Michael Isikoff Leaving NBC News

[DonViejo]

ERIC LACH – APRIL 11, 2014, 4:28 PM EDT

Friday is Michael Isikoff's last day as NBC News's national investigative correspondent, according to TVNewser.

“Michael has done terrific work for NBC News on stories ranging from revealing which government official leaked the US Stuxnet virus attack on Iran’s nuclear program to a groundbreaking examination of the Obama Administration drone strike program,” Richard Esposito, senior executive producer for NBC News’ Investigative Unit, told the website. “We’re grateful for all he’s done and wish him the very best.”

Isikoff joined NBC News in 2010, after 16 years at Newsweek.

Isikoff confirmed the news to The Washington Post's Erik Wemple. “I had a good ride at NBC and I’m glad I did this," he told Wemple. "But it’s fair to say there was a mutual agreement that this was a situation was no longer working out.”

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/michael-isikoff-leaving-nbc-news

[Control-Z]

1. "...this was a situation

that was no longer working out."

Does anyone know what that means?

[senseandsensibility]

2. If this is a direct quote,

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I am surprised that he can not speak standard English, not that I am an admirer of this particular journalist. If the writer misquoted him, that is a problem also.

[CincyDem]

3. Might be something in his separation agreement that prevents..

...anything direct and/or overt.

What he's doing is raising questions about the circumstances of his leaving but he probably has a financial stake in NOT being the investigative reporter who does the real story behind why he left NBC. He'll open the door and toss some bread crumbs but always in a way to maintain plausible deniability.

[MADem]

5. It's called a non-disparagement clause, and they are common in television.

Olbermann had one and didn't abide by it, as I remember. No "trashing the team or management" on the way out the door!

[MADem]

4. "I jumped before I was pushed?"

No idea, but it doesn't sound terribly amicable beneath the surface...