I was also surprised by the pancake makeup that male anchors of a certain age are wearing now. Between the Lawrence O'Donnell clip and this one, they both just look like corpses. I guess maybe I don't watch cable news regularly enough to be desensitized to it, but it's jarring. Maybe showing a few wrinkles would be preferable to the death mask they're wearing now?
At this point I wouldn't mind if Harry Shearer just posts clips from satellite feeds, tenting his fingers while sitting on a fancy chair, saying "excellent" as he does this.
It's a damn shame Harry Shearer will be remembered more for Kent Brockman than his actual news show that features him doing Kent Brockman but with, like, actual news.