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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Brian Williams is going to Afghanistan to rescue our people and then he’s going to Iran to get rid of the Mullahs and then he’s going to China to tell Xi to knock it off!.................
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