Profile of Wingnut Brit HUME by Mistah KURTZ

[UTUSN]

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/18/AR2006041801943.html

.... Hume became more conservative as he saw how much money Congress wasted, and found the coverage of President Reagan "so biased," including the use of the derisive term "trickle-down economics."

When he was assigned to cover Walter Mondale's campaign to unseat Reagan in 1984, Hume says that "personally, I didn't want Mondale to win the election. But I admired him and liked him and felt it was my job to give him a fair shake." Hume was "a real favorite of Mondale's," says Joe Lockhart, who worked on that campaign. In 1988, however, Michael Dukakis's campaign complained to ABC that Hume's coverage of Vice President Bush was much softer than the network's reporting on the Democratic nominee.

After moving up to the White House beat in 1989, Hume occasionally got into arguments with anchor Peter Jennings over how stories should be handled.

"He and Peter had some clashes over coverage of the White House," says Charlie Gibson, who worked closely with Hume before becoming a co-host of "Good Morning America." "I saw Brit make arguments to Peter when he felt Peter was taking a position that was left of center, or wrong." ....

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[Submariner]

1. Howie left out the part where Hume's son offed himself because

he was going to be outed for having a gay affair with that Paxson jerk (Susan Molinari's husband) who resigned from congress in his prime because the outing thing was looming. DUI had nothing to do with it.

As promised, the Flush contacted high-profile activist, host of PBS' Reliable Sources, and columnist for Lesbian and Gay New York Andy Humm about Congregate -- the alleged blackmailing of Rep. Bill Paxon and reporter Sandy Hume by House majority leader Dick Armey, which may have led to Hume's bizarre suicide and Paxon's decision to leave the House of Representatives.

Humm has published two pieces in L+GNY about the case. He told the Flush, "Paxon and Hume attended a Republican Party fundraiser together the night before Hume's suicide."

Other Hummings:
1. Hume had "a reputation for coke addiction as a reporter in Warrenton, Va."

2. "Years ago, at a conference of gay SUNY students, an activist bragged about sleeping with Paxon, then a state legislator."

http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/news/cfinch/cfinch4-24-98.asp

[tularetom]

2. Appears that Hume is in denial about his son's death

It's long been known that his son killed himself because he was afraid he was going to be outed for a gay relationship with a puke congressman. Kurtz has to be aware of this. Why does he not bring it up?

[PCIntern]

3. Possibly because Howie

isn't so clean himself,,,

Hmmm....

[northofdenali]

4. I started throwing up when I read the caption on the front page

picture: "A Quiet Voice in an Age of High Decibel Television" and then, "Brit Hume is no partisan brawler..."

Can one get a LITTLE MORE FUCKING MISLEADING, WASHINGTON POST?

[gatorboy]

5. Became conservative when he saw how much money Congress wasted?

It amazes me how many conservatives can still use that line with a straight face, considering the drunken sailor Congress spending we have now. :crazy: