There have been plenty of dumb takes by the media over the arrest of Don Lemon, for being part of the mob that invaded a church last week, but Harvey Levin of TMX might win the prize for the dumbest take.
Levin asked if this would change democracy forever. Naturally, Levin tried to make this all about Trump being a dictator and made references to the Nazis.
The people who make up our media are so predictable and ridiculous.
Mediaite reported:
TMZ’s Harvey Levin Blasts Trump Over Don Lemon Arrest: ‘This Is the Playbook That Dictator’s Use’
TMZ founder Harvey Levin trashed the arrest and indictment of former CNN anchor Don Lemon by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department as “a ridiculous assault on democracy” and a move straight out of the dictator’s “playbook.”…
Speaking from TMZ’s studio in a recorded statement published on the outlet’s website Friday, Levin torched the charges and the move as “dictator-like”:
So the Trump administration wonders why people are saying that they are trying to form a dictatorship. Well, look at the landscape – arresting Don Lemon, who covered a protest in Minneapolis, is just insane, ridiculous, dictator-like. This is the playbook that dictators use to destroy democracies and take the will of the people away. It is as simple as that.
It’s a ridiculous assault on democracy. The Trump administration should be ashamed of itself, but they’re not. And they will continue to do this. And they are going after journalists. They’re getting search warrants for their homes. It is obvious what’s happening in this country, people. Look at what is happening. You’re gonna look back in two years, if somebody doesn’t stand up to them, and I know people are now, but you’re gonna back in to years and say, ‘Wow, we didn’t see that coming!’
Here’s the video:
Don Lemon has been arrested. Could this change democracy forever? pic.twitter.com/fCtSJeGdkk
— TMZ (@TMZ) January 30, 2026
People were quick to remind TMZ of how they behaved after the Charlie Kirk assassination.
Your staff laughed & cheered Charlie Kirk’s murder, you sick mofos.
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) January 31, 2026
Remember when your newsroom laughed and celebrated when Charlie Kirk was murdered?
Don’t lecture anyone on decency and democracy.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) January 31, 2026
TMZ Employees not laughing about this?
— XRPLovetheDawgz (@Lovethedawgs1) January 30, 2026
They have zero self-awareness. They don’t care how hypocritical they look because it never even dawns on them that they could be perceived that way.
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