Guy Benson
Guy Benson | |
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| Born | March 7, 1985 |
| Education | B.S., Northwestern University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, pundit |
| Website | www |
Guy Pelham Benson[2] (born March 7, 1985) is an American journalist and pundit. He is a contributor for Fox News, political editor of Townhall.com, and a conservative talk radio personality.
Education
Benson graduated with honors from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2007. While at Northwestern, he worked for the campus radio station, WNUR, broadcasting sporting events and hosting a political talk show. Benson also reported for an NPR station in South Florida, broadcast summer baseball games in the Cape Cod Baseball League,[3] and interned at the White House. Benson lived much of his early life overseas, then attended middle and high school in Ridgewood, New Jersey.[4] During high school, was known for broadcasting sports on local television. He also interned for two summers at Fox News, working primarily with Hannity & Colmes, before assisting the channel with its coverage of the 2004 Republican National Convention.[5]
Career
Benson hosts his own Sunday night program, The Guy Benson Show, on AM 560 WIND in Chicago and AM 1260 WWRC in Washington, D.C. Benson also contributes to Townhall’s sister site, Hot Air. He previously wrote at Andrew Breitbart’s “Big” sites and National Review Online’s Media Blog. In addition to serving as a regular guest and substitute host on The Hugh Hewitt Show, Benson is a frequent guest on cable news networks, including Fox News and CNBC.
In April 2008 Benson discovered video from a 2007 reunion of the Weathermen, a radical left-wing group from the 1960s and 70s. The footage included quotes from two members, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, defending their actions.[6] Since Barack Obama was criticized during the 2008 presidential campaign for associating with Ayers and Dohrn, the clips made national news, from the Boston Globe[7] to Fox News. Benson garnered national attention during the 2008 presidential race on two other occasions. In August, after the Obama campaign attacked WGN radio in Chicago for allowing Stanley Kurtz to appear on their station, Benson—who was in studio during the interview—detailed his experience.[8] Then, two weeks before Election Day, Benson joined with Mary Katharine Ham and Ed Morrissey to pen “The Comprehensive Argument Against Barack Obama,” released on Hot Air.[9]
Book
- End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun) Hardcover with Mary Katharine Ham 2015
Personal life
Benson came out as gay in May 2015 by announcing in advance of publication that his new book, End of Discussion, would include a footnote: “Guy here. So, I’m gay.” He told an interviewer that “gay rights is not something that dominates my attentions—or my passions.”[10]
References
- ^ http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/story/guy-benson/
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/annualcommenceme2007nort/annualcommenceme2007nort_djvu.txt
- ^ Cape Cod Times Sports
- ^ Northwestern Chronicle: The NU Right
- ^ Hayes, Chris (March 4, 2005). "Birth of a Pundit". Chicago Reader. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ Hewitt, Hugh (April 22, 2008). "The Ayers-Dohrn 2007 Audio". Hugh Hewitt. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ Jacoby, Jeff (April 27, 2008). "Obama's 'mainstream' friends". Boston Globe. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ NRO Media Blog: Stanley Kurtz's Fairness Doctrine Preview
- ^ Morrissey, Ed (October 21, 2008). "The comprehensive argument against Barack Obama". Hot Air. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ Geidner, Chris (May 4, 2015). "A Fox News Contributor On Being Gay, The GOP, And Religious Liberty". BuzzFeed. Retrieved May 4, 2015.