Posted on 11/09/2021 6:01:39 PM PST by Beave Meister
Anchorman Brian Williams, a 28-year veteran of NBC News and MSNBC, said Tuesday that he is leaving the company at the end of this year. “This is the end of a chapter and the beginning of another,” Williams said in a statement. “There are many things I want to do, and I’ll pop up again somewhere.”
For the past 5 years, Williams has anchored “The 11th Hour,” an end-of-the-day newscast and political talk program. CNN Business reported in August that his contract was expiring in the next six months and that he wanted to move off the late-night hour.
His NBC tenure was cut short in 2015 when he was found to have lied in interviews. He was suspended for six months and was replaced by Lester Holt on the “Nightly News.”
A source close to Williams said NBC did make Williams a new contract offer and declined to share the reasons why he passed on it. Williams framed the situation this way: “Following much reflection, and after 28 years with the company, I have decided to leave NBC upon the completion of my current contract in December.”
The source said there will be no imminent announcement about a new role at another media company.
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He’s 62
More to this story. Maybe he is leaving because his ratings went South, way down South.
"Here's your resignation letter. Let us make you an offer you can't refuse..."
who?
Quit or told he’s “too white”?
Just another example of the impact of climate change.
You are probably right. They wanted his whiteness gone and made him a terrible offer to nudge him out the door.
True that.
Notice how these far-left networks grab disgraced reporters: Dan Rather, Brian Williams, Mike Barnacle.
Let no one forget that NBC hired a serial liar and kept him around even after his serial lying was exposed. Says everything anyone needs to know about NBC.
“End of a chapter” of what?
I thought nbc was the minors!
His new gig will be the 11:00 pm weatherman at the local independent station in BF, Egypt
Australia’s Rush Limbaugh - Alan Jones - quit Murdoch’s Sky News Australia last week when they dropped his four prime-time hourly programs a week and offered him instead a show streaming online only. (some of you on FR have praised his anti-covid lockdown & anti-Biden rants.) Murdoch newspaper in Australia also dropped Jones’s weekly column this year, saying he no longer resonated with the public!
he is also a big critic of the gloBULL warming scam and, being such a great researcher having been a school teacher in the past, he can hold his own against the zealots.
when Murdoch signed up Piers Morgan a couple of months ago, it was clear to me Jones might be fired or persuaded to resign. in fact, Piers will not only take Jones’s Sky spot, but he will be on Fox Nation and New York Post. Tucker needs to watch his back. also note Murdoch on vaccinations:
8 Nov: TV Tonight Australia: Vaccination mandatory at Foxtel (Cable), SKY News.
Staff will need to be fully vaccinated to enter workplaces in 2022, following a decision from News Corp.
Published by David Knox
Fulltime and Casual staff at Foxtel and SKY News will need to be fully vaccinated to enter workplaces in 2022, following a decision from News Corp.
Only staff with a medical or reasonable exemption will be able to avoid the directive issued by Chief People Officer, Ruth Allen.
Although Media is designated as an Essential Service, vaccination has been a requirement for the safety of Essential and Consumer-Facing roles to enter a Foxtel Group campus in NSW or Victoria...
https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/11/vaccination-mandatory-at-foxtel-sky-news.html
4 Nov: Daily Mail UK: ‘Insulting’ offer TV bosses made to Alan Jones forcing him to quit as he hits out at right wing voices being CANCELLED and accuses Australia’s biggest media company of going woke
In a lengthy statement on his Facebook profile, he said he was forced out
Jones was offered job at News Corp’s streaming service Flash but turned it down
He said the company stopped posting his content to avoid being ‘cancelled’
Source close to Jones accused News Corp of trying to silence right-wing voices
By CHARLIE MOORE
A media insider told Daily Mail Australia: ‘The Flash offer was an insult - Flash has 46 likes on Facebook compared to Alan’s 156,000.’
The source also accused Sky owner News Corp of going woke by removing conservative host Jones from its TV line up.
‘This, along with the Daily Telegraph’s decision to drop Alan’s column, is evidence of a clear agenda to cancel right-wing voices,’ the source said...
Jones who has been on the airwaves since 1985 and has hosted an 8pm show four nights a week since July 2020, posted a lengthy statement on his Facebook (LINK) page saying he will leave the company at the end of this month...
In July the Daily Telegraph cancelled Jones’ weekly column with editor Ben English saying his views did not ‘resonate’ with readers.
Jones had been strident in his opposition to Covid lockdowns and restrictions, saying the virus’ death rate was akin to that of seasonal flu...
It comes as News Corp is rocked by internal tensions over the company’s dramatic switch towards supporting a net zero (carbon dioxide) emissions target after years of campaigning against the policy.
Sky News host Andrew Bolt and commentator Peta Credlin have opposed it fiercely.
Jones’ radio career began at 2UE in 1985 and he moved to 2GB in 2001, where he delivered a record 226 wins in rating surveys and drove the station to number one in the Sydney market...
He then switched attention to rugby, becoming Australia’s head coach and guiding the Wallabies to their famous 1984 Grand Slam tour of the UK and Ireland, and a drought-breaking Bledisloe Cup win over New Zealand in 1986.
Jones then established himself as the most powerful broadcaster in Sydney with his mixture of conservative talking points and his campaigning for those on ‘Struggle Street’ endearing him to a loyal listening base...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10162869/Alan-Jones-Sky-News-Australia-Broadcaster-forced-News-Corp-refuse-renew-contract.html
Maybe he refused the vax????
Now he can go home and watch the sex scenes his daughter filmed in “Girls” looped on repeat while “massaging” himself. What a treasure he is, just like his hero, Plugs the Pedo.
We will never forget what you’ve done to America, Brian.
Who?
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
All 23 viewers are disappointed
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