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Brit Hume to Step Down From Fox News
The Washington Post ^ | Tuesday, July 15, 2008 | Howard Kurtz

Posted on 07/15/2008 12:35:37 PM PDT by kristinn

Brit Hume, a top anchor and executive with Fox News since the channel was launched 12 years ago, plans to step down at year's end. But he won't disappear entirely.

Sources familiar with the situation say that Hume, 65, will give up his job as Washington managing editor and anchor of "Special Report." They say he is near a deal to continue with Fox in a senior statesman role, not unlike that of Tom Brokaw at NBC, for roughly 100 days a year.

In his new role, Hume would be a senior political analyst, substitute for Chris Wallace as host of "Fox News Sunday" and anchor special events.

A former ABC correspondent who never hid his conservative views in his mainstream media days, Hume has been a central part of Fox's success. He has anchored on election nights and at political conventions and moderated a number of presidential debates. Hume has enjoyed good access to top Bush administration officials; when Vice President Cheney was under intense criticism after accidentally shooting a hunting companion two years ago, he did one interview, with Hume.

Fox News chairman Roger Ailes has made no decision on whether "Special Report," which began as a temporary program during the Clinton impeachment, will continue, or who would anchor it if it does, the sources said.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brithume; foxnews; hume
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To: unkus

Brit. Not two t’s.


41 posted on 07/15/2008 12:48:30 PM PDT by unkus
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To: Bahbah
I vote for Patti Ann Brown...


42 posted on 07/15/2008 12:48:39 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: FreedomPoster

Where is Neal Cavuto? He hasn’t been on for 2 weeks. I hope it isn’t because of his health.


43 posted on 07/15/2008 12:48:55 PM PDT by GoldwaterChick (We Snowflakes will always remember our beloved Snowman with the incandescent smile.)
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To: ladtx

“....No kidding I’ll be 62 in 9 days and he looks 20 years younger than me....”

Powder and paint makes an anchor what he ain’t!

;-)


44 posted on 07/15/2008 12:48:57 PM PDT by Islander7 ("Show me an honest politician and I will show you a case of mistaken identity.")
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To: kristinn

Sorry to hear that Hume is semi retiring. He’s one of if not the finest on TV, at least he’ll still be there in some capacity.


45 posted on 07/15/2008 12:48:59 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: pissant

LOL. Your judgement is skewed in this matter.


46 posted on 07/15/2008 12:50:05 PM PDT by Bahbah (Typical white person-Snow white)
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To: kristinn

I hope to God they don’t replace him with Shemp. I would never watch it again.


47 posted on 07/15/2008 12:50:17 PM PDT by dforest (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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To: kristinn

The end of FOX.


48 posted on 07/15/2008 12:50:26 PM PDT by toddlintown (Morons; all of 'em.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

This is only my 2 cents but here it goes...

Megyn is NOT just eye candy (as some here might posit). She is an insightful woman with a keen ability to ferret out idiots when allowed to do so in interviews. IF FOX has brains, they’d allow her to go solo, get away from that horrible “story an instant” format with the male talking head as compadre, and let her just go for it.

I think she could attract a wide audience and will be a star at some point. She does seem to have conservative views and presents them in a no nonsense way...

Frank


49 posted on 07/15/2008 12:50:27 PM PDT by Frank Sheed (Fr. V. R. Capodanno, Lt, USN, Catholic Chaplain. 3rd/5th, 1st Marine Div., FMF. MOH, posthumously.)
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To: GoldwaterChick
Where is Neal Cavuto? He hasn’t been on for 2 weeks. I hope it isn’t because of his health.

I've been concerned about him too - hope it's not a setback in his battle against MS. I love Cavuto.

50 posted on 07/15/2008 12:50:45 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: Perdogg

“I didn’t realize he was that old.”

And for while, John Kerry’s room mate in college.


51 posted on 07/15/2008 12:51:39 PM PDT by toddlintown (Morons; all of 'em.)
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To: kristinn

Brit is the only one I watch on FOX. When he leaves, Fox will be watched very little in my home.


52 posted on 07/15/2008 12:51:57 PM PDT by Paige ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," Edmund Burke)
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To: kristinn

Brit is the only one I watch on FOX. When he leaves, Fox will be watched very little in my home.


53 posted on 07/15/2008 12:51:59 PM PDT by Paige ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," Edmund Burke)
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To: Frank Sheed

I love Megyn’s segment with Lis Wiehl on O’Reilly’s show. They are both great, and The Big O just looks giddy to be refereeing these two beautiful blonde ladies.


54 posted on 07/15/2008 12:52:16 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: kristinn

I don’t watch TV news at all, but from what I’ve heard Fox was actually underutilizing Brit already. He’s by far the best they’ve got, but they never gave him a prime time slot where he could have gotten more viewers.

Conservatives all speak of him as the best on Fox, and the transcripts here certainly confirm it. Well, one bad piece of news after another. What with Russert, the only decent liberal left, and then Tony Snow.


55 posted on 07/15/2008 12:53:16 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: kristinn

Well, there goes the only reason to still watch Fox News.


56 posted on 07/15/2008 12:53:29 PM PDT by Maceman
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To: kristinn

What is John Gibson doing these days?


57 posted on 07/15/2008 12:53:32 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: My Favorite Headache
Shep Smith...his sarcasm alone is worth the price of admission

That's blasphemy to mention him in the same thread as the anchor master Brit Hume.

Shepard Smith should be anchor on "Days of Our Lives".

58 posted on 07/15/2008 12:53:43 PM PDT by McGruff (This is not the [insert name here] I knew.)
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To: donna

Don’t forget plunging necklines.


59 posted on 07/15/2008 12:53:57 PM PDT by realdifferent1 ( I'll think of something...)
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To: sarasota

Cavuto, occasionally.


60 posted on 07/15/2008 12:54:10 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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