Don Lemon Keeps it Real

If you were expecting Dog the Bounty Hunter, you were probably a bit surprised.

image1If you tuned into CNN Tonight last night thinking you’d find Dog the Bounty Hunter looking for the escaped New York convicts, you were in for a surprise.

Only hours after his appearance on Glenn Beck‘s radio program to discuss political correctness in America, CNN’s Don Lemon began his show with “a word and a flag” — but not just any word and not just any flag.

Giving the minimal amount of f*cks, the CNN anchor held up a Confederate flag and a sign displaying the n-word, asking his audience: “Does this offend you?”

Playing right into the hands of the self-proclaimed Twitter King, the Internet went bonkers — with many believing that Lemon’s actions were simply the pursuit of shock value.

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