WRC Anchor/Reporter Chris Gordon is leaving the NBC O&O but he is not done working.

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Gordon is going to hang out his shingle as a lawyer, but it won’t be the first time.

Gordon is returning to his original career in law. He graduated in 1973 from Cornell Law School and spent two years as a practicing attorney in New York state.

Gordon moved to Washington in 1975, breaking in as a “day hire” for WUSA, the CBS affiliate. Because his actual name was the same as a prominent D.C.-area car dealer — Herb Gordon — he adopted the first name “Chris.”

Gordon explains the difference between the two jobs.

“The difference is, the guiding principle [as a journalist] is I want to be fair and balanced in everything I do. I don’t want anybody to know what I think about any controversial issue.

“As a lawyer you’re an advocate. As a lawyer you take a side. As a lawyer you’re a champion for your client.”

The occupation of lawyer does not have the best reputation. These days, neither does journalist. A lot of people, it seems, revile both professions.

You might as well go where the job certainly pays better.

Just saying….

H/T Washington Post