Howard Alan Kurtz is an American journalist and author and host of Media Buzz on Fox News.
20 Facts About Howard Kurtz
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Howard Kurtz is the former media writer for The Washington Post and the former Washington bureau chief for The Daily Beast.
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Howard Kurtz is a 1970 graduate of Sheepshead Bay High School and the University at Buffalo.
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Howard Kurtz then attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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Howard Kurtz moved to Washington DC to work as a reporter for syndicated columnist Jack Anderson.
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Howard Kurtz left Anderson to join The Washington Star, an afternoon paper.
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Howard Kurtz has written for The New Republic, The Washington Monthly, and New York magazine.
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Howard Kurtz joined the staff of The Washington Post in 1981 and left in 2010.
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Howard Kurtz served there as a national affairs correspondent, New York bureau chief and deputy national editor.
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Howard Kurtz covered the news media between 1990 and 2010 for The Washington Post.
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From 1998 until 2013, Howard Kurtz served as host of the weekly CNN program Reliable Sources, a cable television program that explores the standards, performance and biases of the media.
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Howard Kurtz led the scrutinizing of the media's fairness and objectivity by questioning journalists of top news organizations, including those at CNN.
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In October 2010, Howard Kurtz announced he was moving to the online publication The Daily Beast.
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Howard Kurtz served as the Washington bureau chief for the website, writing on media and politics until 2013.
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Sources inside the Daily Beast newsroom have stated that Howard Kurtz's departure became inevitable once he began writing for and promoting a lesser-known media website called Daily Download.
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On June 20,2013, Howard Kurtz left CNN to join Fox News Channel to host a weekend media program and write a column for FoxNews.
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One seemingly conflicting interest is Howard Kurtz co-hosting CNN's Reliable Sources, in which he obtains monetary supplements as well as national renown.
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Howard Kurtz has received criticism for his apparent support of syndicated radio host Don Imus.
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Former Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly has called out Howard Kurtz for criticizing Fox News.
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When Howard Kurtz discussed the topic on Reliable Sources, he mentioned that Fox News was "pushing" the story.