Major Garrett Twitter Exit Interview: ‘I’m Happy Fox Has Front Row Seat’

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by Steve Krakauer | 9:13 am, September 1st, 2010

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Fox News White House correspondent Major Garrett is leaving Fox News Friday, and starting at National Journal later this month.

In an exit interview of sorts on Twitter last night, Garrett addressed many outstanding issues that have been raised by his followers.

Armed with only 140 characters, the Q&A stayed brief. But there were a couple topics that Garrett hadn’t yet addressed. One of the major points of interest is the seat Garrett is giving up – the front row briefing room chair Fox News just landed. Someone asked why he’s leaving the new seat. “Coincidental opportunity,” he wrote. “Timing just fell this way. At WH, it’s what you ask, not where you sit…I’m happy Fox has new seat. I never personalized it. It is the network’s seat, not mine. Reflects dedication to beat over the years.”

Also, while FNC announced Wendell Goler and Mike Emanuel will split the White House duties in Garrett’s absence, it sounds like it is just a temporary solution. Garrett wrote, “My replacement hasn’t been named.”

Other notes: Garrett won’t be writing any opinion pieces for National Journal, he’ll miss the “intensity of TV deadlines, immediacy of medium” and he will not be writing a book about his time at Fox News (although, he writes he would “love to” write another book. “Hear that PUBLISHERS?!?!”).

Garrett also did his final “Ask Major” video for FoxNews.com last week. Here it is:

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http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

Fox has the best reporters. Major was one of them. It is funny that people think Fox tells its reporters how to report stories but they don’t believe the other networks do that? The only REAL news network is Fox. Their reporters report from the viewpoint of the American people. The others report from the viewpoint of liberal Americans.
BatBoy

Major Garrett is a class act! Thanks for what you have done and good luck to you at National Journal!
The Real Royal King

OK, Major, you were good. You’ll be missed. But, let’s not turn this into the Judd’s 11th Farewell Concert Tour. Goodbye to you, and goodbye to the last semblance of news on FOX.

BECKERHEAD’S GONE PREACHER, AND QUITE THE HERETIC,
O’HANNITY IS A SIMPLY A WORLD CLASS WHINER,
O’REILLY PRESENTS THAT WEIRD BODY LANGUAGE CHICK,
ADD O’VAN SUSTEREN: ASLEEP IN MY RECLINER!
jk76

seats are dumb, unless there’s some preferential leanings (besides the front middle 1st question). If everyone can ask their questions then who give’s a shit. Some traditional thing that the career persons hold as well as something people can try to make an issue.

wish the stories would be more about the non-answers, evasions, and shady spin responses.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Herrick/100000969560328 Matt Herrick

FOX was lucky they didn’t get Helen Thomas’ actual seat. She had been soiling it for years.
AngelPeters

Major is an excellent reporter. No doubt.
clindhartsen

gordonbloyershow said:
…. It is funny that people think Fox tells its reporters how to report stories but they don’t believe the other networks do that? The only REAL news network is Fox. Their reporters report from the viewpoint of the American people. The others report from the viewpoint of liberal Americans….

So, wait a minute, are ‘liberal Americans’ not providing the viewpoint of the American people? There are American people who are liberal, and that viewpoint is fine with them, but in general I’d say the reporters at all the different networks are pretty good, the problem may be the prism they are put through before their work hits our screens. Between FOX blindsiding any quality reporting with their Beck/Hannity/O’Reilly Republicanism, and you can argue Matthews/Olbermann/Maddow with MSNBC, the point is reporters do their jobs, and producers bend that into how they want the shows to flow, and at times, bend.
writer

“I must be in the front row!” Bob Eucker
writer

Oops. “Uecker”. Sorry, Bob.
shootfromthehip

“The only REAL news network is Fox.”

Oh Gordon. How you make us laugh.

Propaganda for the GOP 24/7 is not “news.” A network run by a man (Roger Ailes) who was a media consultant for Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush, as well as Rudy Giuliani’s first mayoral campaign in 1989 is not a news network.

It exists solely to dupe people like you and to get Republicans elected by stacking the deck against Democrats.
puck30

King Oliver Crangle said:
OK, Major, you were good. You’ll be missed. But, let’s not turn this into the Judd’s 11th Farewell Concert Tour. Goodbye to you, and goodbye to the last semblance of news on FOX. BECKERHEAD’S GONE PREACHER, AND QUITE THE HERETIC,O’HANNITY IS A SIMPLY A WORLD CLASS WHINER,O’REILLY PRESENTS THAT WEIRD BODY LANGUAGE CHICK,ADD O’VAN SUSTEREN: ASLEEP IN MY RECLINER!

shootfromthehip said:
“The only REAL news network is Fox.” Oh Gordon. How you make us laugh. Propaganda for the GOP 24/7 is not “news.” A network run by a man (Roger Ailes) who was a media consultant for Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush, as well as Rudy Giuliani’s first mayoral campaign in 1989 is not a news network. It exists solely to dupe people like you and to get Republicans elected by stacking the deck against Democrats.

MY! MY! MY! How fast they throw Sheppard Smith under the bus.