John Harwood, CNN’s longtime Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington correspondent, Friday morning suddenly and unexpectedly announced he was leaving the network — shortly after a segment that came with his partisan flourish.
Harwood, 65, appearing live on air during the news network’s coverage of President Joe Biden’s Thursday night speech, backed Biden’s assertions from the speech, lambasting Donald Trump as a “dishonest demagogue”Before referring the Jan. 6, insurrection.
“Donald Trump made Joe Biden’s point for him,”Harwood stated, “To close the segment,” which you can watch HereOr at the top of the post.
This segment aired less that two hours before Harwood posted on Twitter that Friday would see the end of his tenure at CNN. The segment aired as Chris Licht, the new CEO of CNN, was reorganizing the outlet in an effort to provide objective and centrist coverage on U.S. politics.
“Personal news: today’s my last day at CNN proud of the work thanks to my colleagues i’ve been lucky to serve the best in American media – St. Petersburg Times, WSJ, NYT, the NBC family, CNN look forward to figuring out what’s next,”Harwood stated this in a tweet.
In announcing his departure, Harwood simply wrote that he’s looking “forward to figuring out what’s next”when it came down to his professional future.
Personal news:
Today’s my last day working at CNN
We are proud of our work
Thanks to my coworkers
i’ve been lucky to serve the best in American media – St. Petersburg Times, WSJ, NYT, the NBC family, CNN
We look forward to finding out the next step
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) September 2, 2022
“We appreciate John’s work covering the White House, and we wish him all the best,”CNN spokesperson said that.
Sources Axios was informed that Harwood had been interviewedHis contract with the network had left him with two years.
Harwood joined CNN in January 2020 to cover President Joe Biden’s administration. Prior to that, he served as CNBC’s Chief Washington Correspondent for 13 years. He covered each of the nine last presidential elections. His political analysis has been provided to a number of respected outlets such as The New York Times and NBC.
Harwood is a pioneer in breaking political news. He was first to report that Republican nominee John McCain had chosen Sarah Palin as his running-mate during the 2008 campaign. He received an Emmy nomination for hosting CNBC’s live town hall with President Barack Obama in 2010 and has moderated Republican presidential debates on CNBC in 2011 and 2015.
Harwood also contributed to WSJ’s coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, for which the newspaper’s staff received the Pulitzer Prize.
Brandon Katz contributed to this article.
