{"id":1956752,"date":"2023-06-25T18:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T22:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-gives-first-tv-interview-since-cnn-firing\/"},"modified":"2023-06-25T18:50:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T22:50:44","slug":"don-lemon-gives-first-tv-interview-since-cnn-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-gives-first-tv-interview-since-cnn-firing\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Lemon&#8217;s first TV interview since CNN firing."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdon-lemon-gives-first-tv-interview-since-cnn-firing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1956752&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former CNN Host Don Lemon Opens Up About Firing in Candid Interview<\/h2>\n<p>Former CNN host Don Lemon recently sat down for his first television interview since his unexpected departure from the network earlier this year. Speaking at the NAACP Memphis chapter conference, Lemon discussed the circumstances surrounding his firing, hinting at the importance of his &#8220;journalistic duty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>A Stand Against Misinformation<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe in platforming liars, and bigots, and insurrectionists, and election deniers, and putting them on the same footing as people who are telling the truth, people who are fighting for what\u2019s right, people who are abiding by the Constitution,\u201d Lemon passionately expressed. \u201cI think that would be a dereliction of journalistic duty doing those sorts of things. That is what has gotten me to this point, and that is what is going to carry me forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With a clear stance against misinformation, Lemon emphasized the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-gives-first-tv-interview-since-cnn-firing\/\" title=\"Don Lemon's first TV interview since CNN firing.\">upholding journalistic integrity<\/a> and ensuring that truth prevails.<\/p>\n<h3>Charting a New Path<\/h3>\n<p>As for his next steps, Lemon admitted that he is still in the process of figuring things out. Unlike others who may rush into decisions, he wants to take his time to ensure he makes the right choices. Referencing former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who quickly started a Twitter show after his firing, Lemon emphasized the need for careful consideration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not worried, at all,&#8221; Lemon reassured. &#8220;People are concerned about me and more worried about me than I am about myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Lemon&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-passes-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-69-30\/\" title=\"Senate passes bipartisan infrastructure bill 69-30\">future remains uncertain<\/a>, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dea-issues-public-safety-alert-amid-surge-of-counterfeit-pills\/\" title=\"DEA issues public safety alert amid surge of counterfeit pills\">remains optimistic<\/a> and confident in his ability to navigate this new chapter.<\/p>\n<h3>A Changing Landscape<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that Chris Licht, the CEO of CNN at the time of Lemon&#8217;s firing, has also since been relieved from his position. This suggests that the network may be undergoing significant changes, leaving room for speculation about what lies ahead.<\/p>\n<p>To read more about this story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former CNN host Don Lemon broke his silence in a TV interview after being fired. Speaking at the NAACP Memphis chapter conference, Lemon refrained from discussing the reasons behind his dismissal, but hinted at his commitment to journalistic integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1956753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1956752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1956752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1956753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1956752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1956752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1956752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}