Brian Williams Signs Off MSNBC With Stark Warning About America's Future
Longtime news anchor and MSNBC host Brian Williams has left the network after nearly three decades, signing off on the final episode of his popular nightly political talk program The 11th Hour with a stark warning about America's future.
Williams, 62, first announced his plans to leave in November, saying "following much reflection," he chose to step down upon the completion of his contract. He said in a memo to colleagues at the time that in his 28 years with NBC, he had covered eight Olympic Games and seven presidential elections.
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He concluded his final The 11th Hour broadcast by saying that his "biggest worry" is for future of the United States.
"The truth is, I'm not a liberal or a conservative, I'm an institutionalist," Williams told his viewers. "I believe in this place and in my love of country I yield to no one, but the darkness on the edge of town has spread to the main roads and highways and neighborhoods, it's now at the local bar and the bowling alley, at the school board and the grocery store, and it must be acknowledged and answered for."
Williams continued by criticizing elected officials "who swore an oath to our Constitution" who he believes have "decided to join the mob and become something they are not, while hoping we somehow forget who they were."
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