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Lemon: Elon Musk Canceled His Show on X After 'tense' Interview
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon said on Wednesday that Elon Musk canceled his new show on X, formerly Twitter, after he interviewed the multibillionaire last week.
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... Why it matters: The split comes as X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced the platform is shifting to "video first" and Musk has tried to broker deals with high-profile content creators. What they're saying: Lemon claimed Musk, a self-proclaimed free speech "absolutist," was "mad" at him over the "tense" interview, which will be included in the premiere episode of "The Don Lemon Show" next week. - - - "Apparently, free speech absolutism doesn't apply when it comes to questions about him from people like me," Lemon said in a video on X. ...
What they're saying: Lemon claimed Musk, a self-proclaimed free speech "absolutist," was "mad" at him over the "tense" interview, which will be included in the premiere episode of "The Don Lemon Show" next week.
- - - "Apparently, free speech absolutism doesn't apply when it comes to questions about him from people like me," Lemon said in a video on X. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-03-14 12:13 AM | Reply
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#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-03-14 12:34 AM | Reply
@#2
Well, I might have phrased it differently, but yeah.
Mr Musk has screamed about free speech, but when someone apparently says something he does not like, Mr Musk does not appear to have any qualms about silencing that speech.
#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-03-14 12:37 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
I stand by my former comment. He's a thin-skinned ultra-white snowflake.
#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-03-14 12:40 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3
@#4 ... He's a thin-skinned ultra-white snowflake. ...
Yup.
But if I may add...
He's a thin-skinned ultra-white snowflake, with a megaphone that he controls and only wants adulation to be broadcast from that megaphone.
Free-speech? I remain to be convinced that Mr Musk knows the meaning of that phrase.
#5 | Posted by lamplighter at 2024-03-14 02:10 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Well Don, if you didn't know Elmo was the biggest snowflake on --------, you do now.
#6 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-03-14 07:18 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Fact: He's a thin-skinned African-American snowflake.
#7 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-03-14 09:55 AM | Reply | Funny: 1
#7 | POSTED BY SENTINEL AT 2024-03-14 09:55 AM | REPLY
Or as Trump would say "emigrant criminal of military fighting age'
#8 | Posted by Scotty at 2024-03-15 03:25 AM | Reply | Funny: 1
As long as it's softball questions.
#9 | Posted by fresno500 at 2024-03-15 10:58 AM | Reply
He didn't get banned. He's just not getting paid by the platform he's about to drag for insufficient censorship.
#10 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-03-15 02:44 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
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... - - - Lemon said he agreed to join X with the new show after Musk publicly encouraged him to do so. Zoom in: "Don has a deal with X and expects to be paid for it. If we have to go to court we will," Lemon's spokesperson, Allison Gollust, said in a statement to Puck. The other side: Axios has confirmed that X did not have a signed contract with Lemon, although there was a mutual understanding that such an agreement would soon be codified. - - - One of X's official accounts said on Wednesday that Lemon's show is welcome to publish its content on X "without censorship." - - - "However, like any enterprise, we reserve the right to make decisions about our business partnerships, and after careful consideration, X decided not to enter into a commercial partnership with the show," it said. - - - X did not specify why it did not partner with the show. Of note: Just hours before Lemon announced that X dropped his show, Musk posted, "Free speech is the bedrock of democracy." ...
Zoom in: "Don has a deal with X and expects to be paid for it. If we have to go to court we will," Lemon's spokesperson, Allison Gollust, said in a statement to Puck.
The other side: Axios has confirmed that X did not have a signed contract with Lemon, although there was a mutual understanding that such an agreement would soon be codified.
- - - One of X's official accounts said on Wednesday that Lemon's show is welcome to publish its content on X "without censorship."
- - - "However, like any enterprise, we reserve the right to make decisions about our business partnerships, and after careful consideration, X decided not to enter into a commercial partnership with the show," it said.
- - - X did not specify why it did not partner with the show.
Of note: Just hours before Lemon announced that X dropped his show, Musk posted, "Free speech is the bedrock of democracy."
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#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-03-15 04:28 PM | Reply
#10 killed the thread.
#12 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-03-15 05:49 PM | Reply
#6
Please tell me this site isn't censoring the word Xitter now.
#13 | Posted by DarkVader at 2024-03-15 10:10 PM | Reply
Cry me a ------' river, Lemon. No one "cancelled you", its' just that no one want's you.
#14 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-03-15 11:44 PM | Reply
Elon Musk wanted him until he was asked about his ketamine use.
free speech absolutist!
#15 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-03-15 11:56 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
Don Lemon demanded a free Tesla Cybertruck, a $5 million upfront payment on top of an $8 million salary, an equity stake in the multibillion-dollar company, and the right to approve any changes in X policy as it relates to news content.
Seems like a lot without any record....
#16 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-03-16 12:02 AM | Reply
#15 | POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE AT 2024-03-15 11:56 PM | FLAG: | FUNNY: 1
Sure is, ------.
x.com
#17 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-03-16 09:37 AM | Reply
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