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When Fox News executives went looking to replace Brit Hume last year, they had to find someone to take over for their franchise newsman, the staid and steady Washington hand whose arrival in 1996 had conferred instant legitimacy on the upstart network. But the network turned not to another Hume, not a traditional anchor-desk presence or deep-voiced TV vet, but to Bret Baier — sunny, serious, self-deprecating and approachable. Eight years ago, he was holding down the network’s bureau in Atlanta. Today, he steps before the camera every weekday to anchor Fox News’s “Special Report” one-hour news program. Count Hume...

Here is video of Fox News' Brit Hume today talking about "cracks" in the Democratic coalition necessary to pass ObamaCare in the U.S. Senate. Hume said Sen. Blanche Lincoln is the senator to watch because ObamaCare is "wildly unpopular" in her home state of Arkansas. Hume believes it is possible the Democrats could persuade Lincoln, Nelson, and Landrieu to vote for cloture to move to a final vote, but lose Joe Lieberman. That would leave it in the hands of a liberal Republican like Olympia Snowe. Hume also said Obama's speech tomorrow night at West Point will bear watching to...

Here is video of Brit Hume last night on with Bill O'Reilly, where he said the policies being pursued by President Obama will lead us in the direction of a more Socialistic nation. Hume was commenting on O'Reilly's question whether or not Obama wants to purposely destroy the U.S. economy. Hume agreed Obama wants to change our economy in a more socialist direction. . . . (VIDEO)

We already know where Jake Tapper stands on this point, but the real question is why more journalists in the White House aren’t making their position clear. Brit Hume wondered whether American journalists from other news organizations really will become the lackeys of the Obama administration by ignoring news stories originating at Fox, just because Robert Gibbs disapproves of Fox. Toby Harnden of the London Telegraph channels Pastor Niemoller in his blog today: "Those journalists sitting this one out need to ask themselves what they will do when the White House comes after them or their news organisation."

Here is video of Brit Hume saying President Obama's War on Fox News is an "anti-media campaign not seen since the days of Richard Nixon." Hume said in the short-term Obama may gain something by intimidating others in the media not to cover stories being covered by Fox News. But in the long-run, Hume believes Obama will suffer because he is fundamentally changing the image he worked so hard to create of being a different kind of candidate who would bring change to politics. . . . (VIDEO)

After another round of attacks from the White House, this time from higher levels of the Obama administration, Brit Hume, a senior political analyst for Fox News, went to bat for his network. On the Oct. 19 broadcast of Fox News Channel's "Special Report with Bret Baier," Hume gave his best effort to rationalize why White House Chief of Staff Rahm and Obama Senior Advisor David Axelrod used two Sunday morning news show appearances to beat up on the highly rated news channel. According to Hume, it was because they disapproved of the stories his channel broke over the last...

Here is video of Bill O'Reilly talking with Brit Hume about Anita Dunn and the White House's attacks on Fox News. O'Reilly said Barack Obama is the "most Left President that I've seen in my lifetime." (Video)

Here is video of Brit Hume tonight commenting on the White House War on Fox News. Hume said the Obama White House feels "stung" by revelations that Van Jones was an avowed communist, and the ACORN videos - all of which were run on Fox News. Hume said Glenn Beck is "having a field day" with all this, and laughed at Beck having the red hotline phone on set with a staffer dressed in a "Mao suit" sitting next to it, waiting for a call from Anita Dunn. You can see the guy in the "Mao suit" next to the...

It's obvious the Obama administration has a low regard for Fox News as a media outlet. Whether it has been President Barack Obama hinting at what he has thought about Fox News, the administration passing over Fox News in a recent round of Sunday morning interviews or as White House communications director Anita Dunn recently has done - just declare open season on the network. However Brit Hume, now a senior political analyst for Fox News and regarded as a veteran figure at the news organization, took the White House head on. In his "Brit Hume Commentary" segment on Fox...

Brit Hume on the Factor talks about Obama's Iran policy, falling poll numbers, the economy and General McChrystal in Afghanistan...

