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FCC complaints accuse Jim Acosta of “disrespecting the president”
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JPat Brown
A handful of complaints received by the Federal Communications Commission on the day of Jim Acosta’s now-infamous press conference accuse CNN of creating a “climate of mistrust and violence” by promoting, you guessed it, “fake news.”
![Don Lemon FCC complaints take aim at "fake news," presidential profanity, and on-air tippling](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2018/01/30/dl.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Don Lemon FCC complaints take aim at “fake news,” presidential profanity, and on-air tippling
Currently filling the 10 pm to midnight time slot on CNN, Don Lemon has apparently made no friends among temperance activists, opponents of potty mouth, and Trump supporters. According to Federal Communications Commission complaints released through FOIA, 41 people between 2015 and 2017 wrote to the Federal government to complain about Lemon’s newscasting.