Sanjay Gupta and Many Others Spend More Time with Family

[a family dinner table, via The Daily Green]

Dr. Sanjay Gupta removed himself from consideration for the Surgeon General position. Why? To spend more time with family, of course. His wife is expecting.

Since writing about Drew Kerr’s decoding of overused phrases in the media last summer (“How to Say Eat Sh#* Without Actually Saying It“), a lot has changed.

Tussles are turning in to brawls, and the only jobs out there seem to be highly-contentious government positions with no payoff except a damaged reputation. On the flip side, companies are trying to shed big ticket or controversial execs, who will agree to tepid quoting in exchange for buyouts. Is there a third option of saying what you mean? Will Jon Stewart’s big F.U. to CNBC start a trend?

Till then, here’s a look at others leaving to spend more time at home during the worst job market in decades:

D.L. Hughley Breaks News was canceled this week because Hughley wanted to be closer to his family in LA, not because viewership is down to a third of his launch numbers. The comedian caught our attention back in November when former Bush Press Secretary Scott McClellan endorsed Barack Obama on that very launch show.

Puma’s CFO Dieter Bock

Marianna Koval, head of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy

Bay St. Louis, MS Mayor Eddie Favre, facing a crowded field of challengers, announced he would not seek a 6th term at the only press conference of his career

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