The New Yorker has fired reporter Ryan Lizza after allegations the Washington correspondent engaged in "improper sexual conduct." 
 
 "The New Yorker recently learned that Ryan Lizza engaged in what we believe was improper sexual conduct. We have reviewed the matter and, as a result, have severed ties with Lizza. Due to a request for privacy, we are not commenting further," reads a statement from the publication. 
 
 Lizza also serves as a CNN contributor. The network said he will not appear on the network while they investigate the matter. 
 
 Just received this statement from @CNNPR: "We have just learned of the New Yorker's decision. @RyanLizza will not appear on CNN while we look into this matter." https://t.co/QYPVzBLGbP — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 11, 2017 
 
 Lizza, who had been with the magazine since 2007, pushed back on the firing, saying in a statement he was "dismayed" the publication had portrayed “a respectful relationship with a woman I dated as somehow inappropriate.” 
 
 Ryan Lizza says in a statement that he’s “dismayed” the New Yorker has characterized “a respectful relationship with a woman I dated as somehow inappropriate.” Full statement: pic.twitter.com/SvjnzSaYSR — Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) December 11, 2017 
 
 Douglas Wigdor, an attorney for Lizza's accuser, pushed back on Lizza's assertion that the two had engaged in a "respectful relationship" but did not elaborate. 
 
 "Although she desires to remain confidential and requests that her privacy be respected, in no way did Mr. Lizza’s misconduct constitute a 'respectful relationship' as he has now tried to characterize it," wrote Wigdor in a statement to The Hill. "Our client reported Mr. Lizza’s actions to ensure that he would be held accountable and in the hope that by coming forward she would help other potential victims." 
 
 The 43-year-old Berkeley graduate made national headlines this past summer with an interview with then-White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci. 
 
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 Scaramucci went on a profanity-laced tirade that resulted in his resignation from his position in the White House after just 10 days on the job. The former financier's targets included then-White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon and then-chief of staff Reince Priebus. 
 
 “I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c--k,” Scaramucci, 53, said of Bannon. “I’m not trying to build my own brand off the f---ing strength of the President. I’m here to serve the country.” 
 
 He also accused Priebus of leaking stories to the press while referring to him as "a f---ing paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac." 
 
 Scaramucci appeared to predict Lizza would be running into some kind of trouble just last week during a podcast interview with former New York sports radio morning host Craig Carton. 
 
 “This guy’s obviously a very bad actor,” Scaramucci told Carton on Monday. “Karma’s a bitch. It’ll come back and bite him. You’ll see." 
 
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 Anthony Scaramucci is still insisting that he wasn’t aware he was on the record during his infamous phone call to a New Yorker reporter which got him fired. And now, with his 11 day stint as White House Communications Director in the rearview mirror, Scaramucci is going off on that journalist. 
 
 Appearing on the Hello, My Name is Craig podcast with former New York-based sports radio host Craig Carton, Scaramucci detailed the extensive personal history between his family and that of New Yorker staff writer Ryan Lizza. Scaramucci says he erred in relying on that history to think that Lizza would keep their conversation private. 
 
 “The Lizza and Scaramucci families have lived on Long Island and known each other for fifty years,” Scaramucci said. “And I made a mistake of trusting the guy, and I shouldn’t have.” 
 
 Scaramucci added, “There are relationship people, and there are transactional people… He got me on a phone. It was recorded. I didn’t realize it was being recorded. 
 
 The interview took place as part of the debut episode Carton’s podcast — the host’s first public venture since resigning from New York’s WFAN radio after being arrested on federal fraud charges in connection with a ticket scheme. As such, Scaramucci appeared to find a receptive listener in Carton as he bashed the media — particularly Lizza. 
 
 “This guy’s obviously a very bad actor,” Scaramucci said of Lizza. “Karma’s a bitch. It’ll come back and bite him. You’ll see. 
 
 “You’re a transactional guy,” Scaramucci added. “And you’re gonna have a transactional, miserable life.” 
 
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 The New Yorker has fired reporter Ryan Lizza over alleged sexual misconduct. The former Washington correspondent for the magazine is shown here at The New Yorker's annual party kicking off The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Weekend on April 29, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images for The New Yorker) 
 
 The New Yorker has fired Ryan Lizza in what the magazine describes as an incident of "improper sexual conduct." 
 
 The magazine's Washington correspondent for a decade, Lizza most recently gained attention for his story about a July profanity-laced interview with Anthony Scaramucci, soon after the Wall Street financier had been named White House communications director. 
 
 Scaramucci, who vilified other White House officials in the interview, abruptly left just 11 days after he was hired by President Trump. 
 
 "The New Yorker recently learned that Ryan Lizza engaged in what we believe was improper sexual conduct," the magazine said in a statement. "We have reviewed the matter and, as a result, have severed ties with Lizza." 
 
 Subsequently, CNN suspended Lizza, who had been an on-air contributor to the network. "We have just learned of the New Yorker's decision. Ryan Lizza will not appear on CNN while we look into this matter," the network said in a statement. 
 
 Lizza issued his own statement, which was posted on Twitter by several media reporters: "I am dismayed that The New Yorker has decided to characterize a respectful relationship with a woman I dated as somehow inappropriate. The New Yorker was unable to cite any company policy that was violated. I am sorry to my friends, workplace colleagues, and loved ones for any embarrassment this episode may cause. I love The New Yorker, my home for the last decade, and I have the highest regard for the people who work there. But this decision, which was made hastily and without a full investigation of the relevant facts, was a terrible mistake.” 
 
 Ryan Lizza says in a statement that he’s “dismayed” the New Yorker has characterized “a respectful relationship with a woman I dated as somehow inappropriate.” Full statement: pic.twitter.com/SvjnzSaYSR — Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) December 11, 2017 
 
 Douglas Wigdor, an attorney for the firm representing the victim, said in a statement, "in no way did Mr. Lizza’s misconduct constitute a 'respectful relationship' as he has now tried to characterize it. Our client reported Mr. Lizza’s actions to ensure that he would be held accountable and in the hope that by coming forward she would help other potential victims." 
 
 Wigdor also represents former Fox News employees who have accused the company of harassment. 
 
 Lizza is just the latest in a wave of big-name journalists accused of sexual misconduct that has included Charlie Rose, Mark Halperin and Matt Lauer. 
 
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– Ryan Lizza has joined Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, and Mark Halperin on the list of big-name journalists who have recently lost their jobs after being accused of sexual misconduct. Today, the New Yorker announced that they had fired their longtime Washington correspondent for engaging in "improper sexual conduct," the Hill reports. In a statement the magazine said, "The New Yorker recently learned that Ryan Lizza engaged in what we believe was improper sexual conduct. We have reviewed the matter and, as a result, have severed ties with Lizza." In response, Lizza said he was "dismayed" at the New Yorker's action, saying the magazine had mischaracterized a relationship he had with a woman as "somehow inappropriate" and was "unable to cite any company policy that was violated." A lawyer for the accuser, Douglas Wigdor, responded to Lizza's defense in a statement, saying, "In no way did Mr. Lizza's misconduct constitute a 'respectful relationship.'" In addition to writing for the New Yorker since 2007, Lizza has also been an on-air contributor to CNN. After news of Lizza's firing broke, the station announced that it had suspended him "while we look into this matter," the USA Today reports. Lizza is perhaps most famous for publishing the long, profanity-fueled tirade that led to the resignation of Anthony Scaramucci from the White House in July. Appearing on a podcast last week, Scaramucci said about Lizza, “This guy’s obviously a very bad actor. Karma’s a bitch. It’ll come back and bite him. You’ll see."