Apparently, both President Bushes, George W. and George H. W., had never been interviewed together before Sunday—when they agreed to take a series of polite and decidedly non-penetrating questions from Fox News’ Brit Hume.
For nearly the entire second Bush presidency, a popular theory has held that the first President Bush is, at least in Read More
Today, Michael Calderone of Politico writes about Brit Hume’s swan song at Fox News. After the election, Mr. Hume, who joined the cable news network during its fledgling days back in 1996, will be significantly cutting back his duties, which currently include anchoring Special Report at 6 p.m., anchoring big political night coverage, Read More
In his latest 43-second Media Web Minute, MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman bids farewell to retiring Fox Newsman Brit Hume, whom he describes as "one of the fairest minded people on the scene and above all, the most droll."
Mr. Friedman continues, "Hume’s not a table pounder, he’s not a yeller, he’s not Read More
ST. PAUL—The latest word is that Hurricane Gustav has been downgraded to a Category 1 storm and that water levels in New Orleans are receding – strong and encouraging signs that the Crescent City and the rest of the Gulf Coast will be spared tragedy and destruction on the scale of Hurricane Katrina. Read More
Tonight, Shepard Smith will be anchoring Fox News’ coverage of Hurricane Gustav from New Orleans beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Afterwards, Brit Hume will continue the hurricane coverage, anchoring from St. Paul. From 10 p.m. to midnight, Geraldo Rivera will anchor live from New Orleans.
Fox News will continue its live hurricane coverage Read More
Brian Stelter of the New York Times is reporting that Brit Hume, the longtime anchor of Fox News’ 6 PM show, Special Report, will be relinquishing that role after the conclusion of the current presidential election.
Citing a number of sources close to Mr. Hume, the Times reports that, at 65, Mr. Read More
This week, as NBC hammers out details on its proposed merger with Vivendi Universal Entertainment, former Vice President Al Gore is trying to finalize his own deal: the purchase of a Universal-owned digital news channel called Newsworld International, a transaction that could herald Mr. Gore’s official transformation from historical footnote to media player with the Read More
Fifteen minutes before the second televised Presidential debate, on the night of Friday, Oct. 8, the stoic voice of anchor Brit Hume came over the Fox News Channel’s control-room intercom.
“Do you know about this Mark Halperin memo?” he asked the room full of producers, who were hunched over the dials and standing before a Read More
This week, as NBC hammers out details on its proposed merger with Vivendi Universal Entertainment, former Vice President Al Gore is trying to finalize his own deal: the purchase of a Universal-owned digital news channel called Newsworld International, a transaction that could herald Mr. Gore’s official transformation from historical footnote to media player with the Read More
