Live Thread: Brit Hume Final 'Special Report' On Fox News Channel 12/23/08

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Tonight is Brit Hume's final night as anchor of Special Report on the Fox News Channel.

Free Republic honored Mr. Hume in 2000, as reported by World Net Daily:

Despite the group's criticism of what has been called the "establishment" press, three journalists were presented with the "Endangered Species Award" -- including WND's Farah and Sperry -- "for being true to the First Amendment by pursuing and reporting the facts."

Fox News' Brit Hume was the third recipient of the Endangered Species award.

Freepers presented the award to Mr. Hume at his office at the Fox News bureau in Washington.

Mr. Hume is one of the last honorable reporters in journalism.

[Fury]

He’s one of the few reasons I watch Fox...

[Fury]

Special Report is the only Fox News program I watch anymore. I’ll miss Brit

[kristinn]

Politico reports Bret Baier will succeed Mr. Hume as anchor for Special Report.

[jessduntno]

“Mr. Hume is one of the last honorable reporters in journalism.”

I will really miss him. I watched him every night with dinner and I think he is the only true gentlemen and scholars left in the news business. This is sad...

I wish him well, especially, as he has said, in playing more golf and spending time with the young ones...

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

ditto. i love Britt!!!

[brivette]

What’s Brit going to do?

[jessduntno]

Politico reports Bret Baier will succeed Mr. Hume as anchor for Special Report.

He seems like a nice enough man...but I can’t get over the feeling I am looking at a high school kid reporting the news...I wish him well...BIG shoes to fill...

[TomGuy]

Too bad that Brit seemed to have bought in to the Obamania.

His fawning and drooling over The One in recent months has been disconcerting.

[old-ager]

Will miss him. He is without peer. Hope he does lots of specials.

[Fury]

What’s Brit going to do? I think I read he will still work ~100 days per year doing special reports, etc for Fox...

[SoDak]

I’m saddened. Special Report is the ONLY TV news worth watching. Brit Hume is the best.

[screaminsunshine]

To keep up with the journalistic times they should replace him with the Buttway Boys.

[randita]

I like Bret Baier and think he is a good reporter, but I’ve yet to see a hint of a sense of humor, let alone the sardonic wit Britt had. I think I like Jim Angle better than Bret, as he seems like a jollier fellow.

Maybe with Bret in a moderator role, he’ll loosen up.

[Anti-Bubba182]

I will miss him. He is the best.

[LottieDah]

I will miss Brit also. He is the reason I started watching Fox in the first place. Once in a while I catch the Beltway Boys. Fred Barnes is grating on my last nerve so pretty soon I won’t be watching Fox at all.

[kristinn]

Bret Baier was the only reporter out of hundreds asked at the White House Correspondents Association dinner a few years back to know that SFC Paul R. Smith was the first serviceman awarded the Medal of Honor in the war on terror.

[RatsDawg]

I think we can all agree that we are glad that Chep Smith isn’t getting the big role.

[austinaero]

Brit is the best thing on Fox and yet, it seems, even he has softened lately. I used to watch Fox almost 24/7. I can say we have been Fox-free for a few months now. I haven’t missed anything.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

He did a really good job during the funeral for Ronald Reagan.

[llevrok]

I’ll miss his smack downs of Juan Williams. Classics!!

[nuconvert]

: (

you’ll be missed

[Carley]

Roger Ailes made it clear that it is imperative that O succeed.

And the people on FNC went with the rules.

[clintonh8r]

Brit Hume is the onlt thing worth watching on FNC. Brett can’t come close to the knowledge, experience and savvy that Hume has. I’ll miss him.

[FatherFig1o155]

I honestly think it was his attempt to be “fair and honest.”

I certainly wouldn’t have been as generous...

I am going to miss Brit in his regular time slot.

[I see my hands]

Wasn't Hume trashing Palin before and after the election?

[Pagey]

What’s Brit going to do?

He was on O'Reilly last week and said he was going to Spend time with his grandkids, Go Golfing and Give "Opinions" on the Fox News Channel. He mentioned that there wasn't a show on Fox that had just "Opinions", which I thought was a interesting comment for him to make.

[clintonh8r]

He also said that he was going to study the Bible. God, grandchildren and golf was how he said it.

[PistolPaknMama]

One of my heroes. He’ll be missed in this house, for sure.

[tubebender]

I have often wondered what kind of drugs Juan Williams and Mort Kondracke take to face the onslaught of the Britt Hume straight razor...

[Spunky]

I always thought Bret Baier was a nice young man. I really liked Tony Snow and Brit Hume though.

Any idea what Brit will be doing?

[Red_Devil 232]

Special reports and pay more attention to what he says are his three G’s - God, Grandchildren, and Golf.

[Bushbacker1]

Thank you for starting the thread. I am breaking my modified Foxnews boycott, which included Brit's show. I've not watched the show since he and the All Stars fawned all over Barama after the third debate. But, I'm watching tonight, if only to see the end of an era and the beginning of a new one. Brett Baer, I imagine will be taking over. Hardly, an equal replacement and I suspect viewer-ship will go down.

As far as Brit, he said today he'll be doing political analysis for the channel. Something, he said, he always wanted to do.

[kristinn]

Sigh...that was Carl Cameron.

[Uncle Miltie]

The only decent, honest, knowledgeable, honorable, well spoken and funny guy on the tube.

Will be missed.

[celtic gal]

That is no surprise as he has been filling in for Brit for some time now. Bret does ok but he is no Brit.

[Uri’el-2012]

Carl Cameron, the Faux News Gossip reporter

[kristinn]

They are showing a retrospective that includes tributes from President Bush, Vice President Cheney and former President Bush!

[Repeal 16-17]

What’s Brit going to do?

I believe Brit will still work at FNC in some capacity.

[nutmeg]

I’m in tears here after that “Brit tribute” piece... I’m REALLY gonna miss you, Brit. :-(

[nufsed]

CBS eat your heart out.

[I see my hands]

I remember Cameron's performance.. But BH took some position on something (can I be any more specific?!?) that both shocked, disappointed and saddened me and many others. I thought it was Palin related. Maybe I'm mistaken. In any event..

Merry Christmas!

[publana]

I am so sad that he is leaving. He is the reason I watch FOX. It is an end of a great era in so many ways.

Love you Britt!

[publana]

Me too. It is heartbreaking to see that wonderful man go.

[nutmeg]

I'm crying, too... I'm going to miss Brit Hume in my home 4 nights a week at 6pm, and on Fox News Sunday.

Brit says his new role will be that of "senior correspondent" (if I remember correctly). I hope we still see him very often on FNC...

[rodguy911]

Thanks so much for putting this thread up. Britt is the best of the best and we hate to see him go. I just watched his sign off and it was all one could do to keep the tears from flowing.He's a class act.

[nutmeg]

Join us on kristinn's live thread for Brit Hume's last day in the anchor desk on FNC's "Special Report". (sniff)

If you missed this broadcast, it re-airs at 2am ET.

Brit's replacement will be Brett Baier (yay!). I think he's the perfect replacement for Brit, although those are some very big shoes to fill.

Godspeed, Brit... hope to see you often on FNC in your new role.

[McGruff]

This is a sad day in journalism. Brit was simply the best. Tony was close but nobody was a good as Brit. No wonder Clinton had him fired but thankfully FNC picked him up.

[Churchillspirit]

Too bad that Brit seemed to have bought in to the Obamania

I used to be a FOX News junkie....but have not watched this or any other news channel since election night. Could not stand the orgasmic reaction of these so called professionals to the election results.

Maybe I'll tune in again in 2012.