Major Garrett (Chief White House Correspondent) Leaving Fox News For National Journal

[onehandle]

Fox News announced Wednesday that Major Garrett, who covers the Obama White House for the network, will "return to his roots in print journalism" effective September 3.

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"Throughout my television career, I've known with certainty I would someday return to my roots in print journalism," Garrett said in the announcement. "That day has come. I will soon announce an exciting new phase of my career -- one made possible in no small part by FOX News' consistent support. It would take a lot - something near perfection - to lure me away from the best job I've ever had. Details to come."

"Major Garrett is the embodiment of the new team we're building here at National Journal," National Journal Editor-in-Chief Ron Fournier said in a separate announcement. "He is known across Washington as one of the hardest-working journalists in the business, a fierce competitor on his beat, and a good and decent man. It is a rare combination, and one we're incredibly lucky to be bringing into our newsroom."

Fox News recently moved up to the front row in the White House Briefing Room, a decision that was facilitated in part by Garrett's evenhanded reporting on the administration.*

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/25/major-garrett-leaving-fox_n_694117.html

*Sounds like a good reason to kick their asses out of the front row.

[Renew Deal]

1. These guys don't even pretend to be objective anymore.

A big pickup for NJO.

[librechik]

2. I nominate Glenn Beck to sit in the chair!

Let him compete with real journalists --he can pair up with Kinsolving for a real laughfest--

[gratuitous]

3. Now that the prize has been attained

Time to kick out the "evenhanded" Garrett and replace him with the standard-issue Fox ideologue. I wonder if the White House will just decline to call on whoever's sitting there, stinking up the joint? Oh well, with journalism in its current state in this country, who really cares where anyone sits in the White House Briefing Room?