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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | State of the Media: Don One on One with Ari Melber

The Don Lemon Show

18Hundred LLC.

News, Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Today we're bringing you Don’s recent appearance on MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber. Don and Ari dive into Trump’s obsession with reshaping culture to fit his narrative, and what that means for the state of today’s media. They tackle the big questions: What’s really happening to journalism in this environment? And what responsibility do journalists have in the face of political pressure, disinformation, and the nonstop spin cycle? It’s a sharp, candid conversation about the media, the message, and the moment we’re in. This episode is brought to you by ZBiotics. Go to https://zbiotics.com/LEMONDROPS and use LEMONDROPS at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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slash UK slash AI for people. Boy, you never know how people are going to react when you are asked just very simple questions about the state of the world and especially the state of our politics and our media right now,

0:55.1

the media companies, the bosses,

0:57.1

and even the journalism that is happening or not happening.

1:01.6

So I went on to Ari Melbert's show The Beat on MSNBC,

1:05.4

and Ari was a very friendly interview,

1:08.6

but Ari is a good journalist,

1:10.4

and he asked me very pertinent questions

1:12.3

about what's going on in the world. I was quite frankly surprised at how many people

1:17.7

were interested in what I had to say on this particular subject and just the reaction from

1:24.3

people online and me personally saying that they were dying for more journalistic

1:30.4

integrity in the moment that we're in now. I had no idea that people felt had such strong

1:38.1

opinions about what they feel is the lack of real accountability in our journalist in holding the people in power

1:48.1

accountable. Here's our conversation. Don Lemon, who of course is a serious reporter and anchor,

1:54.4

we showed him out in the field earlier in the program, but also, quite frankly, a knowledgeable

1:58.2

part of our culture.

2:05.2

Many New Yorkers are not changing their routines, despite the latest terror warnings.

2:06.1

Are you racist? I am the least racist person that you have ever met.

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