The New York Daily News’ Richard Huff profiles FNC’s Bill Hemmer, and discusses with the anchor the big story of the year — the 2008 presidential election.
“This is the greatest political story in our lifetime,” says Hemmer. “It’s a fascinating road, too. I’m a political junkie. I find great joy in covering these elections and campaigns.”
Huff describes Hemmer’s history with elections, dating back to his time at CNN until 2005. Writes Huff: “He spent 37 days in Tallahassee while votes were recounted for the 2000 election.”
Huff credits the reason for the strong viewers response to election coverage, of which Hemmer is a part for FNC, to the election-night feel of each night, “with graphics and computers able to break down voting patterns better than Google provides driving directions.”