Afghanistan could sink into a quagmire if more troops are not sent, but it's a wait and see for Obama while he hits the sunday shows, hits the links and laughs it up with Dave...... Here's a commentary from Foxnews Brit Hume...

(Video) Brit Hume gives his thoughts on what Sarah Palin might do in the future:

Here is video of the Fox News Panel today on Fox News Sunday analyzing President Obama's handling of the firestorm created by his statement that the Cambridge, Massachusetts Police Department "acted stupidly" in arresting Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Brit Hume bluntly said it was striking that "this President who travels the world apologizing for his country couldn't quite apologize for himself." Mara Liason thinks Obama went a long way to putting the issue to rest, but Juan Williams believes it has hurt Obama and will continue to hurt him as it stays in the news over the week...

Here is video of Fox News' Brit Hume's commentary last night, July 9, 2009, where he said talk on Capitol Hill of a 2nd Stimulus Plan was being accompanied by the sound of "chickens coming home to roost." Hume says the failure of the first stimulus so far to make a difference in the economy is because it was really not designed to stimulate the economy, with very little to help small business or provide genuine tax relief to Americans. He suggests they could still take some of the money not yet allocated and redirect it to tax relief and...

President Obama's order to his Cabinet secretaries today to spend that stimulus money faster was an acknowledgement of reality. The stimulus is not working. The complaint against government spending as an antidote to a recession is that by the time the money finally gets spent, the recession is usually over. Unfortunately for Mr. Obama, he and his team made some extravagant predictions about the effect of their stimulus spend fest, claiming that it would keep the unemployment rate from ever getting above eight percent. It is now nearly 9.5 percent, and climbing. Make no mistake about it: The most sensitive...

The swine flu story has captured the news cycle for three days and counting now and that's perpetuating the hysteria, according to Fox News Channel's Brit Hume. Hume appeared on the FNC's "The Live Desk with Trace Gallagher" April 27 and blasted the media in general for hyping the swine flu story 24/7. "I realize it's been a slow weekend in terms of news," Hume said. "The president went out and played golf on Sunday. The White House reporters don't have much to work with today, so they're trying to get a piece of this swine flu story, which you...

Excerpt: In an exclusive interview, we'll sit down with President George W. Bush. We'll examine the accomplishments of his administration and discuss key decisions that defined his time in the White House — including fighting the War on Terror, controversial interrogation techniques and the powers of the presidency. We'll also talk with the president about his recent meetings with President-elect Barack Obama, his vision for the Republican Party and his plans for the next chapter of his life. Then, a rare sit-down with father and son presidents. Former President George H.W. Bush joins the conversation to discuss his relationship with...

Uncorrected transcript provided by Morningside Partners. C-SPAN uses its best efforts to provide accurate transcripts of its programs, but it can not be held liable for mistakes such as omitted words, punctuation, spelling, mistakes that change meaning, etc. ### C-SPAN/Q&A Host: Brian Lamb Guest: Brit Hume July 9, 2008 . . BRIAN LAMB, HOST: Brit Hume, if you had to go in front of a journalism class and define the term ”journalism” today, what would you say? BRIT HUME, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: That’s a big subject today. But I think journalism is in new forms, pretty much what it’s always...

For those not out partying, Brit's describing his beginnings at FNC and how it all evolved. They're not perfect, but thank God for Fox News Channel and Brit. Hope he stays around.

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...

Fox names Bret to succeed Brit By: Mike Allen December 23, 2008 03:01 PM EST Fox News has chosen Bret Baier, chief White House correspondent, to succeed Brit Hume as primary anchor of "Special Report," the Washington bureau's signature nightly newscast. Hume's farewell program is Tuesday night, but he will continue at Fox News as a senior political analyst in what what the network calls "a Brokaw-like capacity," working 100 days a year. Here is Baier's Fox bio: Bret Baier is the chief White House correspondent for FOX News Channel. In this capacity Baier reports on presidential activities on a...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not holding back when it comes to making her wishes known to the incoming administration. The Politico newspaper reports Democratic insiders say Pelosi has "'set parameters' for what she wants from Barack Obama and his White House staff - no surprises, and no backdoor efforts to go around her." Pelosi is in talks with incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Sources say she wants to know when the administration has contact with rank-and-file Democrats - and why. One insider says Pelosi is "not going to allow Obama to triangulate her." Another added, "There...

