Philip Klein (editor)

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Philip Klein
NationalityAmerican
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]

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Early life and education

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.

Career

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 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]

Authorship

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]

Politics

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]

Works

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References

  1. ↑ "I have officially de-registered as a Republican". May 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ Salam, Reihan (11 March 2011). "Philip Klein on HSR in California". National Review. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Richard Lowry (22 February 2021), "Welcome Philip Klein to NRO," National Review Online. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  4. ↑ National Review Online. Philip Klein. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Rosenfeld, Megan (26 April 1997). "Community Service? Students Volunteer Their Dissent". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  6. ↑ Byers, Dylan (26 January 2012). "Correction(s) of the Day, Reuters on Rubio". Politico. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  7. 1 2 Massella, Nick (26 August 2014). "Philip Klein Promoted to Commentary Editor of Washington Examiner". AdWeek. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  8. ↑ Marx, Damon (23 March 2015). "Washington Examiner Promotes Philip Klein to Managing Editor The move is Klein's second promotion at the publication in 2019". AdWeek. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  9. ↑ Gauglione, Sara (21 December 2018). "'The Washington Examiner Magazine' Hires New Editors". PublishersDaily via MediaPost.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  10. ↑ Hicks, Josh (September 5, 2012). "Debbie Wasserman Schultz's false accusation of a misquote". Washington Post.
  11. ↑ Rizzo, Salvadore (4 December 2018). "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's $21 trillion mistake". Washington Post. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  12. ↑ Shaw, Adam (4 December 2018). "Ocasio-Cortez called out for claiming Pentagon $$ error could fund Medicare for all". Fox News. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  13. ↑ Klein, Philip (3 December 2018). "No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 'Medicare for all' cannot be mostly financed by eliminating Pentagon fraud". Washington Examiner. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  14. ↑ Philip Klein (October 2019). Fear Your Future: How the Deck is Stacked Against Millennials and Why Socialism Would Make it Worse. Templeton Press. ISBN   978-1599475738.
  15. ↑ "Philip Klein on Millennials and the National Debt Burden". C-SPAN.
  16. 1 2 "Philip Klein's Fear Your Future". National Review. November 4, 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  17. ↑ Suderman, Peter (June 2017). "Republicans Don't Lack a Plan to Replace Obamacare. They Lack a Unified Theory". Reason . Vol. 49, no. 2. p. 14.
  18. ↑ Douthat, Ross (23 February 2015). "The G.O.P. policy test". New York Times.
  19. ↑ Mathis-Lilley, Ben (May 4, 2016). "A List of the Conservatives Who Are Holding the Line and Still Refusing to Support Trump". Slate .
  20. ↑ Butler, Jack (January 2020). "Are Millennials (Avocado) Toast?". Commentary . Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  21. ↑ Turner, Grace Marie (4 February 2015). "Not Just For Policy Wonks: Phil Klein's 'Overcoming ObamaCare". Forbes. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  22. ↑ Sargent, Greg (12 January 2015). "Morning Plum: Some welcome GOP candor on Obamacare". Washington Post. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  23. ↑ Suderman, Peter (May 2015). "Unpacking Obamacare". Reason . Vol. 47, no. 1. p. 54.
  24. ↑ Conservative Survival in the Romney Era at amazon.com. Philip Andrew Klein. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
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