Fired CNN propagandist Don Lemon says that Elon Musk "has canceled the partnership I had with X … he informed me of his decision hours after an interview I conducted with him on Friday.
The interview with Musk is slated to be the debut episode of The Don Lemon Show. According to Lemon, the interview will now run as planned on YouTube, where future episodes will be released.
Both Musk and X responded to Lemon's post
"X is a platform that champions free speech, and we’re proud to provide an open environment for diverse voices and perspectives," the company's @XBusiness account said, adding that Lemon is "welcome to publish its content on X, without censorship," but that "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."
When asked to elaborate, Musk said that Lemon's approach was "basically just “CNN, but on social media”, which doesn’t work, as evidenced by the fact that CNN is dying.
"Instead of it being the real Don Lemon, it was really just Jeff Zucker talking through Don, so lacked authenticity," Musk added.
Looks like this lemonparty has been officially pooped.