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Don Lemon FCC complaints take aim at "fake news," presidential profanity, and on-air tippling

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.

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FCC complaints demand an end to Rush Limbaugh's "bullsh*t"

FCC complaints demand an end to Rush Limbaugh’s “bullsh*t”

Listeners from all across the country have come to the FCC with the same desperate entreaty: please, do something, anything, to put an end to Rush Limbaugh’s “bullsh*t.”

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"This country does not need such filth" How I Met Your Mother FCC complaints

“This country does not need such filth” How I Met Your Mother FCC complaints

It took nearly a decade, but Ted Mosby, narrator of the long-running CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, finally got to the point in the story where he, well, met the mother. While last year’s series finale drew controversy for what some considered a last minute bait-and-switch, FCC complaints released to James C. Dziobek III were less concerned about continuity and more about Barney’s junk.

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