When the prospective deal between former CNN host Don Lemon and social media platform X fell through, many blamed Elon Musk for quashing free speech after a moderately contentious interview with the ex-cable host. Musk had a different take on why a deal with Lemon wouldn’t work: “His approach was basically just ‘CNN, but on social media’, which doesn’t work, as evidenced by the fact that CNN is dying,” he wrote in a post.
