Don Lemon was fired after interviewing Elon Musk on X. One host sees it as a clash over journalistic freedom; the other calls it a marketing stunt since the interview still airs and generates revenue. Both agree modern media is performative chaos dressed up as authenticity.
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Let's talk about Don Lemon versus Elon Musk. Baby, how you get fired on your day off? Look, Don Lemon went from CNN, secured the bag, and Elon Musk said, come over here on X and put us on the map because you got some journalistic skills. And Don Lemon, he said, let me interview you first. And it started off very rocky, very fast. And Elon said, I don't want nothing to do with this. How dare you try to interview me? How dare you try to put me on blast? How dare you question me? I'm the boss. What do you—
Yeah, that's all the marketing stuff. Think about it. The show is still gonna air on his platform. He's gonna make money off of it. He's pretending like he's being mad to draw more people in. Like, now everybody wants to see what the big hype's about.
They like to say because they're real media, they're not messy, baby. They're the messiest of them all.
Okay, you watch, when this all boils down, both of them pockets gonna be full.