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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Fri Apr 16, 2021, 09:02 PM Apr 2021

Brooke Baldwin bids an emotional farewell on CNN Friday

Brooke Baldwin chose a crowded news day to say goodbye on air on CNN. After 13 years, she bid farewell to the place where she had dreamed of working since her time as a student at the University of Georgia.

“This job, my show here on CNN, was not originally to be mine,” Baldwin said. “More than a decade ago, there was an anchor who suddenly departed CNN, leaving this gaping hole in the afternoon and the then-bosses quickly turned to me and said, ‘Brooke, we’re going to need you to keep the seat warm just for a week until we actually find the person to take over the show.’ Well, okay, I have kept this seat warm for nearly 11 years.”

“I am filled with emotion and gratitude,” she said on air during the final minutes of her last broadcast Friday afternoon. “A decade ago, I didn’t even know this show would become mine. A decade later, I find myself in a similar situation not totally knowing what’s next. And I’m OK with that because what I do now is that I am a journalist and a storyteller for life.”

She said in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last month that she has no new job. She just decided after writing a book about women’s empowerment called “Huddle” that it was time to forge out on her own and do long-form storytelling on her own terms.

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Brooke Baldwin bids an emotional farewell on CNN Friday (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 OP
I'm going to miss her. madaboutharry Apr 2021 #1
Loved her shows. sheshe2 Apr 2021 #2
Loved her, and she was the only one I would ever watch at the gym.... :)) HUAJIAO Apr 2021 #3
indeed, a terrific journalist! lastlib Apr 2021 #4
I'm looking forward to seeing what she does in the future! Drum Apr 2021 #5

madaboutharry

(41,243 posts)
1. I'm going to miss her.
Fri Apr 16, 2021, 09:07 PM
Apr 2021

I watched her as often as I could. She was always so accessible and vulnerable. She gave great interviews and never let anyone bullshit her.

Sometimes a person just needs to do something different.

HUAJIAO

(2,547 posts)
3. Loved her, and she was the only one I would ever watch at the gym.... :))
Fri Apr 16, 2021, 10:20 PM
Apr 2021

..which was the only place I saw TV....
Strong, honest, caring, perceptive, highly intelligent, wry sense of humor.... she has it all...

lastlib

(24,740 posts)
4. indeed, a terrific journalist!
Fri Apr 16, 2021, 10:36 PM
Apr 2021

I've only been able to watch her the past two years, when I've been off work. She was everything you said, and a beautiful lady to boot! I love her! I really appreciate her journalistic skills--many times, she kept me from ruining my TV hurling a rock at Chuck Toad!

And did I mention that she's beautiful?

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