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Yesterday, Congress approved a bill that could ban TikTok in the United States. 710 WOR host Mark Simone believes he knows why the recent push has gotten so much support.

While discussing the legislation Thursday, the New York-based host argued that the platform’s lack of censorship has made it a prime target from those on the other side of the political aisle.

“I know it’s kind of silly, stupid, but believe it or not, all over TikTok, there’s a lot of political discussion. And unlike Facebook and Instagram, and even Twitter…They don’t censor conservatives on TikTok,” said Simone. “They don’t shadowban them or throttle them down. It’s total free speech, politically. So that’s why Donald Trump and others have now flip-flopped on this and don’t want to shut down TikTok.”

197 Republican representatives voted in favor of the bill, compared to 155 Democrats. Only 15 Republicans opposed the bill, while 50 Democrats voted against it.

Mark Simone continued by noting that forcing ByteDance, the parent company of the social media app, to sell could push it into the hands of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who he believes has a history of strong censorship against conservatives.

“The fear is, if you ban it, you give total control of social media to Zuckerberg, who is just legendary for his censorship of conservatives. Now, the other problem is if you forced the sale of TikTok, the most obvious likely buyer would be Facebook and then once again, Zuckerberg has total control of everything,” Simone stated. “Who would you trust more with your data? Communist China or Mark Zuckerberg? It’s quite a toss-up there. I don’t know.”

Don Lemon remains the talk of the news media world after revealing his deal with X for a program was canceled by Elon Musk after their on-camera interview. Tony Katz believes the conversation was a setup.

While discussing the move on Tony Katz + The Morning News on 93 WIBC, the Indianapolis host argued if you thought Lemon learned from his CNN firing, think again.

“He really believed that he was touched with the secret knowledge and you needed to be instructed,” Katz said of Lemon’s attitude during his time with the cable news giant. “He’s impossible to deal with on the morning show, because of course, he believes himself to be the most important person out there. And then he gets fired. It seems that the firing would be a little bit humbling.

“But in this first episode, Don Lemon was so aggressively nasty. He hasn’t changed at all! He’s pompous and maniacal.”

Katz continued by sharing his belief that Lemon intentionally pressed Musk to the point of cancellation so he could return to his “victim” status.

“He has learned nothing. And I am here to tell you that to me. It seems obvious that Don Lemon wanted to burn it all down. That this was an act of self-sabotage. Having lived through some of this in my life, this is a guy who doesn’t want it, but just wants to complain that he doesn’t have it,” he said, before comparing Lemon to another high-profile figure. “Don Lemon is the Colin Kaepernick of today.”

The comments from Katz on his radio show echo those he shared on social media late Wednesday evening after the news of Lemon’s cancelation became public.

Don Lemon revealed his contract with social media platform X was terminated after a contentious interview with Elon Musk. Joe Pags questions the motives of the former CNN host.

Lemon claimed that nothing was off limits in the interview with Musk, with the billionaire deciding to cancel the contract that had previously been offered for the former CNN host to helm a program on the platform. Elon Musk defended the decision, claiming Don Lemon was under the control of former CNN executive Jeff Zucker.

After hearing of the news, syndicated radio host Joe Pags took to X to share his thoughts on what he viewed as Lemon’s missteps.

“Let me make sure I’ve got the story right… Elon Musk, here on X, throws him a lifeline. Don Lemon takes the lifeline. He’s going to do a show on X. Got a contract. First interview? Elon Musk. And he gives him the hardest time he possibly can, trying to prove that he’s some sort of a journalist, which he’s not,” Joe Pags said.

“You can go through Don Lemon’s history and the things that he said on CNN, which so many of them were decidedly and verifiably wrong, that you just had to look at the guy said, ‘Alright, well, listen, it’s a commentary show. And if CNN is making money, what are you going to do?’ But this guy sits down and proceeds to bite the hand that’s feeding him. And then what does he do? He runs to CNN, shows part of the video, and then complains about the guy that just tried to save him from being dumped by CNN! You can’t make this up!”