Like I said before, they've been trying to get rid of him since the Discovery merger.
When Chris Licht took over CNN and wanted it to appeal to more right-wingers, there were three people that were considered to be on the chopping block because they drew too much ire from the right: Brian Stelter, Don Lemon, and Jim Acosta.
Brian Stelter was fired months ago, Don Lemon got demoted to the mornings, and Licht publicly came out and said Jim Acosta isn't fired...
yet. They also fired Jeffrey Toobin, who was a punchline for the right-wing after he jacked off on camera, and John Harwood, who had the audacity to say that 'both sides' journalism doesn't work.
Not to mention CNN This Morning is largely a disaster--the ratings have been shyt since day one and have only gotten worse, plus all the reports of Don Lemon being a 'diva' and arguing with Kaitlan Collins behind the scenes.
They're just waiting for Lemon to fukk up one more time so they can get rid of him without any backlash of firing a gay black man, and one of the only two black male anchors on CNN. Victor Blackwell is also getting demoted back to weekends.
It's kind of like when NBC fired Megyn Kelly, supposedly over her blackface comments, when it was really because her show's ratings were
.