{"id":530036,"date":"2021-05-20T15:05:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T19:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=530036"},"modified":"2021-05-20T15:05:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T19:05:14","slug":"fact-check-did-don-lemon-announce-his-last-show-on-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-don-lemon-announce-his-last-show-on-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Don Lemon Announce His Last Show On CNN?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Ffact-check-did-don-lemon-announce-his-last-show-on-cnn%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=530036&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1146109147-scaled-e1621454364915.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ebertagnole\/posts\/10159407822784104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">viral Facebook post<\/a> shared over 500 times claims CNN anchor Don Lemon announced \u201chis last show on CNN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lemon did not announce \u201chis last show on CNN.\u201d On Twitter, he said his show was rebranding to \u201cDon Lemon Tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ebertagnole\/posts\/10159407822784104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">viral May 14 post<\/a> reads, \u201cDon Lemon announced that tonight will be his last show on CNN. One by one they fall!\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/08\/20\/fact-check-don-lemon-jeffrey-epstein-chris-cuomo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Photo Show Don Lemon With Jeffrey Epstein?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lemon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/15\/media\/cnn-tonight-don-lemon\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> May 14 on \u201cCNN Tonight with Don Lemon\u201d that \u201cthis is the last night that will be \u2018CNN Tonight with Don Lemon\u2019\u201d and that \u201cchanges are coming.\u201d The brief announcement prompted social media users to speculate Lemon\u2019s show was ending and he was leaving the network.<\/p>\n<p>That is, however, not the case. Lemon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donlemon\/status\/1393404393408679937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clarified<\/a> on Twitter the same day he was not leaving CNN.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.1413043478261\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hey everyone. Not what you think. I\u2019m not leaving CNN. Tune in for the handoff on Monday at 10pE and I\u2019ll explain. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oOwDferY2i\">pic.twitter.com\/oOwDferY2i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Don Lemon (@donlemon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donlemon\/status\/1393404393408679937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEverybody calm down,\u201d he said, in part, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donlemon\/status\/1393404393408679937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> he tweeted. \u201cI didn\u2019t say I was leaving CNN. I just said it was the end of an era for \u2018CNN Tonight with Don Lemon.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then provided <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donlemon\/status\/1393575055582535681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">further clarification<\/a> in a May 15 tweet, saying that he would \u201cbe back on Monday with my newly named show Don Lemon Tonight.\u201d His two-hour program was just renamed, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/15\/media\/cnn-tonight-don-lemon\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.6080586080586\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Didn\u2019t mean to set the internet on fire. What I said last night was true. CNN Tonight with Don Lemon is no more. I\u2019ll be back on Monday with my newly named show Don Lemon Tonight. See you Monday at 10pE. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/89GFXULV9m\">pic.twitter.com\/89GFXULV9m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Don Lemon (@donlemon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donlemon\/status\/1393575055582535681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDidn\u2019t mean to set the internet on fire,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donlemon\/status\/1393575055582535681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cWhat I said last night was true. CNN Tonight with Don Lemon is no more. I\u2019ll be back on Monday with my newly named show Don Lemon Tonight. See you Monday at 10pE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has since anchored the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/shows\/cnn-tonight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">show<\/a> under its new name, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/ny-don-lemon-tonight-cnn-anchor-new-show-title-debut-20210518-sxkanwsjizde3g24wgjaojalvu-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debuted<\/a> May 17, according to the video-clip editing service Grabien. During his May 17 program, Lemon <a href=\"https:\/\/grabien.com\/file.php?id=1238205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> that while the show has a new name, it has an \u201ceven stronger mission\u201d and a \u201crenewed commitment\u201d to \u201chave the kinds of conversations that America needs if we\u2019re going to move ahead as a country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A viral Facebook post shared over 500 times claims CNN anchor Don Lemon announced \u201chis last show on CNN.\u201dVerdict: False Lemon did not announce \u201chis last show on CNN.\u201d On &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312496,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1146109147-scaled-e1621454364915.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did Don Lemon Announce His Last Show On CNN?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-530036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1146109147-scaled-e1621454364915.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did Don Lemon Announce His Last Show On CNN?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530036","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=530036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}