Posted by Alumni from The Atlantic
January 31, 2026
The former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested yesterday for covering a protest inside a church in Minnesosta. On Washington Week With The Atlantic, panelists joined to discuss what implications this may have, Donald Trump's relationship with the media, and more. 'It's true that Donald Trump has gone after the press' before, Susan Glasser, a staff writer at The New Yorker, said last night. But 'this is the first time he's ordered the arrest of a journalist'so I do think a line has been crossed here.' Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more: Stephen Hayes, the editor of The Dispatch; Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent at The New York Times; Toluse Olorunnipa, a staff writer at The Atlantic; Glasser, a staff writer at The New Yorker. learn more