BBC Newsnight presenter has quit the broadcaster after 30 years (Image: GETTY) Richard Watson has announced his decision to leave the broadcaster after 33 years on the channel and 25 years working on Newsnight . The presenter was inundated with messages of support after he shared that his decision was made when the BBC "ended investigative journalism" on the nightly show. Taking to X today, he wrote: "Following the decision to end investigative journalism at @BBCNewsnight.
I’m leaving the BBC today after 33 years - 25 on Newsnight itself. "It’s been wonderful to work with so many talented friends & a privilege to have been able to focus on public interest journalism. A [thread emoji].
" In the lengthy post, Richard detailed his many achievements working at the BBC including exposing organising criminals that targeted the UK in 2014 to the Westminster Bridge terror attack. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.
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