{"id":60707,"date":"2023-06-27T18:18:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=60707"},"modified":"2023-06-27T18:18:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:18:18","slug":"after-a-10-year-struggle-with-blood-cancer-tom-brokaw-recalls-making-the-painfully-tough-decision-to-quit-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=60707","title":{"rendered":"After a 10-year struggle with blood cancer, Tom Brokaw recalls making the painfully tough decision to quit NBC News."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For 20 years, Tom Brokaw brought the nation&#8217;s news on NBC Nightly News, but in 2021, after a painfully long career spanning 55 years, the veteran anchor decided to retire.<\/p>\n<p>The 83-year-old sat down with Jane Pauley from CBS, a longtime friend and former co-host of Today, to talk about his decision to leave NBC News after nearly 60 years in the industry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4815-300x211.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4815-300x211.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4815-768x540.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4815-120x85.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4815.jpeg 773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 1966, Brokaw started working for NBC News, where he held a variety of posts until his retirement in 2021. But he wasn&#8217;t looking forward to leaving the network when the time came to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I found myself in uncharted territory for the first time in my life, navigating through unfamiliar waters,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist claimed that after receiving a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, an incurable but treatable blood cancer, in 2013, his outlook on life changed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4816-300x153.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4816-300x153.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4816-768x392.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4816-1024x523.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4816.jpeg 1073w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I truly had to stop working with NBC every day. You see, they were moving away from me, so I had to do the same. <\/p>\n<p>Simply put, I was a different person. I was therefore kind of out there for the first time in my life, you know, in a location I had never gone before.<\/p>\n<p>After being diagnosed with cancer, Brokaw discovered it was how he handled life&#8217;s challenges rather <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4817-300x198.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4817-300x198.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4817-768x508.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4817-1024x677.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4817.jpeg 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>than whether or not he was immune to them. He described how he previously believed he was immune to life&#8217;s challenges.<\/p>\n<p>But as I&#8217;ve gotten older, this ailment has shown to be a fact. 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