Another decent into oblivion for American hard news coverage

Just when America needs its Jeremy Paxman it is poised to get its Vernon Kay.

writes Charles Lawrence over at First Post.The news doing the gossip rounds is that Larry King i going to be replaced on CNN by Ryan Seacrest,who made his name on the American version of Simon Cowell.

Not mincing his words,Charles describes him as

the ultimate in vanilla sponge broadcasting

and says it will be

a giant step in the castration of American journalism

Whereas King has interviewed all the major politians in his long career,Seacrest has appeared on Gladiators and Wild Animal Games