Don Lemon claims an unqualified White man 'failed up' from Colbert's show to CNN and then fired him

Former CNN host Don Lemon published a Substack essay criticizing legacy media for promoting unqualified white men while pushing out qualified journalists like himself, appearing to reference former CNN CEO Chris Licht who moved from producing Stephen Colbert's show to leading CNN before firing Lemon. Lemon connected these industry dynamics to the cancellation of Colbert's Late Show and his own exit from CNN.