Is Fox sending this guy to war?

Fox News Channel, which sent Geraldo Rivera, packing a gun, to cover the war in Afghanistan, is reportedly planning to send James Hewitt, a non-journalist better known for the lengthy affair he had with Britain’s Princess Diana, to cover the anticipated war with Iraq.

Wednesday, the British paper the Guardian quoted Hewitt’s lawyer as saying that Fox has hired Hewitt, a Gulf War veteran and former cavalry officer, to report on the looming Iraq conflict.

A spokeswoman for Fox said the network is in discussions with Hewitt but declined to comment further on what his role might be.

Meanwhile, at CNN, a spokeswoman said that “we think that James Hewitt is a great guest, which is why we had him on ‘Larry King’ last week for an hour, but that’s enough for us.”

Elizabeth Jensen