JENNIFER GRIFFIN: I covered wars, terror and tragedy for Fox News. What I found was a family

LISTEN I ONLY READ THIS AN HOUR AGO AND IT IS LIKE FINDING AN OLD MIXTAPE IN YOUR GLOVEBOX WHERE YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH HISTORY YOU LIVED THROUGH. JENNIFER GRIFFIN FROM FOX NEWS HAS BEEN DOING THIS JOURNALISM THING FOR THIRTY YEARS, SINCE 1997. SHE WAS IN MOSCOW RIGHT WHEN BORIS YELTSIN WAS SWAPPING OUT HIS CABINET EVERY MONDAY LIKE HE WAS JUST TIDYING HIS DESK, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE SHE WATCHED VLADIMIR PUTIN CLIMB THE LADDER TO POWER RIGHT AFTER HE MOVED TO MOSCOW. SHE’S COVERED THE KOSOVO WAR AND THE SECOND INTIFADA, AND SHE SAYS INDEPENDENT CRITICS ALLEGED PUTIN USED THOSE APARTMENT BOMBINGS TO LAUNCH A WAR IN CHECHNYA. IT IS INTENSE STUFF BUT SHE FRAMES THIS WHOLE INSANE CAREER AS FINDING A FAMILY AT THE NETWORK. SORRY I TALKED FOR THAT LONG, THE SONG IS GOOD THOUGH.

SO YOU KNOW HOW EVERYONE WAS SAYING THAT LIFE MOVES FAST, WELL, APPARENTLY JENNIFER GRIFFIN HAS BEEN AT FOX NEWS FOR BASICALLY THEIR WHOLE EXISTENCE SINCE 1997. SHE HAS SEEN IT ALL, FROM MIR SPACE STATION FIRES TO WATCHING PUTIN BECOME HEAD OF THE FSB WHILE SHE WAS STATIONED OVER IN RUSSIA. SHE WROTE THIS PIECE REFLECTING ON THREE DECADES OF WAR ZONES AND TRAGEDY, MENTIONING HOW YELTSIN WAS DEALING WITH HEART SURGERY WHILE APPOINTING PUTIN TO GET INTO THE INNER CIRCLE. SHE WRITES THAT CRITICS AND DISSIDENTS ALLEGED THAT PUTIN STAGED FALSE FLAG ATTACKS ON APARTMENT BUILDINGS TO KICK OFF THE INVASION OF CHECHNYA BACK THEN. IT IS HEAVY STUFF FOR A SATURDAY NIGHT BUT SHE MAKES IT ABOUT THE BONDS THEY FORMED WORKING THE DESK. ANYWAY THAT IS ALL I KNOW, GENUINELY.

Jennifer Griffin reflects on her three-decade career at Fox News, recounting historical events she covered including Vladimir Putin's rise in Russia and various international conflicts.

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