Ken Rudin
Ken Rudin is NPR's political editor, and is involved with any political news on a variety of NPR programs. Rudin also cohosts a weekly podcast called It's All Politics a segment called The Political Junkie on the NPR program Talk of the Nation and writes a column of the same name for npr.org[1].
Childhood
Rudin was born in the Bronx, where he attended P.S. 64, J.H.S. 82 and William Howard Taft High School. After high school he moved to Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Trivia
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During the 1960s, Rudin began collecting campaign buttons, he now has a collection of more 70,000 campaign items[2]. Ken is also a music lover who has been making mixtapes since 1975. [3] He was Color War General at Camp Lokanda in 1974 and 1975[4].
During the 2008 presidential primary campaign, Rudin attracted criticism for comparing Senator Hillary Clinton with Glenn Close's character Alex Forrest in the movie Fatal Attraction during an appearance on CNN's Sunday Morning. Of Senator Clinton, he said, like Ms Close, "she’s going to keep coming back, and they’re not going to stop her." In response to this Rudin was featured in the Worst Persons In The World segment on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Mr. Rudin later apologized.[5]
External links
- It's All Politics - Ken Rudin's weekly podcast with Ron Elving.
- The Political Junkie - Ken Rudin's Political Column and segment on Talk of the nation.
- Intern Edition - NPR's intern website.
References
- ^ Ken Rudin, NPR Biography
- ^ Ken Rudin Biography
- ^ mixed signals
- ^ Online Column
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/us/politics/13women.html Media Charged With Sexism in Clinton coverage, New York Times, 13 June 2008
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