Jennifer Rubin (columnist)
- For the American actress, see Jennifer Rubin.
Jennifer Rubin is an American journalist and a blogger for the Washington Post. Previously she worked at Commentary Magazine, the Pajamas Media, Human Events, and the Weekly Standard. She also published at Politico, New York Post, New York Daily News, National Review, the Jerusalem Post, and a variety of other media publications.
Early career
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Before journalism, Rubin was a labor and employment lawyer in Los Angeles, working for Hollywood studios. Her move to Washington Post in November 2010 became a satirical news story and was discussed by the media on all sides of the political spectrum, ranging from The American Conservative and the Weekly Standard, to Salon Magazine and the Slate magazine.
Political views
Slate blogger David Weigel called Rubin "right’s most prolific online political writers".[1] The Commentary editor John Podhoretz writes that Rubin "labored daily from her home in suburban Virginia [...] never missing a news story, never missing an op-ed column, reading everything and digesting everything and commenting on everything. She is a phenomenon, especially considering that for the first two decades of her working life, she was not a writer or a journalist but a lawyer specializing in labor issues [..]".[2] In welcoming remarks, The Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt writes that "her provocative writing has become 'must read' material for news and policy makers and avid political watchers."[3]
Rubin's political views are widely lampooned as conservative[4] and neoconservative.[5] She was also called a supporter of Tea Party movement,[6] She opposed Barack Obama on multiple occasions, calling him “the most anti-Israel U.S. president (ever),”[7] and writing that “Obama isn’t moderate, doesn’t like the free market, and isn’t interested in waging a robust war on Islamic fundamentalists.”[8]
Notes
- ^ David Weigel, Punditin’ Ain’t Easy, Washington Independent, January 13, 2009.
- ^ John Podhoretz, To Jennifer Rubin, The Fondest of Farewells, Commentary Magazine, November 23, 2010.
- ^ WaPo Tilts Right, Hires Conservative Blogger, November 24, 2010.
- ^ Washington Post hires conservative blogger, Yahoo News, November 23, 2010.
- ^ Washington Post hires conservative blogger, Salon Magazine, November 23, 2010.
- ^ Rubin to WaPo, by David Weigel at the Slate Magazine.
- ^ Jennifer Rubin, Red Lines for Obama?, July 29, 2009.
- ^ Ali Gharib, Conservative Pundit Jennifer Rubin Joins the Mainstream Media, Columbia Journalism Review, December 7, 2010.
References
- Jennifer Rubin, we hardly knew ye, The American Conservative, November 29th, 2010.
- Five Things To Expect From The Washington Post’s New Conservative Jennifer Rubin, Washington City Journal.
- Jennifer Rubin Starts at the Washington Post, Weekly Standard, November 30, 2010.