Ruh roh. Journalist Major Garrett leaves Fox News TV for National Journal print

[babylonsister]

Journalist Major Garrett leaves Fox News TV for National Journal print

By Howard Kurtz
Thursday, August 26, 2010


Just when he has a chance to assume a front-row seat in the White House briefing room, Major Garrett is leaving Fox News and returning to print journalism.

Garrett, who has been widely recognized as a straight-arrow reporter caught in the crossfire between President Obama's top aides and the network of Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck, is joining National Journal as a congressional correspondent.

The hostility between the administration and Fox "never wore me down," Garrett said Wednesday, but "of course it made my job more difficult. . . . I'd be a liar if I said otherwise." But, he added, "I was a conscientious objector in that war. I never fought it."

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Garrett lived up to Fox's fair-and-balanced motto: "I have always thought Major was one of the smartest people in the briefing room. He's tough, and I'd say the slogan actually did fit him."

The main reason for his departure, the Fox White House correspondent said, is the frenetic pace of cable news: "I want to talk less and I want to think more. I always considered myself an accidental TV reporter."

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/25/AR2010082504484.html?hpid=moreheadlines

[onehandle]

1. He engineered the front row move. Sounds like a good excuse to boot them. nt

[babylonsister]

2. I'll be interested in reading what slant he writes from. nt