Popular CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota revealed on Sunday as she was closing out a broadcast that she would be saying “adios” to the network, though she said she would still be involved with journalism in some capacity in “the very near future.” Camerota, a very outspoken critic of President-elect Donald Trump, which is pretty much par for the course for an anchor working with CNN, is not the only on-air talent to flee for the hills following the 2024 election. Poppy Harlow and Chris Wallace have also exited stage right.
There are plans to reduce the workforce at CNN drastically over the course of the next few months thanks in large part to a massive decrease in viewership, especially after Trump’s massive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.
Camerota went on to say during the broadcast, “Before we go on this very busy news day, I just want to take a moment to share some personal news. This is my last day on air at CNN.”
“I’ve had such incredible opportunities here these past 10 plus years. I’ve interviewed presidents and heroes and extraordinary people, the kind of peak career experiences that I had dreamed of since I was a teenager,” she continued. “The journalists at CNN are the very best in the entire news business, and it’s been an honor to have been their colleague.”
"Before we go on this very busy news day, I just want to take a moment to share some personal news."
"This is my last day on air at CNN."
Alisyn Camerota signs off for the last time at CNN.
Will you miss her? pic.twitter.com/sOTpDkwjqb
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) December 8, 2024
Camerota then concluded by saying, , “It’s also an honor to have been in your homes this past decade through some of the biggest stories of our lifetimes. I’m always touched when a viewer comes up and tells me that I helped them get through these challenging times.”
She then went on to encourage folks who enjoy her work on the network to follow her Instagram account for “updates on where to find me in the very near future.”
USA Today reported that Camerota, 58, joined CNN in 2014 and served as the anchor of the “New Day” morning show with co-anchor Chris Cuomo from 2015-2021. Prior to that, Camerota had been with Fox News Channel for 16 years.
Variety stated in their report, “CNN has also seemed not do know what to do with her since she left ‘New Day’ … Since that time, Camerota has co-anchored hours in the afternoon, anchored shows in primetime as CNN tried to introduce new programming to its schedule and worked on special reports for the weekend series ‘The Whole Story.’”
“She has not been seen on screen frequently in recent months. Her husband, Tim Lewis, died in July after a battle with pancreatic cancer, and Camerota revealed in September that she had taken some time to care for him in his final months,” it added.
As stated earlier, Camerota was not at all a big fan of Trump. One example of her hostility toward the president-elect comes from 2019 when she said, “This is one of the very unique things about President Trump, he’s humorless. He’s humor-impaired. This is not an original thought today. He has never been captured laughing on any camera, at any time. He’s never made a joke, at least not a funny one.”
Well, this is just a flat out lie. Trump is hilarious and has a great sense of humor. He has no problem cracking jokes at his own expense. The person who clearly has no funny bone in this case is Camerota herself.
Alisyn Camerota says Trump is “humorless” and “humor impaired.”
lol
Poor girl. pic.twitter.com/izRZnaiYqp
— Kate Hyde (@KateHydeNY) February 18, 2019
And don’t even get this lady started about individuals who questioned the 2020 presidential results.
“If you are someone who falls for these lies, you are someone who also lost your right to be heard,” she said. “Spare us Sen. Ted Cruz and Congressman Mo Brooks and anyone else who thinks that somehow Trump supporters have been silenced. It’s not true,” Camerota added in her angry screed. “We’ve heard them loudly and clearly for four years, and their words led to an armed insurrection. We don’t need to listen to the madness anymore.”
One final example from Camerota comes from a piece she wrote in January 2021 in which she stated, “So now, at the end of Trump’s term and after the deadly Capitol insurrection, I think the time for listening to present-day Trump supporters is over. There is nothing that anyone in this destructive and delusional group can teach the rest of us about being open-minded and tolerant.”
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