OF COURSE: CNN’s Brain Stelter Goes Into Overdrive Mode to Defend Don Lemon After Arrest, Claims He Was Doing Journalism (VIDEO)

CNN ‘media analyst’ Brian Stelter is defending his former network colleague Don Lemon, after his arrest for being part of the mob that invaded a church last week.

According to Stelter, Lemon was doing journalism, and everyone benefited from his reporting inside the church.

Stelter also claims that the arrest was only made because ‘MAGA loyalists’ were putting pressure on the DOJ.

NewsBusters reports:

Over the course of roughly two hours, numerous CNN faces rallied to Lemon’s defense by citing his work badgering congregants and the pastor as “insightful” to the point that America is “better off for” Lemon having gone along and exercised a “foundational” tenet of “democracy.” More broadly, Lemon’s YouTube page was heralded as having yielded “opinionated” “videos” and “straightforward journalism.”

A longtime friend to the Black Lives Matter movement, News Central co-host Sara Sidner first reacted by calling this “a stunning move” that “cannot be overstated,” leading chief media analyst Brian Stelter to immediately defend Lemon and even praise his actions…

No word on whether Stelter considers lecturing the pastor and congregants about their supposed lack of true Christianity his kind of interview. Of course, he phrased those believing Lemon shouldn’t be absolved of scrutiny as “MAGA loyalists.”

Transcript by Curtis Houck on Twitter/X:

“Lemon has said all along that he was there not as an activist, but as a journalist. In fact, he was saying those words and repeating that out loud when he was inside the church….He was careful not to have his camera crew walk into the church until there was a disruption. And I would urge people to go online, actually watch the YouTube videos, see how it all went down.

I think Lemon’s reporting from inside the church was very valuable. As a viewer, I learned a lot about how it happened, how it all went down. He interviewed some of the protesters in real time, yes. He also interviewed some of the worshippers, and I thought their comments were really insightful about what they went through, about how troubled, how scared they were by the disruption. At the same time, like I said, you learned a lot from the protesters about why they decided to show up there, believing that one of the — the pastors at the church also worked for ICE.

So, this video on YouTube, this is the real focal point. This video, of course, happened on a Sunday morning. This video was then streaming for everyone to see. And by Monday, the day after that incident, there was a lot of online outrage on the right. Many calls from MAGA loyalists to have Lemon arrested.”

See the video below:

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— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 30, 2026

How utterly predictable. Stelter is completely ignoring Lemon’s behavior in the church. He was clearly there as an activist. He thought the journalism act was going to provide him cover.

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