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Don Lemon trashes ex-boss ahead of Colbert’s last show: ‘Spectacular’ example ‘of a white man failing up’

Nypost · · 435 words · By Alexandra Steigrad
Racial and Gender Dynamics in Corporate Leadership Professional Competence Media Conflict
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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Don Lemon published a Substack essay on Thursday regarding the end of 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.'”
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The provided web search results for this claim are completely irrelevant, discussing a 2006 Hindi film and a company called Edward Don & Company. No evidence was found regarding a Substack essay by Don Lemon about Stephen Colbert.
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web search NEUTRAL — Don: The Chase Begins Again, better known simply as Don, is a 2006 Indian Hindi -language action thriller film co-written and directed by Farhan Akhtar. The film was produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Fa…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_(2006_Hindi_film)
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web search NEUTRAL — Stay Connected with DON! Keep Up on the Latest Products & Trends! DON. Everything but the Food. ®.
https://www.don.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — A man who lives life on the edge, Don is constantly expanding the size of his empire while evading arrest or death at the hands of his enemies, both within and outside the law.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0461936
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“Chris Licht came from CBS to CNN, where he eventually axed the journo [Don Lemon].”
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Multiple sources confirm Chris Licht moved from CBS (where he was EVP of special programming) to CNN as CEO. While the evidence for claim 5 explicitly links Don Lemon's termination to sexist remarks, the general context of Licht's tenure as CEO during Lemon's ouster is supported by the timeline of events across the provided search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Chris Hemsworth ... Christopher Hemsworth AM (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor and film producer. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, and Bulman, Northern Territory, he rose to prominen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hemsworth
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 7, 2025 · If a favorite celebrity bearing the name Chris comes to mind, this list offers the chance to spotlight them. Peruse the famous Chrises and cast a vote for those who stand out as the most…
https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-named-chris/celebr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Christopher "Chris" Hemsworth was born on August 11, 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Leonie Hemsworth (née van Os), an English teacher & Craig Hemsworth, a social-services counselor.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1165110/
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“Licht... was an executive producer for Colbert before becoming chair and CEO of CNN”
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Three independent sources (Warner Bros. Discovery, a CNN profile, and a news report on his firing) explicitly state that Chris Licht was an executive producer and showrunner for 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' before becoming CEO of CNN.
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web search NEUTRAL — Licht assumed his position in May 2022, following a distinguished career in broadcast and network television, most recently as EVP of special programming at CBS and executive producer and showrunner f…
https://ir.wbd.com/news-and-events/financial-news/financial-…
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web search NEUTRAL — In addition to this role, Licht served as executive producer and showrunner for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" -- the most-watched program in late night television since 2017. In 2021, "The Late…
https://www.paleycenter.org/industry-events/2023-chris-licht
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web search NEUTRAL — CNN has parted ways with its chairman and CEO Chris Licht, parent company Warner Bros Discovery announced on Wednesday.Before taking the role with CNN, Licht served as executive producer of the succes…
https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1017267/cn…
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“Licht’s tumultuous 13-month reign at CNN... was marred by slumping ratings and sinking employee morale, as well as the disastrous launch of a new morning show.”
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The evidence provided for this specific claim consists of irrelevant search results about actor Chris Hemsworth. No evidence regarding Licht's ratings or employee morale was provided in the search results for this claim index.
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web search NEUTRAL — Chris Hemsworth ... Christopher Hemsworth AM (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor and film producer. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, and Bulman, Northern Territory, he rose to prominen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hemsworth
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 7, 2025 · If a favorite celebrity bearing the name Chris comes to mind, this list offers the chance to spotlight them. Peruse the famous Chrises and cast a vote for those who stand out as the most…
https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-named-chris/celebr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Christopher "Chris" Hemsworth was born on August 11, 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Leonie Hemsworth (née van Os), an English teacher & Craig Hemsworth, a social-services counselor.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1165110/
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“That program was helmed by Kaitlan Collins, Poppy Harlow and Lemon”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic homepages for Google News, CNN, and NPR, which do not contain the specific details of the show's hosting lineup.
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web search NEUTRAL — Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
https://news.google.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.
https://www.cnn.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — NPR news, audio, and podcasts. Coverage of breaking stories, national and world news, politics, business, science, technology, and extended coverage of major national and world events.
https://www.npr.org/sections/news/
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“Lemon... was ousted after he made sexist remarks about politician Nikki Haley and clashed with his co-anchors.”
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Multiple sources (Sky News and other news reports) confirm Don Lemon was terminated from CNN following sexist remarks about Nikki Haley and reports of hostile behavior/clashes.
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web search NEUTRAL — Haley, who described Lemon's statements as sexist, said the decision to remove Lemon from the network was a "great day for women everywhere". Lemon used to host the primetime Don Lemon Tonight but mov…
https://news.sky.com/story/don-lemon-sacked-by-cnn-following…
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web search NEUTRAL — News anchor Don Lemon is out at CNN, the cable network announced Monday.
https://www.wbur.org/npr/1171662180/don-lemon-cnn-terminated
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web search NEUTRAL — The news comes after accusations of sexist behavior from the longtime anchor at the network.The longtime anchor, who joined the cable news company in 2006 and most recently co-hosted the daytime talk …
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/don-lemon-fired-cnn-anch…
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“In his blog post, titled “Don’t cry for Stephen Colbert. Cry for the First Amendment,””
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The provided evidence for this claim is irrelevant, discussing a 2006 Hindi film and a company called Edward Don & Company. No evidence of the specific blog post title was found.
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web search NEUTRAL — Don: The Chase Begins Again, better known simply as Don, is a 2006 Indian Hindi -language action thriller film co-written and directed by Farhan Akhtar. The film was produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Fa…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_(2006_Hindi_film)
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web search NEUTRAL — Stay Connected with DON! Keep Up on the Latest Products & Trends! DON. Everything but the Food. ®.
https://www.don.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — A man who lives life on the edge, Don is constantly expanding the size of his empire while evading arrest or death at the hands of his enemies, both within and outside the law.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0461936
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“Lemon claimed his ouster stemmed from his criticism of Republicans.”
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While The Independent mentions Lemon claimed his termination came 'without warning', there is no explicit corroboration in the provided evidence that he specifically attributed his ouster to 'criticism of Republicans'.
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web search NEUTRAL — While Don Lemon claimed his termination came without warning, Howard Stern has suggested there’s some good in the timing of it all.The Independent has put together Lemon’s career timeline, from his fi…
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/cnn…
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web search NEUTRAL — Don Lemon has announced on Monday that his employment as a CNN anchor has been terminated. The information subsequently came after a report was released earlier this month by Variety, saying that Lemo…
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/don-lemon-fired-from-cnn/
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web search NEUTRAL — Don Lemon has been accused of many things, but being camera-shy is certainly not one of them. Days after the former star anchor was terminated by CNN, Lemon walked a red carpet Wednesday evening, tell…
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/don-lemon-walks-red-carp…
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“Lemon noted Colbert’s show was losing $40 million to $50 million a year, according to CBS.”
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No evidence was found after searching for the claim regarding Colbert's show losing $40-50 million.
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“Colbert’s “cancellation” was announced “two days after Colbert publicly criticized Trump’s settlement with Paramount, CBS’s parent company, over a ’60 Minutes’ interview with Kamala Harris.“”
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No evidence was found after searching for the claim regarding the timing of Colbert's 'cancellation' relative to a settlement with Paramount.
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“Paramount [is] CBS’s parent company”
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