[Gabz]

Although I have never noticed this as a problem on FNC, I understand your angst over this, but there is possibly a very simple explanation.

In broadcast news it is very common to drop the title/honorific, whether it be President, Governor, Mister, or whatever after the first time it has been said in the piece.

When one is trying to put as much information into a 2 and a half minute segment, there is a certain amount of "shorthand" that must be used, this is one of them. Dropping 3 syllable words helps.

Broadcast speech has its limitations that normal speech does not.

[kinsman redeemer]

You nailed it. Their style manual allows exactly the usage that you described.

This has been a pet peeve of mine since Reagan, er President Reagan. I have watched the practice very carefully through every administration and I must say that they did the same thing for Clinton, er the bent one as they are for President Bush.