"It's a bottom line here: we can't stick our heads in the sand and we can't be propagandists."Chuck Todd is saying goodbye to NBC News.The journalist, who moderated Meet the Press for nine years spanning three presidential administrations,

Chuck Todd is departing NBC News after nearly two decades, he announced in a memo to staffers on Friday, Jan. 31. The exit comes just a year and a half after he left 'Meet the Press' after nine years.

Chuck Todd, who served as moderator of the Sunday morning NBC News franchise “Meet the Press” from 2014 to 2023, announced to colleagues Friday morning that he is leaving the network. Since handing the “Meet the Press” moderator baton to Kristen Welker, Todd has served as NBC’s chief political analyst.