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Subtitle: Hosts who don’t interrupt
Over the Christmas break, the pinch-hitters are
guest hosting most of the prime time news and opinion broadcasts at Fox. In
some cases, the bench team outperforms the regular hosts.
Guest host for Sean Hannity is David Webb. He
is intelligent, he listens, and he asks follow-up questions. Webb is calm and
collected and measured, never strident or frenetic.
Guest host for Tucker Carlson is Mark Steyn.
Disclosure: Mark Steyn is my favorite online commentator/blogger. But Steyn as host,
even when saddled with a ghastly line-up of guest talking heads, is informed,
incisive, and FUNNY. (And when he is a guest on Carlson's show, he usually has Tucker in stitches).
Daytime host Brian Kilmeade subbed for Hannity or maybe it was Laura Ingraham, and not once did I reach for the mute button. He also has co-written a book about Andrew Jackson and The Battle of New Orleans and hosted a recent Sunday night special
on the subject. It was excellent, and I hope Fox re-runs it.
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