Julie Banderas

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Julie Banderas
Born September 25, 1973 (1973-09-25) (age 34)
Occupation Fox News Channel weekend anchor
Website
Biography on FOXNews.com

Julie Banderas (born Julie E. Bidwell on September 25, 1973) is an American television news correspondent and weekend anchor for the Fox News Channel. She replaced Laurie Dhue as an anchor of Fox Report Weekend after Dhue left FNC on March 15, 2008. She graduated from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.

Banderas began her career at WLVI-TV in Boston. Later, she served as a local news anchor for WFSB-TV in Hartford, Connecticut; WHSV-TV in Harrisonburg, Virginia; and WBRE-TV in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Banderas was a weekend anchor for WNYW-TV in New York City before joining Fox News in March 2005.

Banderas won an Emmy in 2004 at WNYW-TV for "Outstanding Single Newscast" in her coverage of the Republican National Convention.[1]

In February 2008 she provoked controversy when she described Barack Obama as a "halfrican".

[edit] Trivia

  • Went by her birth name Julie Bidwell while at WHSV-TV in Harrisonburg, Virginia and at WBRE-TV in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[2] She is a paternal descendent of John Bidwell. While her on-air name is Banderas her family name is Bidwell. Her father's name is Howard D. Bidwell.
  • She is partially of Colombian descent.[3]
  • Is well known on youtube for her infamous confrontation with Shirley Phelps Roper, spokesperson for the hate group Westboro Baptist Church. Banderas confronted Phelps Roper, via video-link, on why she and her religious group decided to picket the funeral of a soldier killed in Iraq, which lead to a very heated argument. The full argument can be seen here.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bio on FOXNews.com. www.foxnews.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
  2. ^ TV3 Alumni Page. www.bridgewaterva.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
  3. ^ Feb 10, 2008, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, FOX news

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