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Don Lemon claims new CNN role is a 'promotion' despite losing primetime show
2022-09-17
[NYPOST] Don Lemon sounded off Thursday night, insisting that his new job co-hosting CNN
...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
’s morning show is a "promotion" — even as the network axed his primetime show.
Whatever you need to tell yourself to get out of bed in the morning, buddy.
CNN boss Chris Licht revealed the network’s programming overhaul on Thursday that will see the left-leaning primetime host yanked from his plum solo slot and moved to a newly created morning show that he will co-host with Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow.
Should I know who they are? Should I care?
"I was presented with an opportunity that I can’t pass up at this network." Lemon insisted on his ratings-challenged 10 p.m. show "Don Lemon Tonight."

He continued: "And we have a new boss who is a morning show impresario, and he wants a morning show that will kick off the editorial direction of the network every single day, and I am honored that he would ask me to do it."

Licht has been tasked with lifting the ratings at the third-place CNN, which includes remaking the cable news network’s primetime lineup, as well as reinventing its flailing morning show, "New Day." Part of that reinvention includes moving away from punditry and toward centrist, fact-based reporting.

In recent weeks, the network canned Brian Stelter, the outspoken host of the now-canceled "Reliable Sources," and axed both John Harwood and scandal-scarred Jeffrey Toobin amid buzz that "New Day" anchors John Berman and Brianna Keilar were next.

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Posted by:Fred

#5  It's like the promotion you get when you finish being governor of Illinois.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-09-17 15:36  

#4  Missed a real rating opportunity with a show called "On the D.L." when a recently unemployed and increasingly irrelevant pop culture icon get Truman Show'd as he hits the bar scene.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-09-17 10:19  

#3  Leaving a gaping hole in their Prime Time schedule, and another one in the morning
Posted by: Frank G   2022-09-17 07:43  

#2  As a product of "participation trophy" upbringing, of course Lemon is calling it a "promotion."

Fired = "Exploring new opportunities"
Demoted = Promoted

I'm sure you can think of more examples.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-09-17 07:03  

#1  CNN - the network where you can't get fired even if you jack off on a livestream.

The rest of us would be fired in a microsecond if we did that.
Posted by: Sonny de Medici5342   2022-09-17 05:41  

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