1. Joe Klein was born on September 7,1946 and is an American political commentator and author.
18 Facts About Joe Klein
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Joe Klein is best known for his work as a columnist for Time magazine and his novel Primary Colors, an anonymously written roman a clef portraying Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign.
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Joe Klein was born in Rockaway Beach, Queens, the son of Miram and John Joe Klein, a printer.
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Joe Klein graduated from the Hackley School and the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in American civilization.
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In 1969 Joe Klein began reporting for the Essex County Newspapers, and The Peabody Times in Peabody, Massachusetts.
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Joe Klein was a contributing editor for Rolling Stone from 1975 to 1980, and Washington bureau chief from 1975 to 1977.
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Joe Klein became friends with actor-director Tom Laughlin after interviewing him for Rolling Stone and appeared briefly as a reporter in Laughlin's 1977 film Billy Jack Goes to Washington.
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Joe Klein published Woody Guthrie: A Life in 1980 and Payback: Five Marines After Vietnam in 1984.
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Joe Klein was a political columnist for New York from 1987 to 1992, winning the Peter Kihss Award for his reporting on the 1989 race for mayor of New York.
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In January 1996, Joe Klein anonymously published the novel Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics, based on the 1992 Democratic presidential primary.
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Joe Klein denied authorship again in Newsweek, speculating that another writer wrote it.
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On July 17,1996, Joe Klein admitted that the speculation had been correct.
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In March 2002 Joe Klein published The Natural: Bill Clinton's Misunderstood Presidency, an account of Clinton's two terms in office.
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Joe Klein later clarified he only meant to refer to "organized" secular humanist groups, a claim that was contested and called inaccurate.
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Joe Klein's article came under fire from the focus group he interviewed due to allegations of misquotes, improper citations, and wrong names used in the interview.
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In January 2011, during an appearance on CNN's Reliable Sources, Joe Klein criticized the mainstream media for not handling complex issues properly, singling out MSNBC host Ed Schultz:.
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In 2008, Joe Klein caused controversy with comments on the motivations of Jewish neoconservatives, when he said:.
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Joe Klein has been criticized by several publications for accusing former CNN's Headline News and Fox News host Glenn Beck, Republican senator Tom Coburn, and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin of sedition.