Don Lemon rejects idea CNN was ever liberal
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CNN anchor Don Lemon pushed back on suggestions that the network has had a liberal bias in years past or has changed its editorial strategy under new CEO Chris Licht.
“The word on the street is that you guys aren’t allowed to be liberal anymore,” late-night host Stephen Colbert told Lemon during the anchor’s appearance on his show this week. “Is that the case?”
“I don’t think we ever were liberal,” Lemon replied. “What Chris is saying is that he wants Republicans, sensible Republicans. He wants us to hold people to account.”
Licht’s vision for CNN, Lemon said, is one where people of all viewpoints “feel comfortable coming on and appearing on CNN.”
“So if you invite someone into your house, you want to make them comfortable,” Lemon said. “But by the nature of what we do, we have to hold people to account. That doesn’t mean we’re going liberal or conservative or whatever. It just means that we are doing what we do, and that’s good journalism.”
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