Former CNN anchor Bill Hemmer joins Fox News

AP ^ | 07/19/05 | AP

[mentor2k]

Oh this guy?

[Pikamax]

She wanted a primetime show on Fox, Fox laughed and said no and she went to MSNBC.

[July 4th]

Any particular reason why?

[AntiGuv]

Bill Hemmer is 40.

[Cindy]

Ditto.

[Warrior_Queen]

Good! She seemed to me to be little more than a tabloid trasher.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Rita is brain dead, just like the weekend fools on Fox & Friends!!!

[KillTime]

I knew it. I made that call when it was posted that he left CNN in early June. To echo myself, this guy was pretty well composed and had a wry and dry sense of humor.

[One_American]

Bill Hemmer seemed like a nice guy. He was replaced on CNN by that annoying hedgehog Miles O'Brien. Don't know if he is married to Soledad O'Brien, his morning anchor co-host.

[maryz]

Doesn't everyone remember how he dissed Michael Moore at the RAT convention? It was priceless!

I don't, actually. :(

Can you summarize?

[Lib-Lickers 2]

More face time for Kirin

[OldFriend]

Hemmer had more intelligence in his tie than Soledad has in her entire self!

[OldFriend]

I thought it was just me who thought listening to Martha was like listening to fingernail scrathing on the chalk board.

She is insufferable.

When did she arrive at FNC?

[EllaMinnow]

I didn't have Fox News during the 2000 election and I always thought Hemmer did a fair job and didn't lapse into the typical CNN bias. Not to mention, very easy on the eyes.

I was living in Tallahassee in 2000, and we got used to seeing reporters everywhere that November. The only two that I've never heard a negative word about are Bill Hemmer and David Bloom. Both just all-around nice guys, who didn't throw their weight around or act like celebrities.

[adorno]

Has anybody noticed that when a new personality, no matter where they came from, joins FOX their visibility and personal rating automatically goes up? If that personality gets his/her own show, that show will automatically be the highest rated for that hour in cable news networks.

If a personality leaves, no matter how visible or high-rated when at FOX, they automatically hit bottom. As an example, if Paula Zahn was still at FOX, she would have the highest rating at whatever hour she was on. If Greta were to leave for another network, she would also tank.

[maggief]

Emilia Saint-Amand, Joy Ingham, Joe Pantoliano, Heather Mnuchin, Bill Hemmer, Topsy Taylor, Carol Atkinson, and Julia Erickson

http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/socialdiary/2004/04_28_04/socialdiary04_28_04.php

[anniegetyourgun]

Lib women apparently have no taste. He's not hot, IMHO.

[in hoc signo vinces]

There's really someone out there named Topsy Taylor?

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

Team him up with Kiran Chetry, and you have a winning combo.

[WarPaint]

lol... u sound like Jack (in the box)