Did Frank Bruni leave The New York Times?
FRANK Bruni wrote for The New York Times for 25 years before leaving the newspaper in June of 2021. Bruni spent the last decade serving as a columnist for The Times. Bruni explained his departure in his final column for The Times published on June 17, 2021. "I owe Ted Cruz an apology," he wrote to start. "Though, really, its readers to whom I should say Im sorry." Bruni wrote that he "swam with the snide tide" too often and worries how much he contributed to "the toxic tenor of American discourse." He brought up a 2015 column on Cruz, a Republican presidential contender at the time, as an example. 3 Bruni attends AOL Build Series at Build Studio on May 10, 2017 in New York City Credit: Getty  Cruz "was fair game for rebuke, no question there," Bruni wrote in his farewell column. "But did I illuminate his dark character, enlighten my readers or advance any worthwhile cause by comparing him - repeatedly - to the unstoppable entity in the horror movie It Follows?" Bruni explained that he took a job in "academia" and will do both teaching and writing. He is joining the faculty of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. "Maybe thats for the best: Ten years is a long haul in any assignment, and while this one has been amply challenging and deeply rewarding, I always had misgivings," he wrote. 3 Bruni in 2015 Credit: Getty  "I worried, and continue to worry, about the degree to which I and other journalists - opinion writers, especially - have contributed to the dynamics we decry: the toxic tenor of American discourse, the furious pitch of American politics, the volume and vitriol of it all. "I worry, too, about how frequently we shove ambivalence and ambiguity aside. "Ambivalence and ambiguity arent necessarily signs of weakness or sins of indecision. They can be apt responses to events that we dont yet understand, with outcomes that we cant predict." However, he added that he feels no "ambivalence" when it comes to Donald Trump. Most read in News Exclusive ASHES TO ASHES UFOs 'shut down 10 nukes at US base & were alerted to humans by bomb tests' Breaking DEADLY SHOOTING House party shooting leaves 3 people dead and 8 injured, cops say JAWS DROPPING Great White shark swallows bird whole as it bobs on water unaware of danger SHIP SHAKE US Navy detonates huge bomb by own aircraft carrier triggering earthquake LAST BREATHS Last footage shows killer husband cradling baby moments before killing wife TWISTER TERROR Tornado rips through Chicago 'destroying 130 homes & injuring at least 6'  "Hes an amoral, dangerous man who was unfit to be president," Bruni wrote. "That needed to be said, even if saying it had no effect on his loyalists." Bruni will start his new position on July 1, but will still occasionally contribute to The Times, according to Forbes.