The Dallas Morning News
When Mike Snyder concludes his final newscast of the day on KXAS-TV (Channel 5), he posts a note on his Twitter and Facebook pages: “That’s the news, and I am outta here.”
This phrase, an echo of Dennis Miller’s sign-off when he anchored “Weekend Update” on Saturday Night Live, will become all too true for Snyder on Thursday, when he will do his last Channel 5 newscast after 18 years as a co-anchor and 30 years with the station.
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