Of course CNN invited Corey Lewandowski on the air

It's no surprise that CNN was one of the first stops Corey Lewandowski made after a contempt-filled appearance Tuesday before Congress. Lewandowski, President Trump's former campaign

manager, is evidently a showman; CNN likes to put on a show. The pairing — right after Lewandowski more or less conceded that he lies to the press — was inevitable.

You would think that Lewandowski's too-cute half-admission before Congress — "I have no obligation to be honest with the media" — would earn him a ban from CNN's airwaves. After all, CNN is

supposedly in the news business, an industry focused on eliciting the truth and delivering it to viewers. Why put Lewandowski on your airwaves if you know his goal is probably to deceive

your viewers?

CNN can claim it did its journalistic job by challenging Lewandowski during his Wednesday appearance on the channel. "Are you lying now?" Alisyn Camerota asked him.

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Joel Mathis is a writer with 30 years of newspaper and online journalism experience. His work also regularly appears in National Geographic and The Kansas City Star. His awards include best

online commentary at the Online News Association and (twice) at the City and Regional Magazine Association.