Transcript: Brit Hume To Step Down As Fox News Anchor

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November 6, 2008
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MICHELE NORRIS
NPR All Things Considered
11-06-2008
Brit Hume To Step Down As Fox News Anchor

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Time 8:00-9:00 PM

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MICHELE NORRIS, host:

From NPR News, this is All Things Considered. I'm Michele Norris.

ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

And I'm Robert Siegel. This Tuesday marked the final Election Day for Brit Hume in the Fox News anchor's chair. Hume has been a central figure at the news channel since its early days. He brought it credibility that he'd earned investigating corrupt public officials as a young reporter and later covering the White House for ABC News. Now, as NPR's David Folkenflik reports, Hume says he no longer has the hunger for the job.

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