Brit Hume of Fox news is retiring at the end of the year. To be sure, he has looked mighty unhappy this year, and I guess he doesn't see 2009 as a cushy year for his operation. Maybe Rupert Murdoch is shaking things up behind the scenes.
The Post has a nice puff pieceon Brit, including this quote:
As a conservative who doesn't hesitate to accuse much of the mainstream media of left-leaning bias, Hume stands at the crossroads of an increasingly shrill debate over political coverage. And he sounds worn down by the constant battering.
"It's dispiriting," he says. "This is just partisan poison, and after a while you get tired of covering it."
Wow, one of the leaders of Fox's merry band of arsonists is tired of burning stuff to the ground? No, not really, Brit will still be stopping by to do guest shots (maybe he could join Mort on The Beltway Boys once a week.)
Maybe Brit has outlived his usefulness as a barnacle on Dick Cheney's backside.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
A former ABC White House correspondent who has never hidden his conservative views, 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.