People in the Media

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Trevor Noah
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Current job: host of the Daily Show Attended a private Catholic High School in South Africa Grew up during apartheid Speaks 8 languages Started doing stand up comedy in his 20's Performed one man shows in South Africa Started stand up in the US on the Jay Leno show Controversies: women, Jewish people, Bruce Jenner, and sex
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Rush Limbaugh
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Current job: Conservative talk show host of the \"AM Rush Limbaugh Show\" Helped revive AM radio in the U.S. 650 syndicated shows nationwide Approx. 13.5 million listeners Started in radio as a teenager Director of promotions for the Royals at one point 2001, almost went completely deaf Reagan thanked him for promoting \"republican conservative principles\" Made honorary member of Congress Received the Marconi Award several times Inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame Given the William F. Buckley award for media excellence Donates to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Organization Addicted to painkillers at one point Said Michael J. Fox was exaggerating the effects of Parkinson's disease Criticized soldiers who did not want to go to war but did, \"Phony Soldiers\" Talked about how the media has been reacting to a black QB in the NFL, forced to resign from ESPN Sunday Night Countdown Told republicans to vote for Clinton in the primaries b/c he thought Clinton would lose to McCain in the general election Called Sandra Fluke a slut Calls liberal feminists, feminazis Called environmentalist, environmental wackos
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George Stephanopoulos
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Anchor of Good Morning America Professor of government at Columbia University Go to guy for any presidential, congressional, law, issues Went to Columbia University Road Scholar at Oxford (excellent student) Chief of Staff for Congressman Ed Feighan One of Bill Clinton's most trusted aides (Senior Adviser for Public Policy and Strategy) Had to resign from the White House d/t stress, fatigue, and depression (Clinton is different in public than private) Wrote a book called \"All too Human\" about his experience in the White House Interviewed two, sitting, Supreme Court justices Interviewed every candidate for 2007 primaries In 2007 he moderated every Republican and Democratic primary debate Moderated Democratic debate between Clinton and Obama in 2008 Donated $75,000 to the Clinton foundation but did not tell ABC
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Ann Coulter
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Current Job: Conservative commentator and author of eleven books Correspondent for Human Events Magazine Writes a syndicated column for Universal Press Syndicate Honors graduate from Cornell, got law degree from University of Michigan Worked for Senator Spencer Abraham Became a lawyer for the Center of Individual Rights in D.C. Hired by MSNBC as a legal correspondent (dismissed twice) In 2001, was elected as one of the top 100 public intellectuals Became famous for book, \"High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton\" Called John Edwards a (gay word) Said, \"If women could not vote, there would be never be any Democratic presidents.\" Said, \"There's a lot of bad Republicans, there is no good Democrats.\" Has a lot of other controversial quotes
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David Miur
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Current job: host of World News Tonight Went to Ithaca College At the age of 12, wrote to a local anchorman Worked his way up to being on World News Traveled to Oklahoma during the tornado problems Went to Somalia during the famine crisis Went to Tahrir Square in Egypt while there were protests going on Went to Fukushima after the nuclear meltdown Won two News and Documentary Emmy Awards
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Bill O'Reilly
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Current job: Conservative host of Reilly factor on Fox News Channel & writer Claims to review about 30,000 emails a day from his viewers Radio host of radio Factor Went to Harvard, Marist, and Boston Been a reporter in many TV markets Went semi-pro in baseball Correspondent for ABC News Famous for getting angry and cursing when the teleprompter failed to work Supported homosexuality and environmentalists as a conservative Sued for sexual harassment by assistant producer
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Helen Thomas
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White House Bureau Chief for United Press International 1st person to ever have their name printed on a seat in the White House Press Room BA from Wayne's University At first was only allowed to write about women, wrote about Bess Truman who hated being 1st lady Covered FBI and Capitol Hill at one point Big break was when she was allowed to cover JFK's vacation in Palm Beach Views on Presidents: Kennedy - liked his optimism LBJ - love-hate relationship Nixon - one of her least favorites bc of Watergate Ford - decent man, who as prez was approachable, accessible, and at ease w/ being prez Carter - out of place in DC, too nice to be politician Reagan - he was personable, nice to the public HW Bush - nice man that would have been a different prez if not compared to Reagan constantly Bill Clinton - originally liked him but realized how much repairing he had to do George W Bush - worst prez in US history Said \"Jews should get the hell out of Palestine and go back to Europe.\" was fired because of this Died in 2013
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