Don Lemon out at CNN

[mcar]

Who's next?

Link to tweet

[CrispyQ]

1. No indication, really Don?

Going from your own primetime slot to a shared show in the morning wasn't a clue?

[mcar]

3. Yep

[BlackSkimmer]

19. Making comments about when a woman's "prime" is?

Really bad idea Don.

[helpisontheway]

22. They were after him before that..Nt

[BlackSkimmer]

23. With good reason from what I've read.

The man is widely known to be misogynistic.

[XanaDUer2]

26. Lemon is charming

Heres his exchange with a Cosby victim

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217855564

[asiliveandbreathe]

2. Don is now free from the Chris Licht man..it was only a matter of time..and now

Only a matter of time the Licht man will be gone from CNN..he has been a disaster since he got there in 2022..have to ask yourself, what the hell GOOD has he done for America??..He is in the broadcasting News business..nope, it is all about Licht man..

Be well, Don..who for sure will land on his feet..besides..he had to know this was coming...

[mcar]

4. Good point

[ZonkerHarris]

5. You can tell that Chris is going to try to hire Tucker right?

[asiliveandbreathe]

6. Seems about right..lining up for a blast of 2024 BS...

Haven't watched CNN for years..

[GoCubsGo]

15. Nah. CNN already fired him once.

I doubt they're interested in giving him another chance, especially given what a liability he was to Fox.

[ZonkerHarris]

17. Not by the people who currently own it though. John Malone is on the Board of directors

for Discovery/WM.
He has an agenda for CNN.
Either turn it into the next Fox News or just destroy it.
Thats why Chris is there

[Sky Jewels]

10. I agree. Chris Licht is reprehensible.

May he get the axe sooner rather than later.

I'd like to say more, but I'll just echo your sentiments:

[asiliveandbreathe]

13. Keith O took him down on one of his earlier podcasts..in so many words as

only Keith can demonstrate..he didn't give licht a year..tick tock..but then, WE do not know what CNN has in mind..if they keep him on, time will tell just how far right they will go..tuckims..

[asiliveandbreathe]

14. KO podcast EP 28

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-28-countdown-with-keith-olbermann-9-8-22/id1633301179?i=1000578786636

The turning has begun. (11:00) When new CNN boss Chris Licht and I were together at MSNBC, I thought he ate glue (11:15) I've known Licht's first talent hire - Cop Apologist John Miller - since I worked with him in 1978! If you need a living symbol of CNN's coming conservatism, Miller is it. He's so bad that even New York Mayor Eric Adams (himself an ex-cop) apologized for him!

[Sky Jewels]

21. Keith is great.

He tells it like it is.

[chillfactor]

7. I used to really enjoy Don Lemon as a night host.

Lost sight of him when he was moved to mornings as never watch CNN any more except for Jim Acosta on the weekends.

I think he will land a spot elsewhere.

[GPV]

8. Would he fit in at Msnbc?

[Miles Archer]

12. No.

Don Lemon’s Misogyny at CNN, Exposed: Malicious Texts, Mocking Female Co-Workers and ‘Diva-Like Behavior’

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/cnn-don-lemon-misogyny-history-nikki-haley-1235574286/

Back in 2008, Don Lemon was co-anchoring CNN’s “Live From” weekday show with Kyra Phillips, a gig that he landed after he arrived at the network two years prior from local news in Chicago. For months, tensions between the pair kept mounting. On more than one occasion, a “Live From” producer and a newsroom supervisor had to pull Lemon off the air during a commercial break because of the anchor’s provocative antics, not unlike his recent declaration that the 51-year-old Nikki Haley isn’t a viable presidential candidate because she “isn’t in her prime.” Amid the charged atmosphere, sources say Lemon disrespected colleague Nancy Grace on the air and Soledad O’Brien during an editorial meeting attended by roughly 30 staffers.

But his antipathy toward Phillips was particularly concerning and had many members of the close-knit Atlanta news team on edge. While Phillips was on assignment in Iraq — a high-profile gig that Lemon coveted — he vented his disappointment at being passed over by tearing up pictures and notes on top of and inside Phillips’ desk in the news pod they shared, according to two sources who worked there at the time. When she returned from Iraq, things only got weirder. One night while dining with members of the news team, she received the first of two threatening text messages from an unknown number on her flip phone that warned, “Now you’ve crossed the line, and you’re going to pay for it.” Phillips was visibly rattled and quickly enlisted CNN’s higher ups to identify the sender.

Remarkably, the texts were traced back to Lemon, according to those same sources. A human resources investigation was launched, and while the findings were never disclosed to the growing pool of staffers who were aware of the situation, Lemon was abruptly pulled from his co-anchor duties with Phillips and moved to the weekends. It was a demotion by any objective measure and understood to be some kind of disciplinary action. It appears to be the last time he was paired with a female anchor until his most recent assignment on “CNN This Morning With Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins.”

Phillips, who joined ABC as a Washington-based correspondent in 2018, declined comment. A spokesperson for CNN said, “Don says the alleged incident never occurred and that he was never notified of any investigation. CNN cannot corroborate the alleged events from 15 years ago.”

[GPV]

24. Yikes!

[radius777]

27. We don't know his side of the story,

of what they possibly did to him first, a black gay man. Kira Philips does not seem to hold any ill will against him.

[Miles Archer]

28. No, I don't, but...

...going back to the "What about MSNBC" thing, I'm going to stand on "no."

[debm55]

11. Same here. I always watched him from 10-11. And Jim Acosta is my favorite.

[Miles Archer]

9. The "behind the scenes chatter" RE: Lemon mirrors Bryant Gumbel on the Today Show...

...Gumbel supposedly loathed Willard Scott and lobbied to have him fired. Lemon seems like a diva who was not well-liked by his co-workers. There's no "I" in team, and there also isn't one in "CNN." Good riddance to him.

[FakeNoose]

16. Screenshot for those who don't have Twitter

[mcar]

18. Thanks. I was trying to figure out how to do that

[FakeNoose]

20. It's easy if you have a desktop or laptop

... but I don't know how to do it on a phone.

So right-click on the image and select "save image" on your desktop. For this one I also reduced the size of the image because it was so big. Then upload the saved image on Imgur or another image hosting site. Once it's uploaded you get a link for sharing the image. That link is what you post on DU in the "message text" window. Easy-peasy.

[mcar]

25. I'll check out Imgur. Thanks.

[radius777]

29. Don Lemon is black, gay and outspoken.

He's clearly liberal on most issues, but is politically incorrect on some. The so-called misogyny he's accused of is IMO just an excuse to shove him aside because he makes some whites uncomfortable due to his focus on racial injustice. He has said some sexist things, but many other white anchors (male and female) have and they continue on without a problem. The 'inside baseball' stuff being released now is a one sided hit job - nobody knows what possible discrimination he was dealing with behind the scenes.

[miyazaki]

30. Thanks for saying this.

One DU'er actually equated Lemon and Tucker as one and the same. JFC