Gabriel Sherman

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Gabriel Sherman
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Sherman in 2014
Born1978or1979(age 45–46) [1]
United States
OccupationAuthor, journalist
LanguageEnglish
Education Middlebury College
GenreBiography, journalism, non-fiction
SpouseJennifer Stahl

Gabriel Sherman (born 1978 or 1979) [1] is an American journalist and author. He has contributed to Vanity Fair and New York magazine and written books. In 2014, he published a biography about Fox News Channel president Roger Ailes called The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News – and Divided a Country , [2] which debuted at #9 on The New York Times Bestseller list. [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Gabriel Sherman grew up in Westport, Connecticut, the son of Raechelle Beth Kriger Thedinga and Leonard Sherman. [5] [1] [6] [7] His mother is a dietitian and nutritionist, and his father, a retired partner with Accenture, subsequently became an adjunct professor of marketing at Columbia Business School. [1] He has written for The New York Observer [8] and for New York magazine [9] where he was a contributing editor. [10] He is a graduate of Middlebury College [1] in Middlebury, Vermont.

Career

Sherman is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair. He has been a national-affairs editor for New York magazine, and he is a regular contributor to NBC News and MSNBC. [1]

The Loudest Voice in the Room

SF Gate called his biography of Roger Ailes, the founder and longtime chairman and CEO of Fox News, Fox Television Stations and 20th Television, The Loudest Voice in the Room, "classic in a subgenre that might be called Enraged TV Executives Throwing Things." [10] Sherman interviewed 600 people for the book, but did not have an interview with Ailes himself. [10] Sherman portrays Ailes' leadership of Fox News as "absolute". [11] Ken Kurson wrote that the Ze'ev Chafets' biography, Roger Ailes: Off Camera, released before Sherman's book, "does a better job penetrating the psyche of Mr. Ailes (Mr. Chafets had extensive access to the wizard), and Mr. Sherman’s book does a better job depicting the phenomenon of Fox News and its cultural meaning." [12] Fox News has denied many of the events depicted in the book. [13] The book led to a number of media reports about Fox and its culture. [14] [15] Jay Ambrose said that readers "should also not worry yourself to death about" The Loudest Voice in the Room because Ailes is a "fascinating if endlessly castigated man whose direction of Fox News divided nothing." [16]

His book was turned into a miniseries, The Loudest Voice , starring Russell Crowe as Ailes. [17] In the show, Sherman was played by Fran Kranz. [18]

The Apprentice (2024 film)

In May 2018, it was announced that Sherman would write the screenplay for the film The Apprentice . [19] The film, which had its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2024, examines Donald Trump's career as a real estate businessman in New York in the 1970s and 80s. [20]

Personal life

In 2011, Sherman married Jennifer Stahl in a Jewish ceremony. [1] Stahl is an editor at ProPublica. Formerly, she was a fact-checker at The New Yorker magazine. She is a graduate of Princeton University and was a Fulbright Scholar in classical and German literature at Freie Universität Berlin in Germany, from 2004 to 2005. [21] As of 2018, Sherman lives in New York City. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jennifer Stahl, Gabriel Sherman". The New York Times . August 12, 2011. The bridegroom, 32 , is a contributing editor at New York magazine.
  2. ↑ Weisberg, Jacob (January 12, 2014). "Gabriel Sherman's 'Loudest Voice in the Room'". The New York Times . Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ Cowles, Gregory (January 24, 2014). "Inside the List". The New York Times . Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ Fora.tv [usurped] Gabriel Sherman- intimidation and smear campaign while writing the book – Panel: Truth & Consequence – Retrieved July 20, 1014
  5. 1 2 Vaughan, Sophie (April 27, 2018). "Chat with ... Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair special correspondent and native Westporter". CT Insider. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  6. ↑ Akron Beacon Journal: "SYBIL KRIGER" June 21, 2009
  7. ↑ Eau Claire Leader: "Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Kriger, Canton, Ohio, announce the engagement of their daughter, Raechelle Beth Kriger, to William H. Thedinga, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Thedinga, Menomonie" February 19, 1969
  8. ↑ Levy, Steven (October 23, 2006). The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness. Simon & Schuster. pp. 75–. ISBN   9780743293914 . Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  9. ↑ Lehmann, Chris (October 15, 2010). Rich People Things. OR Books. pp. 29–. ISBN   9781935928133 . Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 Kevin Canfield (January 31, 2014). "'The Loudest Voice in the Room,' by Gabriel Sherman". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  11. ↑ Highlights of an interview with Terry Gross (January 16, 2014). "Interview: Gabriel Sherman, Author Of 'The Loudest Voice In The Room'". NPR . Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  12. ↑ Ken Kurson (January 27, 2014). "Dueling Ailes Bios and the New York Times Bestseller List". The New York Observer . Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  13. ↑ Erik Wemple (January 14, 2014). "Politico's Mike Allen and Fox News PR". The Washington Post . Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  14. ↑ Chotiner, Isaac (January 27, 2014). "Fox News Channel racism too Harmful to Be Ignored by Liberals". New Republic. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  15. ↑ Marc Ambinder (January 16, 2014). "Fox News' culture of sexism". The Week . Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  16. ↑ Jay Ambrose (January 26, 2014). "Jay Ambrose: 'Corporate media' critics far off base". Providence Journal. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  17. ↑ Liebman, Lisa (June 28, 2019). "The Jowling: How The Loudest Voice Transformed Russell Crowe Into Roger Ailes". Vanity Fair . Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  18. ↑ Liz Shannon Miller (July 28, 2019). "'The Loudest Voice' Author on Writing Himself Into the Show". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  19. ↑ "Gabriel Sherman to Write 'The Apprentice' Movie About Young Donald Trump". Variety . May 2, 2018. Archived from the original on November 30, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  20. ↑ "The Screenings Guide of the 77th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
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  22. ↑ Jeffrey Epstein and Leslie Wexner.
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