Gretchen Carlson
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| Born: | 1966 |
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| Occupation: | Co-host of Fox & Friends (Fox News Channel) |
| Website: | Biography on FoxNews.com |
Gretchen Carlson is a co-host of Fox & Friends on Fox News Channel, which she joined in June 2005.
Carlson was previously the co-anchor, with Russ Mitchell, of the Saturday Early Show on CBS. She joined CBS News as a correspondent in 2000, and began working on the Early Show in 2002. Before her tenure at CBS, Carlson served as a weekend anchor and reporter for KXAS-TV in Dallas, Texas, was an anchor and reporter at WOIO-TV in Cleveland, Ohio, and for WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. She began her television career in Richmond, Virginia as a political reporter for WRIC-TV.[1]
- Carlson was raised in Anoka, Minnesota and graduated from Anoka-Hennepin School District 11's Anoka High School in 1984.
- Carlson is also a former beauty queen. She won the title Miss Minnesota, and then in 1989[2] became the third woman from that state to win Miss America.
- Carlson graduated with honors from Stanford University in 1990 with a self-designed degree in Organizational Behavior and later studied at Oxford University.
- Carlson was moved to Fox & Friends initially as a weekend substitute host, but on September 25, 2006, a shift of anchors, which included E. D. Hill moving to the 10 A.M. hour of Fox News Live, reportedly to help her raise her family, created a vacancy on Fox & Friends which Carlson filled.
- As of September 2006, Carlson is the national celebrity spokesperson for the March of Dimes.[1]
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[edit] Controversies
On January 10, 2007, Carlson called Senator Ted Kennedy a "hostile enemy on the home front" because Kennedy introduced a bill that would require a vote before Congress could approve funding for an increase in the number of troops deployed in the Iraq War.[3]
Later in January, Carlson was involved in the Insight magazine "madrassa" media controversy, along with other members of Fox News.
[edit] Personal life
Carlson is married to agent Casey Close, whose clientele includes the likes of Ryan Howard, Derek Jeter, Tom Cruise, and Tom Hanks. [1][2]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b Gretchen Carlson Bio, FOXNEWS.COM, update as of Friday, September 22, 2006
- ^ Miss America :: History - 1989, January 11, 2007
- ^ Fox News Anchor Calls Ted Kennedy A ‘Hostile Enemy Right Here On The Home Front’, Think Progress, January 10, 2007
| Preceded by Kaye Lani Rae Rafko |
Miss America 1989 |
Succeeded by Debbye Turner |
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