In perhaps the least surprising news of all time, CNN’s public relations department issued a statement saying that now ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon did not tell the truth about how he was let go from the network Monday morning.

Lemon claimed that network executives never “directly” told him that he was being canned. CNN says that’s “inaccurate.”

“He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter,” CNN’s communications team tweeted.

Don Lemon’s statement about this morning’s events is inaccurate. He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter.

— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) April 24, 2023

If that’s true, Lemon is nothing if not consistent. Rarely were his days’ recaps on his prime time show — since canceled — ever accurate. Thanks to the team over at the Media Research Center, here’s a recap of Lemon’s “worst” moments:

Congrats @donlemon on a long career of lies and insanity on @CNN.

Read more of his worst moments here 👇 https://t.co/R4mjv1Expi pic.twitter.com/tVHxp1oV5m

— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) April 24, 2023

On Monday, Lemon said, “I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN. I am stunned. After 17 years at CNN. I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly.”

He also claimed that he was effectively blindsided by his firing and was not “given any indication” that he would be let go. He blamed “larger issues at play,” without divulging more details.

Then he said, “They are the most talented journalists in the business, and I wish them all the best” — which should have been the biggest tell that his comment was “inaccurate.”

pic.twitter.com/8PyLqvS0d7

— Don Lemon (@donlemon) April 24, 2023

Of course, it’s a bit tricky as to who to trust here: The journalist who helped spread “disinformation” — as the Left loves to say — for so many years, or the network execs who turned “disinformation” into a business model.

Whatever the case, it sure would have been nice to have had CNN’s editorial oversight and instant fact-checking skills put to use when Lemon was still working there.

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Two Democrats challenging President Joe Biden in the 2024 primary are calling foul over the absence of planned debates.

Declared candidates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and self-help author Marianne Williamson took aim at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) after The Washington Post reported the national Democratic Party said it will support Biden and has no plans to sponsor primary debates.

“The DNC, at this point, has taken the official position that there will be no debate, and I think that’s unfortunate,” Kennedy Jr. told Breitbart News.

He also lamented how the DNC passed changes that would make South Carolina, where Biden began his primary comeback in 2020, the first nominating state on the party’s presidential primary calendar ahead of Iowa and New Hampshire.

“There’s too many Americans who already think that the whole system is rigged against them. And this is confirmation of that. And I think that’s troubling,” Kennedy Jr. said.

Williamson, who previously ran for president in the 2020 election, tweeted her dismay with the DNC on Monday.

“As though there simply ARE no other candidates … no other ideas we should discuss about ways to win in 2024, or other ideas we should discuss about ways to repair the country,” she said. “Too many people are too smart to accept this.”

The DNC “plans no primary debates.”

As though there simply ARE no other candidates … no other ideas we should discuss about ways to win in 2024, or other ideas we should discuss about ways to repair the country.

Too many people are too smart to accept this.

— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) April 24, 2023

On the Republican side, where former President Donald Trump is seeking re-election among a growing pool of candidates, Fox News has been chosen to host the first primary debate in August.

Biden has said he intends to seek re-election but has yet to make an official announcement. The Washington Post reported last week that aides were finalizing plans to release a video on Tuesday to officially launch Biden’s campaign.

A mere 26% of Americans and 47% of Democrats want Biden to run again, according to a recent Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. The same poll found 78% of Democrats say they approve of Biden’s job performance, and 81% said they would at least probably support Biden if he becomes the nominee in the general election.

Biden’s expected announcement comes as some, including the New York Times editorial board, raise concerns about his age and fitness for office. Already the oldest person to be president at 80, Biden would be 86 at the end of a second term.