FOG BLOG U.S. NEWS LOG: DON LEMON STUNNED , FIRED FROM CNN AFTER 17 YEARS WITH THE NETWORK:

‘I am stunned’: Don Lemon says he’s been terminated by CNN after 17 years Lemon posted a statement on Twitter saying he found out he was fired from his agent. CNN says Lemon was offered an opportunity to meet with management. Don Lemon says he’s been fired by CNN after 17 years with the network.

“After 17 years at CNN I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly,” Lemon wrote in a post on Twitter Monday afternoon.

Lemon’s post says he was told of his firing by his agent Monday morning.

“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 wrote.

A tweet by CNN’s communications Twitter account refutes Lemon’s claims. “Don Lemon’s statement about this morning’s events is inaccurate. He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter.”

“CNN and Don have parted ways. Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years. We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors,” read a statement tweeted from CNN’s communications account an hour earlier.

CNN posted a short piece on Lemon’s departure, with the headline “Don Lemon leaves CNN.”

Lemon received “formal training” after public backlash over his on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.