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Subject: Elon Musk Issues Statement After Don Lemon Claims Their Partnership For His New Show Was Canceled
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 04:30:46 -0400
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Elon Musk issued a statement after Don Lemon claimed that their partnership 
for his new digital show was canceled following a “tense” interview between 
the two about things like elections and SpaceX.

In a post on X, the business account for the social media platform wrote, “X 
is a platform that champions free speech, and we’re proud to provide an open 
environment for diverse voices and perspectives.”

“‘The Don Lemon Show’ is welcome to publish its content on X, without 
censorship, as we believe in providing a platform for creators to scale their 
work and connect with new communities,” the statement added. “However, 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.”

In a follow-up post, Musk himself made it clear that he found Lemon’s 
proposed new show was going to be basically just like his old show on “CNN, 
but on social media,” which he said “doesn’t work, as evidenced by the fact 
that CNN is dying.”

“And, instead of it being the real Don Lemon, it was really just Jeff Zucker 
talking through Don, so lacked authenticity,” he added. “All this said, 
Lemon/Zucker are of course welcome to build their viewership on this platform 
along with everyone else.”

It came after the fired CNN host posted a video on the platform and said that 
throughout his interview on Friday with Musk for his new show, he “kept 
reiterating to him — although it was tense at times — I thought it was good 
for people to see and hear our exchange. But, apparently, free-speech 
absolutism doesn’t apply when it comes to questions about him from people 
like me.”

“This does not change anything about the show, except for my relationship 
with Elon and X,” he added. “There’s a whole lot that went down, and I’m 
going to tell you about it in the coming days.”

In an earlier post, Lemon issued a statement about his show on X being 
canceled after Musk was the subject of an interview on the first episode of 
the disgraced host’s new show.

	News from me…#TheDonLemonShow pic.twitter.com/PzlKuvkZtj

	— Don Lemon (@donlemon) March 13, 2024

“We had a good conversation,” Lemon wrote. “Clearly he felt differently. His 
commitment to a global town square where all questions can be asked and all 
ideas can be shared seems not to include questions of him from people like 
me.”

Lemon also announced that the interview will be aired on Monday, March 18 
when his new digital show is posted on YouTube, X, and any other place 
podcasts can be found.

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