Emmett Tyrrell
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Robert Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. (born December 14, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American conservative magazine editor, New York Times bestselling author, and columnist. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of The American Spectator. He writes under the byline R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. but is known socially as Bob Tyrrell. Mr. Tyrrell is a 1961 graduate of Fenwick H.S. in Oak Park, Illinois, where he was on the swim team. He then went to Indiana University and was a manager for three national champion swim teams coached by the notable "Doc" Councilman. He did not swim for "Doc." While at Indiana University, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, living in a chapter house where over the years resided such figures as Mark Spitz, Steve Tesich, and Evan Bayh. He did not live in the chapter house for his entire stay at IU but rather lived off campus with swimmers John Wagner and Terry Townsend.
In 2000, government investigations of The American Spectator caused Tyrrell to sell the magazine to venture capitalist George Gilder. In 2003, Gilder, having a series of financial and legal setbacks, resold the magazine to Tyrrell and the American Alternative Foundation, the organization under which the magazine was originally incorporated, for a dollar.[citation needed]
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[edit] The Arkansas Project
Tyrrell was one of those behind the Arkansas Project, financed by Richard Mellon Scaife, to investigate Bill Clinton.[1][2] His book, Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House (2003), likened Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as First Lady to that of the reign of a pre-revolutionary French monarch. In his book The Clinton Crack-Up, Tyrrell analyzed the scandalous post-presidential life of Bill Clinton.
[edit] Vanity Fair Plagiarism Scandal
During the 2008 Presidential Election, Todd Purdum wrote an article for Vanity Fair that drew criticism from former president Bill Clinton. Tyrrell released a statement noting instances of similar phrasing and ordering to arguments his own book, hinting at possible plagiarism. Todd Purdum never responded to the claim.[3]
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[edit] References
- ^ The American Spectator
- ^ Arkansas Project Led to Turmoil and Rifts Washington Post May 2, 1999
- ^ http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/06/04/tyrrell-todd-purdums-plagiarizing-my-latest-clinton-book
