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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure what's going on, but it sounds like she's been at NPR for over 20 years.  Maybe she needs a new challenge?  Or maybe it's NPR?  Not sure I understand Ari Shapiro's "it's a crisis" comment when AC was there for so many years.  Seems like she would want to explore something new, but I could be wrong. [/quote]

I am OP - and I don't think it's normal for someone in her sort of position to make an abrupt announcement on Twitter that she's leaving in a week. That sounds like an "I don't want to deal with this sh*t anymore" sort of move. Someone who's been there as long as she has been would usually - I think - get, like, a month's worth of goodbyes, retrospectives, best ofs, all that. This sounds like a "see ya when I see ya" sort of move - which must have been prompted by something, I think.[/quote]

I disagree. No one announces they’re leaving a month out. [/quote]

Plenty of people do. Rachel Maddow announced she was leaving six months in advance. Brian Williams announced in November and his last show was in December.

Typically radio and news personalities are giving poignant sign-off shows to say goodbye to their audiences on-air and its planned weeks in advance.

Even Ann Currie who was pushed out and fired - got to cry on air when it was her last show.

So weird.[/quote]

I'm OP - and yeah exactly. She's not someone interviewing for a new job to be, like, project manager at a different defense contractor and doesn't want to tip her hand. She's a public personality who listeners have a longstanding relationship with.[/quote]

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