Posted on 02/15/2004 1:07:52 PM PST by jwalburg
BOULDER CANYON -- Will Pearson has a nose for the news. He's a great fan of Wolf Blitzer and Bill O'Reilly. Will Pearson is 2-years-old.
Ask him who is running for president in 2004, and he blurts out a list, "Kucinich, Lieberman, Kerry, Clark, Dean, Edwards, Braun, Sharp, Gephardt... ha, ha," he giggled. He quickly added that some of those candidates (Braun, Gephardt and now Lieberman) are out of the race.
"I scream because I get so excited," Will said as he pointed to the television menu items corresponding to news programs coming up on several channels.
On Saturday mornings when other kids are watching cartoons, Will Pearson loves to run down the hall and catch the latest news. He keeps himself well-informed about the presidential race and candidates, but other news makes him happy too.
"Larry King and Greta Van Susteren are good," he said. "I like 'Business Block' too."
Since he was an infant, Will Pearson has loved watching the news on television, according to his parents, Bill and Jaci Pearson of Boulder Canyon. They began to notice his unusual knowledge of the news when he was about 18 months old.
A love of news is not new to the family. Will's mother Jaci Pearson has a college degree in journalism and his father is a self-confessed "news junkie."
It must have rubbed off.
Now Will Pearson is refining his news viewing tastes a bit as he shifts between various networks to view the shows he likes best. "Bulls and Bears" on Fox News and "Crossfire" on CNN are his current top picks, but he also finds time to watch MSNBC too.
He is so fascinated by the news that on his second birthday, his parents made sure he had a sheet cake emblazoned with the Fox news logo. His party pictures give testament to his joy when he saw the cake.
Among his favorite news personalities are Lou Dobbs, Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper of CNN, plus Brit Hume, Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes and Bill O'Reilly of Fox News.
His father asked, "Will, is the stock market up or down today?"
"CNN, (channel) 202, Dad," said little Will,. as he instructed his dad to turn the channel to CNN. "It's up!" he exclaimed as he eyed the green arrow pointing upward in the corner of the screen.
If asked to fully identify himself, he says proudly, "William Conrad Pearson... I live in the Black Hills of South Dakota."
News keeps him thinking and asking questions, but Will also likes to play with his toys and his little sister, Alexandra, who is just 8 months old.
In between watching news shows, the little boy acts like a little boy. "I'm going to knock over the grocery store," he yelled as he ran toward the toy store set up in the corner of the living room. After his dad told him not to, he backed off the idea and decided to talk more news.
His mother said one of the shows Will is learning to enjoy is Dennis Miller's new program.
When visitors get ready to leave Will's home, he thanks them for coming and signs off much as one of his news heroes, Bill O'Reilly, might, "Bye, bye and write should you wish to opine."
How would he know that if he gets all his information from the networks?
And now he has matured to the ripe old age of two! LOL!
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