Fox News White House Correspondent Kristin Fisher Leaves Network For CNN

Fox News White House Reporter Kristin Fisher announced on Friday that she is leaving the network at the end of a live hit on Special Report.

Fisher is joining CNN as a space correspondent, a source familiar with the matter told Mediaite.

After Fisher reported on the new jobs report, anchor Bret Baier cued Fisher, saying she had some news of her own to report as well.

“From the jobs report to my own job, this is my last live shot on my last day at Fox News,” she announced. “I have had an incredible run. I started out six years ago on the early morning weekend shift. I made it all the way to the White House, which is something that has been at the very top of my career bucket list ever since I was a very little girl.”

She then revealed that there are a “few other things on that list that I would like to try to tick off,” before thanking Fox for testing her with the seat. “And, Bret, it has been an absolute pleasure to work with you, the entire White House team, and everybody on the Special Report team as well,” she wrapped.

Fisher has provided a strong journalistic perspective covering the White House for years at Fox, and challenged the Trump administration and Rudy Giuliani at the end of 2020 a number of times.

The move to CNN may raise some eyebrows. CEO Jeff Zucker has publicly derided Fox’s news bona fides, once saying he didn’t think the network was a “journalistic operation.” What’s more, CNN media reporters Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy have regularly mocked the rival network’s news operation — now they can call a former Fox reporter a colleague.

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