Elon Musk asks Don Lemon to create Twitter-based show similar to Tucker Carlson’s
Luke Gentile
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One day after Tucker Carlson announced plans to bring his new show to Twitter, Elon Musk invited former CNN anchor Don Lemon to do the same.
Lemon, who served at CNN for 17 years, was ousted the same day Carlson was fired from Fox News, and Musk appears to see the former CNN This Morning co-host as another opportunity to boost Twitter’s presence.
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“Have you considered doing your show on this platform? Maybe worth a try,” Musk commented Wednesday on Lemon’s April 24 tweet in which he announced his departure from CNN.
“Audience is much bigger.”
Lemon publicly stated at the TIME 100 Gala last month that he had no ill will towards CNN. He did not go into detail about his plans for the future.
“My emotions are onward,” he said. “There’s a reason that this happened, and we’ll see what happens in the future.”
If Lemon does take up Musk on his invitation to bring a show to Twitter, he will join Carlson in bringing an established media personality to the platform.
The former Fox News host will return with a new version of his old show aired on Twitter, Carlson announced Tuesday.
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“You often hear people say the news is full of lies. But most of the time, it’s not exactly right,” he said in a public announcement posted to Twitter. “If I tell you that a man has been unjustly arrested for armed robbery, that is not, strictly speaking, a lie.
“Starting soon, we’ll be bringing a new version of the show we’ve been doing for the last 6 1/2 years to Twitter. We bring some other things too, which we’ll tell you about … But, for now, we’re just grateful to be here. Free speech is the main right that you have. Without it, you have no others. See you soon.”