It’s Day 1 of the SAG-AFTRA strike and Day 75 of the WGA strike.
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Don Lemon is making it clear what he stood for while on CNN.
The political commentator, 57, hit headlines in April when it was revealed that the long-time contributor was terminated from the primetime network after 17 years.
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While speaking with ABC24 in his first interview since the news world learned of his television departure, Lemon discussed his commitment to journalistic integrity in the conversation published on June 23, which may have caused him to lose his position at the award-winning network.
“I have a responsibility as an American — not only as a journalist — to tell the truth and abide by the promises of the constitution,” he shared of his time at CNN.
“Because the constitution says a more perfect union — not a perfect union. I’m not perfect. No one is, but I think to fulfill the promise of the constitution, we have to stand up for what is right. We have to stand up for the truth.”
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The former anchor declared his allegiance to not platforming “liars and bigots, insurrectionists and election deniers,” adding that he doesn’t support giving them a voice alongside others “who are telling the truth; people who are fighting for what’s right, people who are abiding by the constitution.”
Although he may no longer hold a primetime slot on television across North America, Lemon maintains that he is still a journalist and that his fight for the truth is and justice for all is what will keep him going.
It’s Day 1 of the SAG-AFTRA strike and Day 75 of the WGA strike.
McKinley Franklin editor You know that it’s their time: “Vanderpump Rules” has officially been nominated for its first Emmy award. After a shell-shocking 10th season that drew in record-breaking ratings for the series and Bravo at large, the Lisa Vanderpump-led series has been named one of the five nominees for unstructured reality. It’s competing against “Deadliest Catch,” “Life Below Zero,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked,” and “Welcome To Wrexham.” When news broke during the airing of the show’s 10th season that castmates Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix had split amid Sandoval’s ongoing affair with fellow co-star Raquel Leviss, cameras quickly began rolling to capture the fallout. The quarrel shifted the friendships of the Los Angeles-based “Vanderpump Rules” cast so much that Leviss took out a restraining order on her former best friend and co-star Scheana Shay for an alleged punching that took place when the affair was revealed.
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Don Lemon is speaking out. Two months after the news personality was fired by CNN, he granted his first sit-down interview to ABC24 Memphis and opened up his next professional moves.«I'm not gonna force anything. I'm not gonna let other people's timelines influence me,» he said.
first interview since his firing, slamming the journalist for positioning himself as what Hallberg deemed “the arbiter of the truth.”“I think it’s pretty laughable to most people,” she said. The “Fox & Friends First” discussion kicked off Monday with Shimkus introducing the fact that in his first interview since being fired from CNN in April, Lemon maintained that he has and will continue to always “tell the truth” and “abide by the promises of the Constitution.”“Someone we haven’t heard from in awhile is former CNN anchor Don Lemon,” Shimkus began.
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Two months after he was fired from CNN, Don Lemon hinted that the network let him go because he wasn’t in interested in “platforming liars” on his show.
fired from the news network, saying he doesn’t “have to be in a rush” to return to TV.Speaking to ABC’s Memphis affiliate ABC24, Lemon said that he is going to take his time to figure what his future holds and spent the next several months away from the cameras.“I’m not gonna force anything,” Lemon said. “I’m not gonna let other people’s timeline influence me. I know people say, ‘I miss you on television.
It’s been more than six months since actor Julian Sands, 65, went missing near Mount Baldy on January 13. During that time the San Bernardino Sheriff and rescue crews have searched the area repeatedly to no avail.
Love Island USA” is set to premiere on July 18 exclusively on Peacock, the streamer announced Wednesday. The fifth season of “Love Island USA” will take place in Fiji with an all-new group of singles. Throughout the season, islanders will compete in challenges, face temptations and forge new relationships. Each week, new episodes will be available for streaming six days a week. “Love Island USA” stands as Peacock’s most-streamed original reality competition series, heightening the anticipation for the show’s fifth season. David George, Adam Sher, Simon Thomas, Ben Thursby-Palmer, Andy Cadman, Iona Mackenzie and Claudine Parrish serve as executive producers, alongside Tom Gould, Richard Cowles, Mike Spencer, Richard Foster and Chet Fenster. The series is produced by ITV Entertainment.