MEDIA WATCH - Longtime CNN anchor Don Lemon announced Monday he was fired by the network in a move that left him “stunned,” which came less than an hour after Fox News said it had parted ways with host Tucker Carlson in another massive shakeup to the cable news landscape.
KEY FACTS
Lemon tweeted a message Monday blasting CNN’s leadership, saying: “I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly.”
CNN confirmed the departure shortly afterward but called Lemon’s account “inaccurate,” adding: “He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter.”
Both Lemon and Carlson have hired entertainment lawyer Bryan Freedman, according to media reporter Brian Stelter.
Lemon arrived at CNN in 2006 and spent the past five months co-hosting CNN This Morning alongsideKaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow.
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“At no time was I ever given any indication that I would not be able to continue to do the work I have loved at the network,” Lemon tweeted. “It is clear there are some larger issues at play.”
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