Alexander Britton "Brit" Hume (born June 22, 1943) is a political commentator and television journalist. Hume had a 23-year career with ABC News. There he contributed to "World News Tonight", "Nightline" and "This Week". He served as ABC's chief White House correspondent from 1989 through 1996. He then spent 12 years as the Washington, D.C., managing editor of the Fox News Channel. He was also the anchor of "Special Report with Brit Hume". Since 2008, he has been the senior political analyst for Fox News and a regular public-affairs panelist for the television program "Fox News Sunday".