CNN fires anchor Don Lemon in the wake of sexist comments, reported mistreatment of colleagues
Publishing timestamp: 2023-04-24 16:44:11
Summary
CNN fired anchor Don Lemon after reports of mistreatment of female coworkers and sexist comments. This comes after high-profile media exits from Tucker Carlson at Fox News and Jeff Shell at NBCUniversal. Lemon was "stunned" by the news and disputed CNN's account of his departure. CNN stated that Lemon was offered the opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter. Lemon had hosted "CNN This Morning" and his firing follows a lengthy Variety story alleging a history of threatening and offensive remarks to female staffers at CNN.
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Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/24/cnn-anchor-don-lemon-is-leaving-the-network.html