Brit Hume quit Fox news. Says he just tired of doing it.

[napi21]

I just heard this on Thom Hartmann's show.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/10/16/2008-10-16_why_brit_hume_will_quit_anchoring_at_fox.html

[Phred42]

1. Lying?

[tularetom]

2. Maybe he'll write a book

and blow the whistle on the whole shitaroo.

[Sanity Claws]

3. The Human SharPei?

That's what Stephanie Miller calls him.
What will Fox be like without his massive jowls?
Are other rats going to jump this sinking ship?

[renate]

13. bwahahahaha

"what will Fox be like without his massive jowls?"

A profound question to ponder. :rofl:

[radfringe]

4. kool-aid overdose? n/t

[madokie]

5. LOL

[dancingme]

6. he's afraid he might cry on live TV on election night

[PVnRT]

7. The writing's on the wall

I remember election night, 2004. After working polls all day, I went to the county Democratic victory rally. It started out packed; within an hour, at least half the people had left in advance of the bloodletting that happened that night. I think the same thing is happening on a larger scale with the GOP now.

[featherman]

8. To be replaced by Sarah Palin?

[navarth]

9. and joining Air America, according to this site. for real?

http://guntotingliberal.com/?p=2530

we really are through the looking glass, Alice.

[navarth]

11. is it a humor site? I don't have time to check

but thought it was of interest.

[navarth]

12. gotta be a joke. but a good one on me, I just about sh*t when I read it. LOL

[youthere]

10. I hope in his "walk with Christ" he learns how JC feels about liars.

[navarth]

14. here's a pretty good 'rats leaving the sinking ship' pic

[wryter2000]

15. Shoot

Does this mean we won't get to hear Jim Ward's impression of him?

[bigtree]

16. he's going to buy a plumbing business?

Brit the Plumber

[Catherine Vincent]

17. Did he get mad at McCain because he said "I'm not George W. Bush!"?

[Sebastian Doyle]

18. Well now FAUX has lost the only guy they ever had with a shred of journalistic credibility

....even though it was buried deep under right wing conservatism. Twit did work for ABC when they were a somewhat objective news network, after all. He didn't seem like such an ass back then.

Guess he just couldn't sell the lies anymore.

[notadmblnd]

19. Rats jumping a sinking ship is more like it.

[Fleshdancer]

20. Awww, why the long face Brit?

Is spreading the propoganda not as fun when your guy is losing?

[louis-t]

21. He's angry that faux is so fair and balanced.

He wants a more conservative network.

[KharmaTrain]

22. He's Been Hinting At It For A While...

Maybe he'll take the time now to have that metal rod removed from up his ass.

Tough times are ahead for the networks...real tough times. Advertising revenues have been in a big decline...especially the big ticket advertisers (losing money from AIG, WAMU and a bunch of other big spenders is a big chunk of change out of their pockets)...the only thing that's keeping ships afloat is the large amount spent on the elections. If this fourth quarter shakes out as poorly as is predicted, broadcasting could hit a real cash crunch early next year. Just like other "deregulated" industries, broadcasting speculated and now is stuck with a lot of under-performing and over-valued properties that have driven stock prices into life-support and the debts are mounting. 2009 will not be a banner year in American broadcasting.

Ya gotta think these aren't fun days to be at Faux noise...the fall-out of the booosh years have been coming down around their heads and they've been reluctant foot soldiers in this campaign. Gramps was never a favorite around the place, and you can see the rats already jumping ship...when the blame game comes down, they want to be the ones casting the blame, not getting it.

My gets are good old Britt will do just fine. He'll cash out and remain a "contributor"...making money doing AEI lectures, Washington Times op-eds and blogging on Red State.

[JonLP24]

23. He's on Fox News right now

Doesn't look like he quit.

[napi21]

In the link I posted, he apparently has tendered his resignation and will

leave sometime soon after the election.

[JonLP24]

27. I apologize

I didn't click on the link and went on the basis of the headline.

[Renew Deal]

29. This is correct

It's old news.

[Arugula Latte]

24. He just can't face saying "President Obama."

[madinmaryland]

25. After 12 years of telling lies daily, he may have just run out of lies to tell.

:shrug: Or he just got tired of making crap up.

[devilgrrl]

26. Don't me. He wants to spend more time with his family.

:eyes:

[AlCzervik]

28. jesus Christ, Sean Hannity has a 20 million dollar radio deal.

[Marr]

30. He had to leave before McCain loses or his face might completely slide off his skull.

[Fuzz]

31. Tired of carrying the water?

Awwww, poor Frankenstein.

[Javaman]

32. I guess the little mites that faux news plants in each and every news caster

finally finished eating away his integrity.

[tanyev]

33. Aww...is that job getting in the way of jumping out of planes with Poppy and Chuck Norris?