When Life Gives You Don Lemon
3/29/20261 hr 15 min
Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor turned independent journalist, talks to Alex Wagner about the charges the Department of Justice brought against him for covering an ICE protest inside a Minnesota church. Don shares new details about the days leading up to his arrest and the administration's war against a free and independent press. Then, they talk about the differences between independent and mainstream journalism, how MAGA media differs from the media on the left, and what's next for Lemon and the "Lemon Heads." Could it be a run for president?
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Alex Wagner· Host0:44
[upbeat music] Welcome to Pod Save America. I am Alex Wagner. This week, I sat down with journalist and newfound target of the Trump administration, Don Lemon, to talk about the federal charges the Department of Justice brought against him after covering an ICE protest at a Minnesota church. We talked about what those attacks on the free press mean for this political moment, and how his move from mainstream journalism at a major network to independent journalism on his own