{"id":977,"date":"2008-07-15T13:36:08","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T20:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=977"},"modified":"2008-07-15T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2008-07-15T20:36:08","slug":"brit-hume-not-stepping-down-from-fox-news-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=977","title":{"rendered":"Brit Hume Not Stepping Down From Fox News Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actually, Brit Hume is stepping down from his fox news program, Special Report<\/em>. I just thought it would be nice if the headline of this article served as a tribute to Hume’s journalistic record:<\/p>\n

\"BritFrom Howie Kurtz<\/a> at the Washington Post:<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Kurtz notes in his column that Hume’s chummy relationship with the Bush White House helped him snag some exclusives. For instance, Hume got the only interview given by Dick Cheney after he shot a hunting companion in the face. What Kurtz didn’t say was that Hume and Fox News censored the interview<\/a> to hide the fact that Cheney had been drinking that day.<\/p>\n

No replacement has been named yet for Hume. One possible candidate is Jim Angle, presently the chief Washington correspondent for Fox News and a regular guest host on Special Report<\/em>. Angle’s reporting is at least as slanted as Hume, so he would be able to slide right into the new role. But who know, maybe they’ll go with Sean Hannity or Karl Rove. At Fox News, journalistic credentials are not a prerequisite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Actually, Brit Hume is stepping down from his fox news program, Special Report. I just thought it would be nice if the headline of this article served as a tribute to Hume’s journalistic record: From Howie Kurtz at the Washington Post: “Sources familiar with the situation say that Hume, 65, will give up his job […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[127,33,297,350],"class_list":["post-977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-brit-hume","tag-fox-news","tag-howard-kurtz","tag-jim-angle"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-fL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1168,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1168","url_meta":{"origin":977,"position":0},"title":"Bret Baier: The Same Old Fox News Nonsense","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/6\/2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Washington Managing Editor for Fox News, and anchor of Special Report, Brit Hume, has now officially moved from the anchor chair to the rocking chair. 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