There are so many things one can say about Bill Hemmer leaving CNN. First, of course, is thank God! Next thought is what does it fucking say about CNN that they’d make Bill Hemmer their White House correspondent. What does it say about Bill Hemmer, who’s usually even more smug about the art of journalism than Aaron Brown is, that he’d quit rather than actually have to do something besides read a teleprompter or stand in a storm.
Not that I care to watch 24/7 coverage of a runaway blonde or frank discussions of Michael Jackson’s penis, but Miles O’Brien is one of the more tolerable newscasters and he actually has some expertise in a subject area other than runaway brides (he was the space correspondent and does a great job).
Hemmer’s worst work had to be covering suicide bombings in Israel that instead of dealing in facts, he just went on and on about how horrible it was. Of course, it was horrible and any idiot could see that when the people were crying and bleeding and in terrible distress. It’s like he didn’t realize he was on TV and they had these things called pictures we could observe to pick up that point.
It’s come to the point where I only watch Nancy Grace and I do that because it’s such a trainwreck and want to be entertained for a few minutes while she screams about convicting the hordes.
I hope you won’t think any less of me, but, I go gaga over Lou Dobbs. Okay, not totally gaga. Just a little. Mostly, it’s because he’s on at a time when I like to watch the news. And, I’m fascinated by the topics he covers. Not to mention, our local NBC news affiliate totally blows.