Gretchen Carlson
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| Gretchen Carlson | |
 During an interview on Fox and Friends
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| Born | June 21, 1966 Anoka, Minnesota |
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| Occupation | Co-host of Fox & Friends (Fox News Channel) |
| Spouse(s) | Casey Close[1] |
| Website Biography on FoxNews.com |
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Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson (born June 21, 1966) is an American television journalist and a former winner of the Miss America pageant.
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[edit] History
Carlson was raised in Anoka, Minnesota, and graduated from Anoka-Hennepin School District 11's Anoka High School, in 1984. Carlson is also a former beauty queen. She won the title, "Miss Minnesota," and then, in 1989,[2] became the third woman from that state to win the "Miss America" title. For the talent competition, Carlson played the violin, an instrument with which she continues to perform.
Carlson graduated with honors from Stanford University, in 1990, with a self-designed degree in the field of organizational behavior. While a student at Stanford, she studied abroad at Oxford University.[3]
[edit] Career
Carlson was previously the co-anchor of the Saturday Early Show, on CBS, along with Russ Mitchell. She joined CBS News as a correspondent in 2000, and began working on the Early Show in 2002. Before her tenure at CBS, Carlson served as a weekend anchor and reporter for KXAS-TV in Dallas, Texas, was an anchor and reporter at WOIO-TV in Cleveland, Ohio, and for WCPO-TV, in Cincinnati. She began her television career in Richmond, Virginia, as a political reporter for WRIC-TV.[4]
Carlson was moved to Fox & Friends initially as a weekend-substitute host. But, on September 25, 2006, a shifting of anchors, which included E.D. Hill moving to the 10 a.m. hour of Fox News Live opened a weekday slot on Fox & Friends, which Carlson filled. She co-hosts the show with Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade. Left-wing organizations and commentators have regularly criticized Carlson for what they view as her right-wing bias.[5][6]
Carlson is a national celebrity spokesperson for the March of Dimes.[4]
[edit] Controversies
On Fox & Friends, during an interview with Dan Bartlett, Counselor to the President, Carlson labeled Democratic US Senator Ted Kennedy a "hostile enemy" of the United States, "right here on the home front." Bartlett replied "Well, we don't view Ted Kennedy as a hostile enemy. We do view him to be an open and often critic of the war. He has been from the very outset. I don't think that's anything new."[7] Keith Olbermann chose her as that day's "Worst Person in the World" on that night's broadcast of his show Countdown,[8] while Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post called it "the Fox News exchange of the day" and asked, "Doesn't the Constitution allow for dissent?"[9]
[edit] Personal life
Carlson is married to sports agent Casey Close, whose clientele includes Ryan Howard, Derek Jeter and formerly Josh Hamilton.[1] She is of Swedish descent. She announced on FOX & Friends on 9 June 2009 (also repeated on Glenn Beck's FOX News television program the same day.) that her parents' car dealership would be closing as part of the General Motors's bankruptcy on 1 June 2009.[10]
[edit] Links
[edit] References
- ^ a b Going Deep: Casey Close, Alan Schwarz, baseballamerica.com, February 9, 2007
- ^ Miss America :: History - 1989, January 11, 2007
- ^ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,164751,00.html
- ^ a b She began her media career in a franchise called Neighborhood News
- ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28355529
- ^ http://mediamatters.org/search/index?qstring=&from=&to=&tags=gretchen_carlson&tags=&tags=&tags=
- ^ Fox & Friends, January 10, 2007
- ^ Countdown with Keith Olbermann, January 10, 2007
- ^ Howard Kurtz, "One Last Surge?", Washington Post, January 11, 2007
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1977944/bio
| Honorary titles | ||
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| Preceded by Kaye Lani Rae Rafko |
Miss America 1989 |
Succeeded by Debbye Turner |
