NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Brit Hume

Brit Hume (born Alexander Britton Hume on June 22, 1943 in Washington, D.C.) is the Washington, D.C. managing editor of the Fox News Channel. He hosts Special Report with Brit Hume and is a panelist on Fox News Sunday, which is broadcast on Fox Network television stations. is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Sandy Hume, born Alexander Britton Hume, Jr. ... is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) - D.C. Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) - D.C. Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2... The Fox News Channel (FNC) is a United States-based cable and satellite news channel. ... Special Report with Brit Hume is an American television program appearing on Fox News Channel. ... FOX News Sunday is public affairs magazine on Fox, airing on Sunday mornings. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ... A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ...

Career

A native of Washington, D.C., Hume graduated from St. Albans School. In 1965, he graduated from the University of Virginia. Hume first worked for the now-closed Hartford Times, and then for United Press International and the Baltimore Evening Sun. From 1970 to 1972, Hume was a researcher for the syndicated columnist Jack Anderson. Declassified documents reveal that Hume, along with Anderson and Les Whitten, were under CIA surveillance from February 15 to April 12, 1972 for their work on a series of "tilt toward Pakistan" stories.^[1] Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) - D.C. Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2... St. ... The University of Virginia (also called U.Va. ... Front of UPI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. â€œUPIâ€ redirects here. ... The Sun is a daily newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland, long considered the newspaper of record there. ... A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ... jack donald anderson (september 156, 1995 and wasted himself with a gun; december19, 1999) was an American newspaper columnist and is considered one of the fathers of modern investigative journalism. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Prior to joining the Fox News Channel, Hume worked for 23 years at ABC News. He joined ABC in 1973 as a consultant for the network's documentary division and was named a Washington correspondent in 1976. He was later promoted to Capitol Hill correspondent and reported on Congress until 1988. Hume became ABC News' Chief White House Correspondent in 1989, a position he held until his departure in 1996 to join FOX News. In 1991, Hume won an Emmy Award for his Gulf War coverage. He was twice named "Best in the Business" as a White House correspondent by the American Journalism Review. While at ABC, Hume worked on programs that included World News Tonight With Peter Jennings, Nightline and This Week. ABC News Special Report ident, circa 2006 ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Capitol Hill is the name of a district in the following cities: Capitol Hill, Denver, Colorado Capitol Hill, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington Capitol Hill, Washington, DC It is also a common nickname for the United States Congress and the politicians who serve it (e. ... For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ... Fox News Channels slogan is We Report, You Decide The Fox News Channel is a U.S. cable and satellite news channel. ... An Emmy Award. ... Combatants United States Saudi Arabia Egypt United Kingdom & US-led Coalition Republic of Iraq Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf Khalid bin Sultan Saddam Hussein Strength 883,863 360,000 Casualties 240 killed in action, 776 wounded, 30 taken prisoner At least 183,000 victims of the Gulf War syndrome Est. ... ABC World News Tonight (often abbreviated as WNT) is the ABC television networks flagship evening news program. ... Nightline is a late-night hard and soft news program broadcast by ABC in the United States, and has a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. ... This Week is one of the five network U.S. Sunday morning political talk shows. ...

Hume has published two books: his 1971 work, Death and the Mines: Rebellion and Murder in the United Mine Workers,and the 1976 Inside Story, a memoir of his Jack Anderson days. Hume has contributed to Harper's, The Atlantic, The New Republic and The Weekly Standard. An issue of Harpers Magazine from 1905 Another issue, from November 2004 Harpers Magazine (or simply Harpers) is a monthly magazine of politics and culture. ... The Atlantic Monthly (also known as The Atlantic) is an American literary/cultural magazine that was founded in November 1857. ... For other uses, see New Republic. ... The Weekly Standard is an American neoconservative [1] magazine published 48 times per year. ...

