Media Beat: Bill Hemmer Talks Opinion Hosts, Says ‘Cable Industry Right Now Is Thriving’

In the final segment of our interview with Bill Hemmer, Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” anchor, Hemmer talks with TVNewser about the changing tides in TV news and the place evening opinion hosts have at a news network. We also asked Hemmer for his quick-takes on many of the women he’s worked with over the years at CNN and Fox News.

Part I: Hemmer explains how he went from local news to CNN to Fox News.

Part II: Having recently returned from Haiti, Hemmer describes his experiences reporting in the aftermath of the earthquake and the lessons he learned.

Media Beat is mediabistro.com’s interview series with the movers and shakers of the media world. View all past episodes at MediaBeat.com.

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