Jump to content

Jason L. Riley

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Kstern (talk | contribs) at 15:23, 4 August 2020 (→Biography and publications: word missing? adding clarify template). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

This article is about the journalist. For the footballer, see Jason Riley (football).
Jason L. Riley
Born (1971-07-08) July 8, 1971 (age 53)
NationalityAmerican
EducationState University of New York (BA)
OccupationJournalist
SpouseNaomi Schaefer Riley (married 2004–present)
Websitewww.jasonrileyonline.com

Jason L. Riley (born July 8, 1971)[1][failed verification] is an American journalist and pundit. He is a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board. Riley is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and has appeared on the Journal Editorial Report, other Fox News programs and C-SPAN.[2]

Biography and publications

Riley was born in Buffalo, New York, and earned a bachelor's degree in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His first jobs in journalism were for the Buffalo News and USA Today.[3] He joined The Wall Street Journal in 1994 as a copyreader on the national news desk in New York. In April 1996, he was named to the newly created position of editorial interactive editor, and joined the editorial board in 2005.[4]

In 2008, he wrote Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders,[5] which he promoted on Colbert Report and other venues.[6]

In 2014, Riley published Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed.[7] The book was praised by Thomas Sowell of National Review, who wrote "Pick up a copy and open pages at random to see how the author annihilates nonsense."[8] The New York Times Book Review critic Orlando Patterson, however, described one chapter as "thoroughly misinformed [which] not only trots out the usual inaccuracies about hip hop's influence but, failing to recognize the diversity of African-American cultures, proceeds to libel the entire group".[9]

In his 2017 book False Black Power?,[10] Riley champions economic success as a more important strategy for the empowerment of black people compared to political leadership.[11]

According to Salon, "The American left should start paying attention to The Wall Street Journal's Jason Riley. His name is on the rise".[12]

On 25 November 2018, on ABC's 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos,' Riley stated, "This has been in the democratic [clarification needed] for decades: paint the republican candidate as racist..." Riley continued, "I think there is a difference between hanging and lynching..." This comment was made in defense of a controversial statement Mississippi Senatorial candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith made while praising a cattle rancher.[13] Hyde-Smith's statement that "If he [the cattle rancher] invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row." was met with criticism because she was campaigning against former congressman Mike Espy, who is an African American.[14]

Personal life

Riley married his wife Naomi Schaefer Riley, also a journalist, in 2004. They currently reside in New York with their three children.[1][15]

References

  1. ^ a b "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Naomi Schaefer, Jason Riley". The New York Times. May 23, 2004.
  2. ^ Appearances on C-SPAN
  3. ^ Jason L. Riley, Manhattan Institute biography.
  4. ^ Jason Riley, editorial board member, The Wall Street Journal.
  5. ^ Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders, Amazon.
  6. ^ Jason Riley on an episode of The Colbert Report, thecolbertreport.cc.com; accessed 30 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed", Heritage Foundation, June 23, 2014.
  8. ^ Thomas Sowell, "A new book brilliantly explains how policies designed to help blacks end up harming them", National Review, July 8, 2014.
  9. ^ Orlando Patterson, Reviews: Please Stop Helping Us and Shame, The New York Times, March 2, 2015.
  10. ^ False Black Power?, Amazon.
  11. ^ "Conservative Author Offers Contrarian View of Black Power", Reed Magazine, May 28, 2018.
  12. ^ Ian Blair, "The right’s favorite new race guru: Why you should know Jason Riley", Salon.com, July 11, 2014.
  13. ^ 'This Week' Roundtable: Taking Stock Of The New Congress, Mississippi Senate Runoff, RealClear Politics, November 25, 2018.
  14. ^ Matthew Haag, Mississippi Senator’s ‘Public Hanging’ Remark Draws Backlash Before Runoff, The New York Times, November 12, 2018.
  15. ^ "Jason L. Riley". jasonrileyonline.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jason_L._Riley&oldid=971165817"