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - After 12 years at Fox News Channel and four decades in the news business, Washington managing editor Brit Hume will leave "Special Report" and daily journalism for a quieter life, spending time with his grandchildren and following his Christian faith (the anchor still will contribute to the network as a political analyst). Hume, 65, talked about the demands of the job and how his succession should be handled.

Yesterday, a false report was posted with an "apology" from GA Rep. Paul Broun. Broun is the Congressman who called Obama a "Marxist" and warned of Hitler-like "dictatorship." Hume reported the false apology story which was also picked up in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, then they corrected by posting Broun's remarks DENYING any apology or recant of the "Marxist" charges. Hume has been caught not keeping up with Broun's official comments and broadcasting misinformation. Original thread on apology: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131033/posts Correction in Athens Banner-Herald: http://onlineathens.com/stories/111208/new_355191210.shtml False AJC story cited by Hume: http://www.ajc.com/search/content/shared-gen/ap/US_President_And_White_House_Advisers/Congressman_Obama_Marxist.html AJC's "retraction" of apology story by posting new story that...

The clues to Brit Hume’s imminent departure from the anchor’s desk at Fox News are all around on this brilliant autumn morning, if you know where to listen and look. As he paces his book-filled office in Fox’s Washington bureau, cell phone to his ear, Hume is busy organizing a family lunch. His golf clubs are in the trunk of his car for his regular Sunday afternoon game at the Chevy Chase Club. And on his desk, a well-thumbed Bible lies open to the Book of Peter. The 65-year-old Hume is eager to pursue those interests more fully at the...

Who should take over the anchor slot after Brit Hume steps down? I don't know but I for one am sure going to miss him. He is, in my humble opinion, the best news anchor of this generation. Any thoughts out there?

The Thursday, October 2, 2008 "Special Report With Brit Hume" on Fox News discussed the ramifications of not passing the Rescue Bill. Fred Barnes, Executive Editor, the Weekly Standard gave the following stupid response to a question on the House Republican’s resistance to this bailout/pork bill from Host Brit Hume; Brit Hume: “Let me ask you this question, Fred (Barnes). You're none unsympathetic to the conservatives in the House of Representatives, and the noisiest opposition to this measure has come from conservatives in the House. Give me your thoughts on the quality of their arguments.” Fred Barnes: “I think their...

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Slip Sliding Away Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards slipped out the back door of yet another hotel on Wednesday. The Raleigh News and Observer reports that Edwards was in Washington for an AARP Foundation symposium at Hotel Monaco and avoided reporters for the second time in as many weeks. He escaped through a fourth-floor side area used by kitchen staff, and then through a handicap ramp at the rear of the hotel. Edwards refused to answer reporters' questions about a story in the National Enquirer that says he visited a woman...

This is a rush transcript of "Special Report With Brit Hume" from July 28, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. BARACK OBAMA, (D-ILL.) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I have said that I will begin withdrawing our troops as I take office, and at the pace that has been outlined not just by me but by military commanders. We can have one to two brigades out a month, and that we should have our combat troops out by 16 months. (END VIDEO CLIP) BRIT HUME, HOST: Well, OK. So he is...

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...

Brit Hume has some blunt advice for conservative Republicans: lay off McCain if you don't want a Dem president. At the very end of today's Fox News Sunday panel segment, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol was first to make a point along similar lines. BILL KRISTOL: I'm more conservative than John McCain but I think it would be a mistake for him to just make himself into an orthodox conservative in this election. The reason he is a stronger candidate than a lot of other Republicans would be is that he is a little bit heterodox. He's got his own...

Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #14 – Milford, New Hampshire 01/06/08 - Official Discussion Thread Fox News Channel; Roundtable format Candidates the gatekeepers are allowing to participating: Rudy Giuliani Mike Huckabee John McCain Mitt Romney Fred Thompson

Ed Rollins is a nasty, nasty piece of work. Here he was tonight on Fox News: Rollins: The wise men like you who say Huckabee doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in heck - well, he can still go out and take his message to the people. And we’ve seen all the wisdom doesn’t live in Washington, and all the wisdom doesn’t live in the press corps.” Wallace: You can accuse me of a lot of things, but I would note we’ve had Mike Huckabee on Fox News Sunday several times— Rollins: —and we’re very grateful for the opportunity to take...

Is Fox News blackballing Fred Thompson? Anyone wonder why Fox News Channel rarely mentions the GOP candidate Rush Limbaugh dubbed the only conservative on the stage after one of the ubiquitous “debates.” Wonder why the so called conservative news channel is seemingly so out of step with the leader of the conservative movement? Undoubtedly many of the DC-NY-Boston conservative pundits/talk show hosts understandably appreciate the job Rudy Giuliani did in making their home and workplaces in NYC liveable. It is understandable that they would like to see one of “their own” carry the GOP banner rather than another Southerner. But...

<p>WASHINGTON — One of the most contested states in presidential politics is center stage Sunday night as FOX News airs a Republican candidates primary debate in Orlando, Fla., that is sure to be used by the 2008 contenders as a chance to cater to the party's conservative base.</p>

Following their testimony to Congress, General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker will appear exclusively on FOXNEWS Monday at 9pm EDT for one hour live interview with Brit Hume... Developing...

Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #5 – Durham, New Hampshire 09/05/07 - Official Discussion Thread Viewers of Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate in Durham, N.H., should be sure to have their computers up and running early, as FOXNews.com offers special live streaming video before, during and after the event. The debate itself, to be aired on FOX News Channel and streamed on FOXNews.com, begins at 9 p.m. EDT (6 PDT). Moderated by Brit Hume Candidates participating... Sam Brownback Rudy Giuliani Mike Huckabee Duncan Hunter John McCain Mitt Romney Ron Paul Tom Tancredo

"....Has the presidential campaign of Republican Fred Thompson gone off the rails before the candidates has even declared he is running? ...[snip]? CARL CAMERON, FOX NEWS CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, it looks like there is a bit of a mutiny starting on Fred Thompson's campaign ship even before it leaves the dock. Another staffer resigned today. That is three in three days, with more expected, over what insiders call the haphazard, unfocused and undisciplined way things are being handled or not handled and over the candidates' wife. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) CAMERON (voice-over): On the surface, Thompson is soaring. Before even officially...

Changes in the security situation on the ground in Iraq have become noticeable even to The New York Times, so they are noticed on Capitol Hill. Critics of the war have changed their tune from wanting to leave Iraq because too many American soldiers are being killed in a hopeless military quagmire to wanting to leave Iraq because the Iraqi government isn't doing a good enough job to suit the Senate. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), a vocal proponent of a quick exit, was probably blunter than he meant to be: They have made no progress... on the political side of...

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Forecasting Bet Last week we told you about an expert in forecasting who challenged Al Gore to a $10,000 bet over who could more accurately predict global temperature increases. Professor Scott Armstrong contends that most climate change forecasts use bad methodology, and that global temps will not rise dramatically as Gore predicts. Now the professor has received his answer from Gore — thanks, but no thanks. A Gore representative said the former vice president is too busy to take on any new projects at this time.

Nearly nine out of 10 journalists who made political donations gave to Democrats or left-wing groups, according to a bombshell new investigation into media bias - and perhaps the most shocking name on the list was the writer of "The Ethicist" column for The New York Times. The probe by MSNBC investigative reporter Bill Dedman revealed the names of 144 employees - reporters, editors, producers - from media organizations nationwide who have lined the candidates' pockets since '04. Underscoring the leftward tilt of the press, 125 of the workers, or 87 percent, ponied up only to Democrats and liberal causes,...

