Goldie Taylor Tweets She’s Not on CNN Anymore Because Don Lemon ‘Banned’ Her
Former MSNBC contributor and CNN talking head Goldie Taylor put out a flurry of tweets — 30, to be precise — yesterday and they aimed squarely at the networks that she once frequented.
The tweetstorm came after she saw Joe Walsh on CNN days after a tweet of his that appeared to threaten President Barack Obama went viral. Don Lemon interviewed the former congressman and it was the last straw for Taylor, who is now Editor-at-Large of the Daily Beast.
Here are a few of the 30 tweets:
I woke up this morning to a see a former congressman @walshfreedom on @CNN, days after he threatened @POTUS on social media. 1/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
Maybe, I should not have been surprised, but I was. After all, @CNN also hired @CLewandowski_ after he assaulted @MichelleFields 2/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
This week, as the tragedies unfolded in Louisiana, Minnesota and Texas, I was reminded of something I call “the great purge” on cable TV. 5/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
I’m reminded that @MHarrisPerry isn’t on air to talk about Lavish Reynolds + what it sometimes means to love a black man in this country. 6/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
I’m reminded that I am personally banned from a network b/c, ironically enough, I dared disagree w/ a black man publicly abt black life. 7/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
B/c I don’t throw rocks and hide my hand. That network is @CNN and the anchor is @donlemon 7/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
There is exists a double-standard for what is acceptable to network executives and what will get one blacklisted. 8/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
While others who issue physical threats, openly spew racist vile can expect to be booked repeatedly and paid big dollars. 9/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
Others who disagree with the wrong people, even when the disagreement is righteous, can expect to be maligned + marginalized. 10/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
The difference, from my perspective, is gender and color. 11/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
I have personally been asked, repeatedly and frequently, why I have not been on television. Well, there are some of your answers. 14/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
So, when cable networks tell you they “value diversity”, don’t believe a word of it. 18/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
FTR, I’ve been booked multiple times over the last year, only to have the booker email back “a change in plans” aft mgmt sees my name. 20/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
Mary Jane Paul, a fictional @BET character, is still the only black woman anchoring a prime time cable news show. 24/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
It took me hours to get one network to care abt Ferguson, emailed every producer I knew. They never responded. Removed me from thread. 25/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
They were the first to get the story on air, because of what I did that afternoon. Weeks later, my contract was not renewed. 26/
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) July 9, 2016
No wonder Walsh appearing with Lemon is what finally caused her to speak up. She very, very clearly called Lemon out as the reason she no longer appears on the network. Then again, this isn’t the first time she’s been displeased with him. She once called him “a turn-coat mofo” when he agreed with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly about the causes of various struggles within the black community.
We have reached out to CNN for comment and will update this thread if we get it. For now, what do you think? Are you surprised by her accusations?
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