Alexander has been with NBC News for 22 years, and served as its resident 'Get yelled at by the president for asking basic questions' guy for 12.
Alexander has been with NBC News for 22 years, and served as its resident"Get yelled at by the president for asking basic questions" guy for 12.Things have not, exactly, been feeling stable of late in the world of TV news.
Now,yet another shake-up in the broadcast news foundations, as NBC News White House correspondent Peter Alexander announced on Saturday that he would be leaving the organization after 22 years., Alexander is a veteran TV news guy, having reported on numerous major stories and held down the White House correspondent job, off and on, since 2012. That includes coverage of the second Obama term, as well as the debatable honor of having been called a “terrible person” by Donald Trump on multiple occasions, for things like having the gall to ask Trump whether Americans in 2020 should maybe be worried about COVID-19, or asking if it’s aAlexander hasn’t announced yet what he’ll be doing now that he’s no longer NBC’s designated “Get yelled at by the president for doing his job” guy; notes that a lot of people are speculating that’ll move over to MS NOW , since he used to do similar duties for that organization before it got spun off as part of a separate company in early 2026. Commentators have noted that there’s a big open anchor spot at 11 a.m. on the cable network’s weekday schedule, but nobody at the channel is commenting yet on whether it’s being held open for Alexander, specifically, to move into.
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