"Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested by federal agents Friday, released hours later, and became the dominant story across every media newsletter this weekend. The Melania documentary opened to $7 million strong for a doc, weak for a $75 million investment. The DOJ released millions of Epstein files, then quietly removed some of the most explosive allegations hours later. President Donald Trump threatened to sue Grammy's host Trevor Noah over an Epstein joke and Elon Musk floated buying CNN?!"
"FEDS ARREST JOURNALISTS LEMON AND FORT NEWSLETTERS GET PUNNY We get it, guys you are unafraid to use an obvious pun. Status used Trump Squeezes Lemon. Puck's Dylan Byers called it Lemon gets squeezed. Even the White House X account posted When life gives you lemons. Originality may have taken the weekend off but the First Amendment stakes didn't. The federal arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort generated more media-on-media coverage than any story in recent memory."
Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested by federal agents on Friday and released hours later, becoming the dominant media story over the weekend. Newsletters used puns across outlets while emphasizing the First Amendment stakes of the federal arrests. The Department of Justice released millions of Jeffrey Epstein-related files, then quietly removed some of the most explosive allegations within hours. The Melania documentary opened to about $7 million, a strong result for a documentary but weak compared to its reported $75 million investment. President Donald Trump threatened to sue Trevor Noah over an Epstein joke, and Elon Musk suggested purchasing CNN.
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