HOT TOPICS | The Mainstream Media Meltdown! - June 4th, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

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Society & Culture, News

3.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Legacy news is in freefall, with ratings plummeting and more Americans opting to turn away from traditional mainstream news sources. And to make things worse, the Trump administration is ready to kick it while it’s down, slashing funding to public broadcasting altogether. Why? Because informed citizens are inconvenient when you're trying to run a disinformation campaign from the Oval Office. As Americans turn away from traditional outlets and toward independent media, we ask: what’s next? Can the media rebuild public trust? Or is this the final season of “Mainstream Media: The Series”? Journalist Oliver Darcy joins us to unpack the collapse, the consequences, and the chaos. Is this the end of an era? WE HAVE MERCH!! Purchase here: https://don-lemon-merch-store.myshopify.com/ This episode is sponsored by Lean. Get started with 20% off when you enter LEMON20 at takelean.com. This episode is brought to you by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Go to https://FFRF.US/Freedom or text DON to 511 511 and become a member today. This episode is brought to you by Beam. Visit https://shopbeam.com/LEMON and use code LEMON to get our exclusive discount of up to 40% off. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/donlemon and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.5	Good morning, everybody.
0:50.3	Welcome to Hot Topics in the Down Limon Show.
0:51.2	We're glad that you're here.
0:55.9	You guys yesterday said live at five-ish. So can we call it live at 10-ish here because we're a little bit late, but we have a great guest for you. Wait
1:00.3	till you see who we have. We're going to talk about what's happening in the news. By the way,
1:03.5	make sure you hit the thumbs up. It does affect the algorithm. Hit the likes. It affects the
1:08.0	algorithm. More people become aware of our conversation that I'm going to have with the great
1:11.2	guests that you're about to see in moments and aware of our channel.
1:14.5	So thank you for joining.
1:16.2	Let's get to it.
1:17.1	What is going on with the media and the mainstream media?
1:21.6	I hate that term because I believe that Republicans are conservative sort of coined that term,
1:25.5	but now it's in the vernacular.
1:27.1	And so everyone says it, what is going on with the mainstream media, especially cable news?
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