Campaign Update by David Blackmon

Campaign Update by David Blackmon

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The Monday Media Massacre

The Monday Media Massacre

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Apr 25, 2023
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Don Lemon, Tucker Carlson departures roil cable news universe

Yesterday was the Monday Media Massacre, with a couple of the most prominent talking heads in cable news getting the axe.

Don Lemon Dumped

CNN finally decided to dump the execrable on-air personality Don Lemon, to seemingly no one’s regret.

A rank gay misogynist, Lemon has faced accusations of abusive behavior towards women in the workplace and young men outside it across his 17 years at the fakest fake news channel in history. He had been demoted late last year from his former prime-time show to co-hosting a flagging morning program with a pair of - you guessed it - young women in an effort by CNN management to salvage his career.

Hey, what could possibly go wrong?

Whatever could go wrong, it obviously did, and Lemon was finally canned on Monday. Many in the media, including, ironically, the folks at Fox News, are pointing to a heated interview Lemon had with GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, in which he inevitably made rude and racist remarks because he is incapable of forming a logical argument, on Friday as the final straw that got Lemon fired:

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