Republican Presidential Candidate Debate #2 – Columbia, South Carolina 05/15/07 - Official Discussion Thread Watch live coverage of the First-in-the-South Republican Party Presidential Candidate debate on FOX News Channel and FOXNews.com on Tuesday, May 15, at 9 p.m. EDT (6 p.m. PDT). Sam Brownback Jim Gilmore Rudy Giuliani Mike Huckabee Duncan Hunter John McCain Mitt Romney Ron Paul Tom Tancredo Tommy Thompson The 90-minute debate will air from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET (6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) and will be moderated by "Special Report" anchor Brit Hume. Questions will be posed by two panelists — "FOX News Sunday"...

I just woke up from watching the Democrats' debate last Thursday, and I am rested and ready to report! Someone needs to tell the Democrats to stop talking about their families. I know they're trying to demonstrate their "family values," but using actual, live human beings to illustrate the freakish ideas of the Democratic base just makes normal people uncomfortable. When Chris Dodd was asked about gay marriage, he said he always thinks of his little daughters — aged 2 and 5 — and imagines them turning out to be lesbians, saying he would want them treated equally. To prove...

As the Managing Editor of Fox News Channel's Washington, DC bureau, you might have thought Brit Hume would have taken great umbrage at John Edwards' high-profile decision to spurn a debate of Dem presidential contenders that Fox had organized for August in Nevada. The Edwards pull-out ultimately led to a cancellation of the debate by the Nevada state Democratic party. Edwards had come under pressure from liberal netroots and organizations such as Move.on, which had organized a petition drive calling for cancellation of the debate. But in a fair-and-balanced comment reflecting an appreciation of real politik, Hume has praised...

Video: Hume smacks down Murtha; doesn’t know “what the heck is going on in the world”Brit Hume smacked down John Murtha on this morning’s edition of Fox News Sunday. The Fox News host started his sizzling with “it’s time a few things be said about him.” Indeed. Continuing, Hume said Murtha is not “well informed about what’s going on over there [Iraq]” and he doesn’t have the “foggiest awareness of what the heck is going on in the world.”(Video at link)

It's turning out to be quite a day for pugilistics. Earlier, I noted how Hillary threatened to "deck" her opponents. Now, just about a month to the day after the holiday is observed by the Brits, Brit Hume celebrated a personal Boxing Day of his own. On this morning's Fox News Sunday, the FNC's DC managing editor landed some heavy body blows on Chuck Hagel and John Kerry. Alluding to Hagel's self-righteous soliloquy about the war in Iraq, Hume unleashed this right cross: "Poor Chuck Hagel, who is getting grandiloquent about voting for a legislatively meaningless Senate resolution and...

I'd say Bill Kristol nailed it on this morning's Fox News Sunday. And while his comments were directed at Democrats, they're equally applicable to the MSM IMHO, making them NB-worthy. Kristol: "People are being too complacent or forgiving to the Democrats: 'Oh, it's politics; one of them has a non-binding resolution and another one has a cap.' It's all totally irresponsible. It's just unbelievable. The president is sending over a new commander, he's sending over troops, and the Democratic congress, either in a pseudo-binding way or a non-binding way is saying: 'it won't work -- forget it! You troops,...

Exclusive: President George BushSpecial Report w/ Brit Hume — 6pm / 3am ET With the balance of power shifted and the new battles on the Hill, President Bush gives his first interview since the election! What's his plan to get his party back on track for 2008?

Brit Humes excellent piece is on now. I'm glad because I missed it the first time.Merry Christmas to all.

Did any of you see this Special that Brit Hume did today? It was an excellent look at Religion in America, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and where the idea of a wall between Church and State originated. Great look into the HISTORY of the founding of the United States of America. Also a look at the current movers and shakers and the Supreme Court. Watch it when it airs again. (I'm sure it will.)