Longtime CNN anchor Don Lemon has been fired from the cable network, he tweeted on Monday. "I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN," the "CNN This Morning" co-anchor tweeted. After 17 years at CNN, I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly." The network confirmed in a statement that they had "parted ways" with Lemon. "Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years.

Source: CNN April 24, 2023 18:31 UTC