David Martin Shuster was born on July 22,1967 and is an American television journalist and talk radio host.
28 Facts About David Shuster
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David Shuster was suspended from MSNBC in April 2010 after secretly auditioning for a new CNN show.
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In January 2012, David Shuster began hosting his own syndicated political talk radio show.
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David Shuster graduated in 1985 from Bloomington High School South, and with honors from the University of Michigan.
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David Shuster earned a Master's in Public Policy at Georgetown University.
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On July 23,2012, David Shuster announced his engagement to Kera Rennert, a television writer and producer.
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David Shuster started his journalism career at CNN's Washington, DC bureau.
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David Shuster was an assignment editor and field producer from 1990 to 1994, covering both the Persian Gulf War and the 1992 presidential election campaign.
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David Shuster left CNN in 1994 to become a political reporter for the ABC affiliate KATV in Little Rock, Arkansas, covering the Whitewater scandal.
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At KATV, David Shuster won a regional Emmy Awards for investigative journalism for his reporting on a manufactured housing scandal.
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From 1996 to 2002, David Shuster was a Washington, DC-based correspondent for the Fox News Channel.
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David Shuster was at The Pentagon at the time of the September 11,2001 attacks and led Fox's coverage of US military operations in Afghanistan.
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David Shuster was a member of Fox's You Decide 2000 political team.
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David Shuster spent four months on John McCain's "Straight Talk Express" bus and was Fox's lead correspondent for McCain's presidential campaign.
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Occasionally, David Shuster filled in for Chris Matthews on Hardball, including an interview of former President Jimmy Carter.
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David Shuster filled in for commentator Keith Olbermann on Countdown.
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David Shuster spent several weeks reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina from New Orleans.
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On September 24,2007, David Shuster interviewed Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn while filling in on Tucker Carlson's show.
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David Shuster then said the soldier was 18-year-old Jeremy Bohannon, and asked Blackburn why she was unable to recall the name.
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David Shuster was MSNBC's lead "breaking news anchor", and anchored prime-time coverage of several stories including the death of Michael Jackson, congressional votes for health care reform, and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
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On February 7,2008, while he was guest-hosting on Tucker, David Shuster discussed Chelsea Clinton's campaigning for her mother Hillary Clinton, her efforts to influence superdelegates and her refusal to answer any questions by the media.
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David Shuster was suspended for two weeks from all NBC News and MSNBC appearances for his comments.
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On June 6,2011, Keith Olbermann and Current TV announced that David Shuster was hired to serve as "primary substitute anchor" for the network's re-launch of Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
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The series ended on March 30,2012, but David Shuster remained as correspondent for the network.
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David Shuster announced in February 2011 that he was seeking to launch a website for investigative journalism.
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On July 21,2013, The Huffington Post reported that David Shuster had accepted a hosting position at Al Jazeera America anchoring live news shows and hosting a politics analysis show, called Power Politics.
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On February 9,2017, it was announced that David Shuster had been named anchor and managing editor of the American arm of i24 News, just four days before the network began its broadcasting.
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In 2020, David Shuster began appearing as a regular contributor to Rebel HQ, a YouTube channel that is part of The Young Turks's network.