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DON LEMON QUITS CNN, IS HIRED BY CNBC

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ATLANTA, Georgia (The Adobo Chronicles) – News anchor Don Lemon is not waiting until CNN fires him. He just quit.

Lemon is the target of an online petition demanding that he be fired by the cable news network. More than 28,000 people have signed the petition in which the controversial “journalist” was castigated for his reaction to the South Carolina school incident where a police officer violently dragged a female student for allegedly being disruptive in class. On his program, Lemon said he needs to see more facts before passing judgement on the officer.

Lemon is no stranger to controversy. He once held up a sign during a broadcast asking viewers if they were offended by it. The sign had the word ‘Ni**er’ in bold letters.

He is also known for his famous line, “smell of marijuana” during his coverage of the civil disturbance  in Ferguson.

Lemon is also credited for advising black teens to pull up their pants to gain respect, and for suggesting that a missing Malaysia Airlines plane was kidnapped by some higher power.

But Lemon fans need not worry. He will not be out of a job.

CNBC has just announced that it has hired Lemon as its chief political correspondent. The NBC-affiliated network made the decision following last night’s Republican presidential debate debacle in which the CNBC moderators were releatedly booed by the audience and attacked by the candidates for their “less-than-nice” questions and demeanor.

Critics are describing the CNBC debate as the “worst moderated” in U.S.  political history.

By hiring Lemon, CNBC hopes to rebuild its reputation as a leading news network. “Lemon’s popularity will most definitely help our ratings,” CNBC executives said.

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CNN TO HOST FIRST-EVER PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, ANDERSON COOPER TO MODERATE

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imageMANILA, Philippines  (The Adobo Chronicles) – In election years in the Philippines, there are mass political rallies, but no televised live debates.  But that could soon change if a lawmaker’s proposal to create a Presidential Debate Commission is approved by Congress.

Representative Estrellita B. Suansing (1st District, Nueva Ecija) filed the proposal last year which aims to benefit presidential and vice-presidential candidates as it will provide them a good venue to present their platforms and positions on issues that affect the country, and also clarify matters facing the candidates themselves before the voters.

“I hope it will merit the approval of Congress and the president during the remaining months of the 16th Congress so we can already have a Presidential Debate Commission in place prior to the May elections. The Presidential Debate Commission shall obligate all presidential and vice presidential candidates to participate in the debates, and thus, will help the voting population discern who to vote for,” said Suansing, who is also the vice chairperson of the Committee on Women and Gender Equality.

The proposal embodied in House Bill 5269, otherwise known as proposed “Presidential Debate Reform Act”, has already been referred to the House Committee on Government Reorganization and has a counter-part measure, Senate Bill 1797, submitted by Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago.

In anticipation of the first Philippine presidential debate, CNN Philippines has offered to host and broadcast it live. The cable news network has even designated its star anchor Anderson Cooper to moderate the proceedings.  Cooper was moderator in last night’s U.S. Democratic presidential debate on CNN.

Cooper is extremely popular in the Philippines.  His ground zero coverage of the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in Tacloban gained him the respect and admiration of the Filipinos.  Following his stellar coverage of the disaster, Cooper was rumored to being considered the next U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines.

Upon learning of the news, broadcaster Korina Sanchez, wife of administration presidential candidate Mar Roxas, registered her strong objections to Cooper being named as debate moderator.

Many will recall that Sanchez had her own debate with Cooper when she accused the American news anchor of not knowing what he was talking about in his coverage of Typhoon Haiyan.  Cooper challenged her to leave her airconditioned broadcast studio in Manila and do her own live coverage at ground zero in Tacloban.

“Cooper, because of our conflict, will not be a fair and balanced debate moderator since my husband is one of the presidential candidates,” Sanchez said.

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DONALD TRUMP DUMPS FOX NEWS TO CNN’S DELIGHT

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CaptureNEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles®) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is done with FOX News, and CNN couldn’t be happier.

Trump has reignited his war of words with FOX, vowing on his Twitter account that he will stay off the network for the “foreseeable future.”

Trump declared in a tweet Wednesday morning that he believes he has been treated “very unfairly” by FOX, leading him to decide to dump the network.

Earlier, FOX decided to pull Trump’s appearance on “O’Reilly Factor”  after the Republican presidential frontrunner criticized O’Reilly and Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly in tweets sent on Monday and Tuesday.

CNN, the heir apparent to FOX News, celebrated Trump’s tweet by popping champagne bottles in the newsroom.

“This means I can have more news segments with Trump and more intelligent discussions on important issues in the political campaign,” CNN anchor Don Lemon said.

CNN’S ratings have been in decline for the last few months and the cable network is hoping that more appearances by Trump would help boost its viewership.