Philip Klein | |
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Nationality | American |
Education | George Washington University (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
Employer | National Review |
Political party | Republican (before 2016) Independent (2016–present) [1] |
Philip Klein is an American author and journalist who is the editor of National Review Online . Klein previously worked as the executive editor of the Washington Examiner , as a Washington correspondent for The American Spectator , [2] and as a financial reporter for Reuters. He become editor of the conservative publication National Review Online in March 2021. [3] [4]
Born Jewish, Klein grew up in New York City. [5] He graduated from George Washington University with degrees in history and economics and has a master's degree in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Klein is a former Reuters reporter. [6] He worked for the American Spectator before joining the Washington Examiner in 2011. [7] In 2014, he became the commentary editor of the same paper. [7] In 2015, Klein was promoted to managing editor of the paper, [8] and in 2018, he was named executive editor. [9]
In September 2012, while Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was chair of the Democratic National Committee, Schultz accused Klein of "deliberately misquoting" her. In a fact check prompted by Klein's release of the audio, The Washington Post concluded that "Klein's quote was exactly accurate, meaning Wasserman Schultz falsely accused the Examiner of misquoting her." [10]
In 2018, Klein reported on a tweet by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about Department of Defense budgets which he called a "$21 trillion mistake" revealing a lack of understanding of government budgeting. [11] [12] [13]
Klein's 2019 book, Fear Your Future: How the Deck Is Stacked Against Millennials and Why Socialism Would Make It Worse, released by Templeton Press in October 2019, [14] was discussed on C-SPAN in November 2019. [15] The book includes essays by other writers including David Harsanyi and Ramesh Ponnuru. [16]
Klein's 2015 book, Overcoming Obamacare: Three Approaches to Reversing the Government Takeover of Health Care, laid out the policy approaches available to the bill's opponents. [17] [18]
In 2016, Klein left the Republican Party in protest over the nomination of Donald Trump, tweeting out his announcement and the completed voter registration form on 3 May 2016. [19]
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