03 April 2005

Boo to CNN! Almost at the moment that the Pope's death was announced last night, the European CNN correspondents who had been faithfully covering this story over many weeks, (the admirable Alessio Vinci, Walt Rodgers, Jim Bitterman, even the ineffable Christiane), were unceremoniously shouldered aside, and the oily Aaron Brown became the anchorperson, to be joined today by the even more awful, preppy Bill Hemer. It jars, and the occasion being covered loses an amazing amount of diginity and respect. Shame! Let's hope they get back to Atlanta or New York really soon, and Alessio gets his story back. 2:31:06 PM    comment []