While reporting for Anderson's column, Hume discovered an internal memo indicating that the 1972 Republican National Convention had been underwritten by ITT Corporation and that in exchange an antitrust case had been dropped by the Richard Nixon administration shortly thereafter. Later Anderson published a series of classified documents indicating the Nixon administration, contrary to its public pronouncements, was favoring Pakistan, then embroiled in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. After those revelations Anderson and his staff, including Hume, his wife and their children, were placed under surveillance by the CIA. The agents codenamed Hume "Eggnog" and observed him and his family going about their daily business. This was made public during the Gerald Ford administration in congressional hearings and as the result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... ITT Corporation, NYSE: ITT is a large American manufacturing company with 2006 revenues of $7. ... This article is about anti-competitive business behavior. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 â€“ April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Combatants India Mukti Bahini Pakistan Commanders Sam Manekshaw J.S. Aurora A. A. K. Niazi # Strength 500,000+ troops 400,000+ troops Casualties 3,843 killed[1] 9,851 wounded[1] c. ... The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an intelligence agency of the United States government. ... Two common varieties of organic eggnog in the dairy case of a U.S. grocery store. ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... Nearly sixty countries around the world have implemented some form of freedom of information legislation, which sets rules on governmental secrecy. ...

Hume is married to Rhoda Kim Schiller Hume, former Fox News' vice president and Washington bureau chief. Before joining Fox in February of 1995, she worked for 14 years at ABC News, where she produced World News Tonight and This Week with David Brinkley. Brit and Kim Hume reside in Washington, DC. ABC News Special Report ident, circa 2006 ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... ABC World News Tonight (often abbreviated as WNT) is the ABC television networks flagship evening news program. ... This Week is one of the five network U.S. Sunday morning political talk shows. ...

His daughter, Virginia Hume, currently works for the firm of Quinn Gillespie & Associates. His deceased son, Sandy Hume, was a reporter for The Hill. Quinn Gillespie & Associates was founded in 2000 by Ed Gillespie and Jack Quinn. ... Sandy Hume, born Alexander Britton Hume, Jr. ... The Hill is a non-partisan, non-ideological newspaper published in Washington, D.C.. It is written for and about the U.S. Congress. ...

2004 Broadcaster of the Year award

In 2004 the National Press Foundation presented its Broadcaster of the Year Award to Hume.^[2] The award generated some controversy.^[3] Geneva Overholser, head of the University of Missouri's Washington journalism program, resigned from the Foundation's board in protest, accusing Hume of practicing "ideologically connected journalism" and said he did not deserve the award.^[4]^[5] The National Press Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides training for journalists and awards excellence in journalism. ... The University of Missouri System is the designated public research and land-grant university system of the state of Missouri. ...

Dick Cheney interview

On February 15, 2006, Vice President Dick Cheney granted Hume an exclusive first interview following a hunting accident in which Cheney accidentally shot a colleague, Harry Whittington, in the face with a shotgun while hunting quail. On February 11, 2006, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney shot Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Texas attorney, while participating in a quail hunt on a ranch in Kenedy County, Texas. ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Bruce Dick Cheney (born January 30, 1941), is the 46th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President George W. Bush. ... Harry Whittington Harry M. Whittington (born March 3, 1927) is an American lawyer, real estate investor, and political figure from Austin, Texas who received international media attention on February 11, 2006, when he was shot in the face by Vice President Dick Cheney while hunting quail with two women on... Genera Coturnix Anurophasis Perdicula Ophrysia â€ See also Pheasant, Partridge, Grouse Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds in the pheasant family Phasianidae, or in the family Odontophoridae. ...

On February 15, The Washington Post reported that Hume had actively sought the interview which the rest of the Washington press corps had also been actively seeking. Hume's interview was quoted on rival cable news networks, who nevertheless heavily criticized Cheney's decision to seek out Hume alone for the interview.^[6] Hume's peers from the broadcast networks, including NBC's David Gregory, and the print media, including David Sanger from the New York Times, praised Hume for his performance in the interview. Hume stated he "felt the need to ask the questions my colleagues would want to ask".^[7] is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. ...

References

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