Hyman hangs up ‘The Point’

Mark “Bust My” Hyman is hanging up his commentary called “The Point,” which WLOSers air over and over again on their newscasts. The conservative firebreather has irritated an endless number of liberal bloggers and delighted any number of conservative blottoheads.

Here’s what the Baltimore Sun reports:

Hyman, 48, announced that he plans to drop his daily commentary, known as “The Point,” at the end of the month to spend more time with his four children.

“I want to focus more on family activities and recharge my batteries,” Hyman said in a telephone interview. “I’m exhausted.”

Hyman, a former Sinclair vice president and until two years ago its spokesman, said he was not being pushed out and that he would still work on “strategic issues” for Sinclair, which owns or operates more than 50 stations, including Fox affiliate WBFF in Baltimore. The company said Hyman “may make occasional televised appearances to discuss current events.”

But after more than five years and some 2,000 daily commentaries, Hyman’s absence may well be felt by his adherents, who welcomed his excoriative editorials against Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry’s war record during the 2004 presidential campaign and Hyman’s descriptions of the French as “cheese-eating surrender monkeys.”

One of Hyman’s legacies at Sinclair was the development of News Central, a system that allowed local stations around the country to present as their own stories that were actually produced at company headquarters in Maryland.

Great – more time for a John Le punfest.