASCISTS.
I DON'T THINK THAT CARUSONE, I WOULD CALL THIS A FLOP.
IF IT WAS IN BASKETBALL IT WOULD BE A FLOP.
ONE OF THOSE SOCCER PEOPLE GETS HIT BARELY AND THEY GO ALL
MY GOD AND THEY FREAK OUT AND DROP THEIR COINAGE.
THAT IS THE PROBLEM HERE.
I THINK JEFFREY LORD HAS NO BUSINESS BEING ON CNN.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO HIRE SOMEONE TO REPRESENT WHATEVER HE IS
PURPORTEDLY REPRESENTING, HIRE SOMEONE WITH A BRAIN.
NOT JUST A RUBBER CHARRED FART CARCASS LIKE JEFFREY LORD.
HE SMILES THROUGH IT.
HE KNOWS HE IS TALKING BS.
HE KNOW HE IS JUST SIGNALING WHAT HE IS SUPPOSED TO DO.
COLLECT THE CHECKING GOES HOME.
THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING.
I GET WAS SEEN AND WANTS TO DO.
THEY ARE ABSCESSED WITH PRETENDING LIKE BOTH SIDES ARE
EQUAL IN EVERY SITUATION AND THEY WANT TO PRESENT ALL
PERSPECTIVES, BUT PRESENTING THE RIGHT WING PERSPECTIVE DOES
NOT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE LUNATICS ON YOUR SHOW AND
THAT IS WHAT THEY DO.
I THINK THEY DO THAT ON PURPOSE.
THEN WHAT REASONABLE DISCUSSIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME BE CLEAR.
JEFFREY LORD SHOULD NOT OF BEEN FIRED, NOT FOR THIS I AGREE
COMPLETELY WITH BRETT.
HE WASN'T SAYING IT IN A POSITIVE
WAY, HE WAS SAYING IT TO MEDIA MATTERS ACCUSING THEM OF
BEING FASCISTS.
HE WASN'T SAYING I LIKE THE SALUTE, HE WAS USING AS AN
INSULT AGAINST MEDIA MATTERS.
TO FIRE HIM BASED ON NO CONTEXT I THINK IT'S WRONG.
YOU MISS THAT HE WAS CALLING THEM FASCIST?
THERE MAKING IT SEEM LIKE HE WAS PROUDLY FASCIST.
HE MAY BE FASCIST FOR OTHER REASONS AND WE CAN ALL GET INTO
NAME-CALLING, BUT IN THIS CASE, HE WAS USING IT AS AN INSULT.
THIS IS WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE CRAZY ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT MEDIA.
THEY HAVE THESE NONSENSE RULES.
I ALSO AGREE WITH ANNA, HE SHOULD'VE NEVER BEEN HIRED
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IT'S NOT TO SAY YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TRUMP ADVOCATES FOR
GOOD LUCK TRYING TO FIND A SANE ONE THAT DOESN'T
CONSISTENTLY DRAW FABRICATIONS.
THEY HAVE 12 OTHER CONSERVATIVES ON AIR.
ITíS NOT LIKE HE IS
ONLY ONE ON-AIR AND A LOT OF THEM ARE TRUMP ADVOCATES
AND SOME OF THEM ARE REPUBLICANS WERE AGAINST TRUMP.
THEY HAVE THE WHOLE RANGE SO NOW BASICALLY THIS IS PROBABLY CNN
GOING WE CAN LET GO OF THIS ONE BECAUSE WE HAVE 12 OTHERS
NOW BUT LOOK, THE STANDARD ISN'T THAT HARD CONSERVATIVES.
THE STANDARD IS MONITOR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE, WHAT YOUR CONTRIBUTORS
ARE SAYING ON-AIR AND IF THEY SAYING THINGS THAT ARE TRUE,
GIVEN OBLIGATIONS YOUR AUDIENCE TO CLING THAT THEY ARE NOT TRUE
AND IF YOU WANT TO FIRE JEFFREY LORD FOR CONSISTENTLY SAYING
THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE ON-AIR, GREAT, THAT MAKES SENSE OR GIVE
HIM A WARNING ABOUT THAT, TALK TO YOUR AUDIENCE ABOUT IT HAVE A
DISCUSSION OVER IT AND MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HIRE A LUNATIC IN THE
FIRST PLACE AND IF YOU CAN'T FIND A SANE TRUMP ADVOCATE THAT
ALSO MIGHT TELL YOU SOMETHING BUT FIRING HIM OVER THIS
MAKES NO SENSE.
IT IS AN ARBITRARY THING OF YOU SAID A WORD THAT YOU
SHOULDN'T SAY EVEN THOUGH IT IS IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
CONTEXT, DON'T CARE, THIRD RAIL, YOU WERE FIRED.
THERE ARE WRONG ON EVERY FRONT HERE BUT I CAN'T WAY THAT
THEY GOT ME TO DEFEND JEFFREY LORD IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM.
EXACTLY.
EVERY SO OFTEN YOU WILL GET A HEADLINE ABOUT HOW
FRUSTRATING ANDERSON COOPER WAS WITH A DISCUSSION ON HIS
SHOW HER HOW FRUSTRATED JOHN DON WOMEN WAS WITH THESE
LUNATICS MAKING THE COMMENT THAT THEY TYPICALLY MAKE ON HIS
SHOW, BUT WHERE YOU DURING THE PRODUCTION OF YOUR OWN PROGRAM?
YOU SIGNED OFF ON IT.
IT'S LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE.
I THINK A LOT OF IT WITH A 24
HOUR NEWS CYCLE IS JUST LAZINESS AND WHO IS AROUND?
WHO CAN WE RELY ON TO BE THERE BECAUSE I 60
MINUTES AND HAVE TO FELLA.
THERE'S SO MUCH NEW STUFF
HE DESPICABLE PLATES AND THE SINK IN THE KITCHEN AND
JEFFREY LORD IS HIDING UNDER THEIR, HIS LITTLE SLUG NEST.
JEFFREY, ARE YOU IN THEIR QUEST TO COME OUT AND SPEAK ON
DON WOMEN SHOW.
HE IS LIKE ALL RIGHT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY HIRED HIM TO BE TOXIC BECAUSE IT
ADDS TO THEIR SOAP OPERA SO DON'T PRETEND THAT YOU ARE
NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN OUR RACE THAT HE IS TOXIC.
BUT AS YOU HIRED HIM FOR.