Veteran Fox News anchor and Trump target Neil Cavuto signs off after 3 decades at network
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Veteran Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto, one of the network’s longest-serving hosts who became a frequent target of President-elect Donald Trump, is leaving the network after nearly three decades on the air.
Veteran Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto, one of the network’s longest-serving hosts who became a frequent target of President-elect Donald Trump, is leaving the network after nearly three decades on the air. Cavuto made the announcement Thursday on his afternoon program “Your World,” saying he had been planning to depart for “some time” but that he is “not leaving journalism. I’m just leaving here.” “I got to do what I love to do, report the news. Not shout the news, not blast the news. Not call names, just call balls and strikes, following the news, hold truth to power and fairness to all. That’s it, that’s me,” Cavuto said. Cavuto began as an anchor with Fox News when it launched in 1996, jumping from CNBC to the nascent right-wing network founded by Rupert Murdoch. At his sign off, he was hosting some 12 hours every week across the Fox Business and Fox News channels. Cavuto said he had been “offered a very generous opportunity for me to stay years more.” According to a person familiar with the matter, Cavuto was offered a contract extension, but at a lower salary, and he declined. In recent years, the folksy Cavuto has stood out as one of the few remaining Fox News anchors willing to forcefully fact-check and even criticize Trump. Being a business news anchor at heart, he felt it was his role to separate fact from fiction, especially when financial decisions were on the line.