Yes, because CNN is not the hip-hop authority that Absolutepunk is...

Originally Posted by Jason Tate

There is no such "in hip-hop" attachement to this statement.

Yes, but seeing that Absolutepunk holds no weight and carries no credibility in hip-hop culture whatsoever, you mocking CNN's claim that a rapper is the best lyricist of all time also holds no weight and no credibility. If they were to have named Morrisey the best lyricist of all time and you mocked that, then sure it may have some sort of significance, but reporting this news report is the equivalent to HipHopDX posting a mocking news article saying "CNN names Lou Reed the best lyricist of all time" in a mocking fashion. Them doing such a thing would be irrelevant because A) CNN is entitled to make whatever claim they want and B) Since HipHopDX isn't an authority of the genre of music, they really aren't in a place to argue that an artist from that genre is being declared the best lyricist of all time for music in general.