Tony Kornheiser has accepted a buyout after 29 years with the Washington Post. Thankfully we will still be able to see him work his magic on PTI and as one of the hosts of Monday Night Football.Kornheiser commented on his departure on his radio show this morning.
"All I ever wanted to be was a newspaper writer," he said, which is not something that anyone under the age of 30 will ever say again. "This other stuff is great, but I don't care about it," he continued. "In my mind that's what it says on the headstone, it says 'newspaper guy.' "Read the full story here: Washington Post
But he also said he signed the papers to take the Post's buyout last night. He said he still might contract with The Post to do his Talking Points videos and his Page 2 excerpts, and he said some people in the leadership asked him to stay but didn't really insist, and he said he feared he'd never have the moral high ground again. And, as any longtime listeners would expect, he was plenty wistful when discussing what happened yesterday. "There was not enough wine in the world, there wasn't, not last night," he said.
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