# Don Lemon out at CNN **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 24, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121 "2023-04-24T16:29:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/1 "2023-04-24T16:29:35Z")
> **[Don Lemon says he has been fired from CNN](https://www.nbcnews.com/media/don-lemon-says-fired-cnn-rcna78349)** > > The news comes as Lemon has been at the center of a string of controversies over his on-air comments and treatment of female colleagues. Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon…who’s next? Not a good day to be a news anchor. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/2 "2023-04-24T16:31:07Z")
Tucker Carlson thread here: > [@Tucker Carlson Leaves Fox News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-quits-fox-news/983119): > > Not sure which forum this goes in, but I figure Politics is as good as any. Carlson’s last day was Friday, so no two weeks’ notice. Somehow I doubt the parting was a completely mutual agreement. We’ll keep the two separate. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/3 "2023-04-24T16:34:58Z")
Maybe they swap places? Don Lemon gets the 9pm Fox News slot and Tucker joins the happy news team over at CNN. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/4 "2023-04-24T16:37:28Z")
I’ve always liked him, but after reading some of the sexist remarks he made I can understand how CNN soured on him. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/5 "2023-04-24T16:38:47Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Not a good day to be a news anchor. Never a good day to be the anchor who becomes himself the news (too often or to too large a degree) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/6 "2023-04-24T16:40:17Z")
I see what you did. Maybe they can join and do a T(P)ucker Lemon thing. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/7 "2023-04-24T16:50:41Z")
cnn already “demoted” him from his double spot at night, sending him to the morning. not a surprize given what was going on with the co anchors. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/8 "2023-04-24T17:06:08Z")
Did CNN security escort him out of the building? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/9 "2023-04-24T17:06:51Z")
What other news anchor has been watching _The Godfather_ lately? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/10 "2023-04-24T17:09:12Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Did CNN security escort him out of the building? I think he’s been on suspension for a while, so I don’t think he’s been at work recently. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/11 "2023-04-24T17:11:59Z")
It was difficult listening to Lemon on that morning show. I just want some news, he tried too hard to be a personality. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/12 "2023-04-24T17:13:43Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think he’s been on suspension for a while, so I don’t think he’s been at work recently. No, they moved him from the evening anchor spot, to a morning show that he shared spotlight with another host. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/13 "2023-04-24T17:13:57Z")
He was on the air this morning. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/14 "2023-04-24T17:16:09Z")
he had a few days suspension after an incident earlier this year. he was on this morning. they must have decided after the show. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/15 "2023-04-24T19:06:30Z")
I hope this means the end of that stupid morning thing. Bring back Brianna Keilar and John Berman! I watched them faithfully. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/16 "2023-04-24T19:45:29Z")
I thought you were supposed to go along with the “Parted amicably” thing so that someone else would hire you. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/17 "2023-04-24T20:24:30Z")
When you are a public figure and the truth is going to come out at some point, it’s better to own your truth and craft your own narrative. Most people’s firings aren’t discussed in the news. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/18 "2023-04-24T20:43:17Z")
Can we really accept that Tucker Carlson was a news anchor? I think that’s difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/19 "2023-04-24T20:58:29Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > Can we really accept that Tucker Carlson was a news anchor? I think that’s difficult That’s a valid point, if you agree that news anchors deliver, reads, or presents the “news” and refrains from adding their own editorial bent to the story with few exceptions. In that case Lemon isn’t an anchor either. I’d say very few news personalities, especially on cable news channels would fit that mold. Traditional network news anchors today (Norah O’Donnell - CBS; Lester Holt - NBC; David Muir - ABC) and maybe CNN’s Anderson Cooper, would fit that bill in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121/20 "2023-04-24T21:11:30Z")
I guess Don Lemon was past his prime. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-lemon-out-at-cnn/983121.md?page=2)