Prepare for a Shock: Don LeMon Plays the Race Card, Claims Musk Walked Away From the Would-Be Deal Because LeMon "Doesn't Look Like" Musk

Don LeMon has been demoted and then fired by CNN. He is a proven ratings... what's the opposite of a Juggernaut?

In addition, his diva antics, massively unearned ego, and nastiness offend everyone who works with him or even just near him.

But Musk must have canned him because he's black. Or black and gay.

That must be it, Don LeMon tells People:

PEOPLE: You certainly had an idea that it could all fall apart.

LEMON: The possibility of Elon Musk being unpredictable and erratic, yeah. Of course I knew that. I went into this with my eyes open. I've interviewed many world leaders, presidents to convicts, and no one has been more sensitive or touchy than Elon Musk. And during the interview and during other interviews, he constantly says he doesn't care what people write or say about him. For someone who doesn't care about what people write or say about him, he sure does care about what people write or say about him. He's not used to being held to account. He's not used to having to answer to anyone, especially someone like me who doesn't share his worldview, who doesn't look like him. You know what I'm saying?

Yes we know what you're saying, Don. There isn't a single person who doesn't now what you're saying.

You're blaming your latest humiliating failure, in a career made up of nothing but humiliating failures, on racism and homophobia.

Maybe it's age-ism, Don? Because you are definitely aging like salad. You're starting to look like Joan Rivers.

The New York Post reported that the deal did not break down over LeMon's race, which, let's face it, is "mostly white."

Their sources say it broke down over LeMon's absurd contract demands.

Don Lemon demanded the sun, the moon and the stars from the SpaceX boss -- before being unceremoniously dumped this week, The Post has learned.

The ex-CNN anchor sent over an astronomical wish list to Elon Musk during contract talks to host a show on the billionaire's social media platform X -- including a free Tesla Cybertruck, a $5 million upfront payment on top of an $8 million salary, an equity stake in the multibillion-dollar company, and the right to approve any changes in X policy as it relates to news content, according to a document reviewed by The Post.

Dude, you're an absolute non-talent. Your ratings are lower than mine. And you want a piece of Tesla??!!

LeMon keeps changing the reasons for his termination. Now it's that Musk was super-keen on having this talent-vacuum and anti-charisma nobody with Dead Eyes attend the Consumer Electronics Show (a convention where tech companies exhibit their wares):

In an interview with veteran tech journalist Kara Swisher on Friday, Lemon claimed they held discussions over the summer in which the company threatened to fire him if he did not attend the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas.

CES, which was held earlier this year between Jan. 7 and 10, is one of the most highly anticipated events on the tech calendar as companies including X flock to the show in order to schmooze advertisers.

A spokesperson for X called Lemon's claim "a disingenuous lie."

John Sexton watched the interview. He says that watching LeMon is an "uncomfortable" experience.

I don't think he's letting out any secrets there. I think we've known that about LeMon for a while.

After asking Musk about his admitted use of (prescribed) ketamine as an alternative to anti-depressants -- with LeMon trying to suggest he's a druggie who shouldn't be allowed to run his own companies -- LeMon got nastier:

I think the conversation might have recovered from that but Lemon's next series of questions was about the Great Replacement Theory. There was an interesting exchange for a minute or two but it ends with Lemon basically accusing Musk of agreeing with neo-Nazis who have gone on shooting sprees. And at that point (just over 30 minutes in) Musk is clearly starting to regret agreeing to the interview. "Don, the only reason I'm doing this interview is because you're on the X platform and you asked for it. Otherwise I would not do this interview."

And things got worse from there. Lemon pushed Musk on the idea that X isn't doing enough content moderation. Musk argued that X removes content which is illegal but, beyond that, he believes in freedom of speech. Lemon provided Musk with examples of a few "hateful" posts which he said had been up for a while. "Are they illegal?" Musk asked?

"They're not illegal but they're hateful and they can lead to violence," Lemon replied.

"So, Don, you love censorship, is what you're saying," Musk said.

No, I don't love censorship," Lemon replied. He added, "I believe in moderation but..."

"Moderation is a propaganda word for censorship," Musk interjected. "Look if something is illegal, we'll take it down. But if it's not illegal then we're putting our thumb on the scale or being censors."

"You're putting your thumb on the scale for moderating hate speech? I mean, you don't put out child pornography," Lemon said, sounding confused.

"It's illegal," Musk said.

"Some people would say that's considered censorship," Lemon replied as if Musk wasn't being perfectly consistent with what he's said.

There you go: LeMon says that blocking child porn is "censorship."

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:09 PM

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