March 14th 2024.
Don Lemon took to social media to share some disappointing news with his followers. He announced that his highly anticipated partnership with Elon Musk's X platform had been abruptly canceled. This news came just hours after Lemon had filmed an interview with the tech mogul, which was supposed to air on Monday. In a statement, Lemon explained that he and Musk had a good conversation, but it seemed that the CEO had a change of heart.
Lemon expressed his disappointment, stating that he believed in Musk's vision of a global town square where all questions could be asked and ideas could be shared. However, it seemed that this vision did not extend to questions about himself. Lemon also clarified that there were no restrictions on the interview and that he had asked respectful and wide-ranging questions, covering topics such as SpaceX and the presidential election.
Despite this, Musk decided to cancel their partnership and the airing of the interview on his platform. Lemon shared a video where he claimed that Musk was "mad" at him following the interview. The X platform released a statement acknowledging the canceled partnership but invited Lemon to publish his content on their platform without censorship. They emphasized their belief in providing a platform for creators to share their work and connect with new communities.
Musk later took to Twitter to explain his decision, stating that Lemon lacked "authenticity" during the interview and came off more like the former CNN President, Jeff Zucker. He criticized Lemon's approach, saying it was just "CNN, but on social media," which he believed was not working, as evidenced by CNN's decline. Musk also suggested that instead of the real Don Lemon, it was really just Jeff Zucker talking through him, which lacked authenticity.
Later that day, Lemon spoke with CNN and shared excerpts from the interview where he had asked Musk about the rise of hate speech on X and the company's responsibility to moderate hateful content. Musk's response was dismissive, saying that he did not have to answer questions from reporters and that he was only doing the interview because Lemon was on the X platform and had requested it.
This incident came after X had announced they would be airing Lemon's new news show, following his termination from CNN last year for making sexist comments. The interview with Musk was supposed to air on Monday, March 18, on Lemon's YouTube channel and podcast. However, due to the canceled partnership, it will no longer be available on X.
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