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Larry Wilmore goes after Wolf Blitzer, Don Lemon, who flips him off at WHCD

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 30: (AFP OUT) Comedian Larry Wilmore speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner on April 30, 2016 at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington.This is President Obama's eighth and final White House Correspondents' Association dinner (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 30: (AFP OUT) Comedian Larry Wilmore speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner on April 30, 2016 at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington.This is President Obama's eighth and final White House Correspondents' Association dinner (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)
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May 1, 2016

By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.ocm, originally filed Sunday May 1, 2016

During Saturday night's annual White House Correspondents Dinner, Pres. Barack Obama and comic Larry Wilmore enjoyed mocking CNN, specifically targeting Wolf Blitzer, Jake Tapper and former Atlanta-based correspondent and anchor Don Lemon.

Obama mentioned folks who had left the Washington correspondents job:

"Savannah Guthrie left the White House press corps to host the Today show. Norah O'Donnell left the briefing room to host CBS This Morning. Jake Tapper left journalism to join CNN."

Tapper appeared to laugh along.

Wilmore's take on Blitzer:

"Speaking of drones, how is Wolf Blitzer still on television? Hey Wolf, I'm willing to project tonight's winner: anyone that isn't watching 'The Situation Room.'"

Blitzer seemed a bit stone faced.

And then he opted to pick on Lemon:

"Some of America's finest black journalists are here tonight. Don Lemon is here, too. Alleged journalist Don Lemon, everybody."

Lemon, from the audience, gave Wilmore the middle-finger salute.

But later on Twitter, he posted this:

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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.

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