bob hite faces dui head on
This is Bob Hite’s last week as anchor for WFLA NewsChannel 8, and we certainly wish him well in retirement. But he sure didn’t go out quietly.
Instead of hiding, denying, and looking for technicalities, Bob Hite got out in front of his DUI arrest:
“… I feel like the ultimate hypocrite,” Hite said. “I’m supposed to be part of the solution not part of the problem. And last night I was part of the problem.”
Not much to add to that - he’s right.
More from station director BobDon North:
Station news director Don North has not yet spoken to Hite but said he expects the anchor will return to work this evening and will report on his own arrest.
“The way I feel is that people who work in a public position like this know what’s going to happen,” North said. “We can’t report on them and not report on ourselves.”
And then he did report on himself - Eric Deggans has the video.
Most people hide away for a few weeks. If you found yourself in that position, would you have the guts to stand up and accept responsibility? Or would you find a way to blame someone else?
Tags: bob hite, dui, news, tv, WFLA
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November 26th, 2007 at 9:40 am
Is Bob North and Don North the same person?
November 26th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
I don’t understand why he needs to publicly excoriate himself.
You can certainly accept responsbility for your actions without having to get on camera and tell the whole world you f*cked up.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
He did what he should have done — taken responsibility. We see that behavior so infrequently these days that we are surprised when someone actually does the right thing.
Good luck in your future forays, Bob. You seem like a good guy.
November 26th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Yeah, but he’s a long-standing drinker. A friend was a reporter at Newschannel 8 for a time and said he was regularly bleary eyed. I began to notice it, too, when he was on air.
Too bad.
November 26th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
It is not that he has to admit he messed up but it is a nice change from other local celebs. Also, people can drink all they want as long as they don’t drive. Nobody should put him down because he drank or drinks that is his business. It is when someone drives while they are drunk that it becomes our business.