Neil Cavuto, a well-known Fox News anchor, said goodbye to his show “Your World With Neil Cavuto” after almost 30 years on the network. His departure was marked by his usual grace, honesty, and professionalism, qualities that are increasingly rare in today’s highly divisive political landscape.
Despite earlier reports hinting at Cavuto’s impending announcement, he chose to reveal his exit only at the end of his final show. He commenced his farewell by stating:
“This is it. The final segment, but today I also wanted to let you know this is my final show. I’m leaving Fox. I’ve been planning this day for some time. This just seemed like a good time. Now, some of you might be thinking, ‘Well, Neil, it’s about time!’ After all, I’ve been doing this for nearly three decades here. You know, there are people working with me now who weren’t even born when I started at Fox — that’s how old I am. But I’m not leaving journalism, I’m just leaving here. But I’m forever grateful to my bosses here.”
They have been very good to me these many years and offered a very generous opportunity for me to stay years more. That’s pretty amazing considering the fact that — I don’t know — I might have missed a day or two here and there battling everything for multiple sclerosis and Covid to countless infections, even open heart surgery. Then there were all of those awful series of hang nails, don’t get me started on that one. I might’ve been unlucky in health but very lucky for the support I got here and the things I got to do here because I got to do what I love to do, report the news.
While Cavuto’s various maladies were well known, I never saw him talk about any of them, much less complain.
And “report the news,” Cavuto did. As he put perfectly put it (emphasis, mine):
Not shout the news. Not blast the news. Not — well, call names, just call balls and strikes, following the news, hold truth to power and fairness to all. That’s it, that’s me.
That’s Cavuto, indeed. He didn’t call names. He didn’t disagree, disagreeably. He let his guests talk, and he didn’t interrupt them. Moreover, he listened.
