The Propaganda FilesDon Lemon
CNN anchor from 2006 until his firing in April 2023, including 'CNN Tonight/Don Lemon Tonight' and 'CNN This Morning.' Now hosts an independent YouTube show.
The receipts (5)
Apologized for saying Nikki Haley 'isn't in her prime'
Lemon said the Republican candidate 'isn't in her prime,' apologized after criticism, and missed a CNN This Morning broadcast before returning.
Source: The Washington Post →Texted Smollett that police doubted him; did not disclose on air
Trial testimony showed Lemon texted Jussie Smollett that Chicago police did not believe his account; he later covered the trial on CNN without disclosing it.
Source: Newsweek →Denied CNN 'lied' about Rogan 'horse dewormer' framing
After Sanjay Gupta conceded to Joe Rogan that CNN should not have called his ivermectin 'horse dewormer,' Lemon denied the network lied.
Source: The Propaganda Files →Said white men are the biggest terror threat; asked why no 'white guy ban'
On Cuomo Prime Time he said white supremacist terrorism was a bigger threat than foreigners and questioned the absence of a 'white guy ban'; he cited a GAO report in defense.
Source: The Hill →'The president of the United States is racist'
Lemon opened CNN Tonight saying 'The president of the United States is racist,' under a news-style chyron.
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