What Don Lemon has said about Freedom of the press in the United States

Lemon argues the war and the assault on the press are linked because the administration does not want accurate reporting on the conflict.

“The war and the assault on the press because they don't want people reporting accuracy and what's really happening with the war”

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Lemon says his arrest matters beyond himself because the corporate media has already been neutered and independent journalists are now the target.

“And my arrest, it's way bigger than me because if they're coming for me, this independent person, they're coming for you But they've already neutered the corporate media”

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Lemon says he is surprised not by how far Trump has gone but by how far the public has permitted him to go.

“I'm surprised at how far we have allowed him to take”

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Lemon says he would defend the right of journalists to publish critical pieces about him, citing a New York Times profile he found fair overall.

“People write things about me all the time that I don't like. And, but I would fight for their ability and their right to be able to say it”

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