But he’s also not going to deliberately introduce inflammatory misinformation into the discourse, and I do recall having seen him push back on especially egregious stuff. In his final years at the network, Shepard Smith would spend entire segments of his show methodically rebutting the weird theories generated by his colleagues on Fox’s opinion side, Baier is not the sort of guy who will fact-check his own network live on the air. That said, while Baier clearly wants to get things right, he is basically nonconfrontational in classic news-anchor style, which is not necessarily an asset. I have never seen him literally hiss or sneer at a guest professing liberal opinions, which cannot be said for many of the other people who anchor Fox’s nightly shows. A perfectly cromulent news-talking guy, Baier, who hosts Special Report with Bret Baier and anchors the network’s coverage of marquee political events, is about as even-handed as they come at nights on Fox these days. Capitol on January 6th, 2021,” and “is the sort of guy whose Wikipedia page features a photograph captioned ‘Hemmer at a bar in November 2009.’” Bill Hemmer is a guy who is fine.Ĥ. “Just a guy” would also be a fair assessment of Bill Hemmer, as would “reads the news real good,” “did not himself storm the U.S.
“Basically fine” is my assessment of Bill Hemmer, who co-hosts America’s Newsroom with Dana Perino, who is slightly more fine than Bill Hemmer. (His co-hosts Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade never stood any chance of making this list.) Doocy also gets points for seeming not to want his viewers to die of COVID-19 in order to own the libs, and because he seems to truly love and be proud of his handsome tall son Peter.ħ. The Fox & Friends co-host is more of a “morning show guy who somehow found himself cheerfully spouting cryptofascist propaganda for a living” than a “cryptofascist propagandist who somehow ended up hosting a morning show,” which to my mind makes him slightly less terrible than his early-rising colleagues at the network. This small concession to rationality means that Hannity is, at present, somehow the network’s most tolerable nightly opinion host.Ĩ. On at least two occasions I have heard the generally bloviating primetime host gently suggest that wearing masks to inhibit the transmission and contraction of COVID-19 is not, in fact, tantamount to mental slavery. As the Fox News of the Trump era and beyond has sunk to new lows, these broadcasters have remained somewhere north of the very bottom.ġ0. This list is not an absolute measure of non-horribleness, but a relative measure. Fauci invented COVID or something like that. It wouldn’t at all be a “gotcha” if you unearthed a clip from any of these people saying that Dr.
It’s not a blanket endorsement, since many of these personalities, particularly the ones from the opinion side, are plenty guilty of tribal sophistry, Trump toadyism, and general culture-war saber-rattling. The Associated Press contributed.I’ve assembled a quick, noncomprehensive list of the 10 least despicable marquee names remaining at Fox News. In CNN's announcement, he said, "I look forward to the new freedom and flexibility streaming affords in interviewing major figures across the news landscape - and finding new ways to tell stories."ĬNN said more details about Wallace's new role will be forthcoming.
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FOX said a series of rotating guest news anchors will take over for Wallace until a permanent host is named. His announcement even took the guests on his show Sunday by surprise they were not tipped off ahead of time. "I want to try something new, to go beyond politics, to all the things I’m interested in.
Wallace said he decided to leave the network because he’s ready to try something new. The debate he moderated last year went off the rails when then-President Donald Trump repeatedly interrupted Democratic challenger Joe Biden. He was the first FOX News personality to moderate a presidential debate, doing it in 20. Methodical and never showy - in contrast to his father Mike, the legendary "60 Minutes" reporter - Chris Wallace was known for his methodical preparation and willingness to ask hard questions of all guests. Wallace was a veteran broadcast network newsman, working at both ABC and NBC News, before the late Roger Ailes lured him to FOX with the promise of his own Sunday show. "Eighteen years ago, the bosses at here at FOX promised they would never interfere with a guest I booked or a question I asked. In his final moments on his show, Wallace reflected on his time there, saying he’s been "free to report to the best of my ability, to cover the stories I think are important, to hold our country’s leaders to account."