Dana Bash
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| Born | Dana Ruth Schwartz June 15, 1971 Montvale, New Jersey |
| Education |
The George Washington University Political Communications B.A. Cum Laude |
| Occupation | Reporter and anchorwoman |
| Spouse(s) | Jeremy Bash (1998–?) John King (2008–) |
| Religious belief(s) | Jewish[1] |
| Notable credit(s) | Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress from National Press Foundation |
Dana Bash (born Dana Ruth Schwartz; June 15, 1971) is an American reporter and anchorwoman for CNN who currently covers the Capitol Hill beat alongside her husband John King and Jessica Yellin. Previous to this assignment, she was a White House correspondent for the network.
After completing her undergraduate political communications B.A. degree at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., she joined CNN as Dana Schwartz. Before becoming an on-air reporter, she was a producer for CNN on Capitol Hill, specializing in coverage of the U.S. Senate. Previous to that assignment, she produced for CNN's weekend programs, Late Edition, Evans & Novak and Inside Politics.
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[edit] Early life and education
Bash was born in Montvale, New Jersey and graduated from Pascack Hills High School in her hometown of Montvale.[2] Bash graduated cum laude with her bachelor's degree in political communications from George Washington University.
[edit] Personal life
Bash is the daughter of Stu Schwartz, an ABC News producer who is currently the senior broadcast producer of ABC News, based at Good Morning America. Her mother, Frances Weinman Schwartz, is an author and educator in Jewish studies. Bash's brother, David Schwartz, is a New York City-based video producer.
On May 25, 2008, she married fellow CNN correspondent John King, who converted to Judaism prior to marrying her.[1] It is her second marriage, having previously been married to Jeremy Bash.[3][4]
She and King have a son, Jonah Frank King, born in June 2011. [5]
[edit] Controversies
In January 2012, Revolution PAC (a super PAC associated with Ron Paul) called for Bash to be removed from reporting on the 2012 Republican Primaries.[6] This followed a number of heated exchanges between Bash and Paul, and Bash saying during a CNN report that she was worried the Ron Paul campaign would continue into the summer, and that he could "hurt whomever the Republican nominee is." Revolution PAC alleged this showed bias against Paul, but a CNN spokesman said Bash had since met with Paul, and that all is fine and she would be allowed to continue covering the campaign.[7]
At Paul's Campaign Headquarters in Iowa, Bash was also involved in a controversy involving an interview with army corporal Jesse Thorsen, where "technical difficulties" were blamed for an interview being cut short when Thorsen attempted to express his opinion that Israel could handle Iran by itself. [8] Some Paul supporters point to the strange timing of the "technical difficulties" as being intentional and accused Bash of cutting Thorsen off because of his politics. [9]
After a Campaign event in New Hampshire In January 2012, Paul accused Bash of making a national news story out of the gripes of an alleged plant from another campaign posing as an unhappy former supporter in what was a non-story [10] Bash later likened Paul's "blind" supporters to those in the Arab-Israeli conflict. [11]
On January 11th, 2012, during an appearance on CNN's Newsroom, Bash characterized Paul's fiscal views as being "anti-government".[12]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Celebrities | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California". Jweekly.com. 2008-04-18. http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/34806/celebrities/. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- ^ Holahan, Catherine. "CNN assigns Montvale native to cover White House", The Record (Bergen County), January 2, 2003. Accessed April 29, 2008. "MONTVALE – Dana Bash grew up behind the scenes. And family members say it was just a matter of time before the Pascack Hills High School graduate and newest CNN White House correspondent was in front of them."
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Weddings". The New York Times. September 6, 1998. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/06/style/weddings-dana-schwartz-jeremy-bash.html. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ^ "Love, etc.: CNN’s Dana Bash and John King welcome son". The Washington Post. June 29, 2011. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/love-etc-cnns-dana-bash-and-john-king-welcome-son/2011/06/29/AGcV9vqH_blog.html.
- ^ http://www.revolutionpac.com/2012/01/ron-paul-super-pac-calls-for-removal-of-dana-bash/
- ^ http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/01/propaul-super-pac-out-for-cnns-dana-bash-110492.html
- ^ http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2012/01/10/defend-corporal-jesse-thorsen/
- ^ http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/ron-paul-has-found-his-joe-the-plumber-jesse-the-soldier-20120105
- ^ http://www.mediaite.com/online/ron-paul-dana-bash-propagandas/
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/14/dana-bash-ron-paul-supporters_n_1206379.html?ref=media
- ^ http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1201/11/cnr.03.html
