The Wednesday edition of The Jim Acosta podcast saw the reunion of two of CNN’s most insufferable former hosts as Don Lemon joined the eponymous host to preview Saturday’s White House Correspondents Dinner. During their discussion, Lemon attacked “the freedom of speech” crowd for cancelling comedian Amber Ruffin and cited his own experience at being grilled by the dinner’s comedian as proof they were being too soft, although such a diatribe required several omissions and half-truths about previous jokes about him and what Ruffin has said about the administration.
As part of their back-and-forth conversation, Lemon asked, “Are you, are you gonna be at the correspondents’ dinner? I am.”
Acosta answered, “I am not, no, I am fortunately going to be out of town. I’ve got another engagement, a previously scheduled engagement, so I…
