Don Lemon Accuses Legacy Media of Promoting Unqualified White Men as Colbert's 33-Year Franchise Ends
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Updated · Fox News · May 21
Don Lemon Accuses Legacy Media of Promoting Unqualified White Men as Colbert's 33-Year Franchise Ends
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 21
Don Lemon used a Substack essay before Stephen Colbert’s final "Late Show" broadcast to argue legacy media suppresses liberals and elevates "visibly incompetent" White male executives.
The former CNN host tied Colbert’s cancellation to his own ouster, saying the executive who once ran Colbert’s show later became his boss at CNN and fired him.
Lemon said the problem goes beyond ratings, suggesting losses of tens of millions of dollars at late night may reflect poor leadership as much as changing viewing habits.
He framed the issue as a First Amendment fight, saying journalists are being forced to share platforms with right-wing extremists while independent liberal voices are pushed out.
The broadside comes as Lemon is already battling federal civil-rights charges and a civil lawsuit tied to a January livestream of activists disrupting a Minnesota church service.
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