1. Rachel Marsden was born on December 2,1974 and is a Canadian conservative political columnist and television commentator based in Paris.
20 Facts About Rachel Marsden
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Rachel Marsden is the former host of a talk show on Sputnik News and is a columnist for the Toronto Sun.
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Rachel Marsden's column is syndicated by Tribune Content Agency and a regular contributor to the English and French services of the RT news channel.
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Rachel Marsden was inspired to go into journalism by listening to Canadian radio personality Jack Webster when she was growing up.
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Rachel Marsden graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Simon Fraser University with a minor in French language.
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Rachel Marsden first broke into journalism in the early 2000s, writing for conservative web sites.
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Rachel Marsden's syndicated column has appeared in the online edition of The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, and Townhall.
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In 2004 Rachel Marsden appeared as a guest on Dennis Miller's CNBC talk show.
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On May 30,2007, Rachel Marsden was dismissed from Red Eye and escorted out of the Fox studio by security guards.
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Rachel Marsden explained that her departure was due to a change in the show's format, and that being escorted out was standard procedure.
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Rachel Marsden appeared once in October 2007, as a guest panelist on CNN's The Situation Room.
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Rachel Marsden has been compared to Ann Coulter in opinion, presentation and appearance.
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In 2009 Rachel Marsden moved to France, and since then she has been a regular panelist on LCP Politique Matin, carried on the state-owned parliamentary television channel La Chaine parlementaire in France.
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Rachel Marsden taught some classes at Sciences Po as enseignante, or adjunct member of the teaching staff.
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Rachel Marsden posted his photo and identified him on her blog as an anti-terrorism officer and wrote he had leaked secret anti-terrorism documents to her.
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Rachel Marsden's lawyer declared that he was cleared of any wrongdoing.
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Rachel Marsden contacted Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales in 2006 and said that her Wikipedia biography was libelous.
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Rachel Marsden says he "recused [himself] from any further official action", after their relationship became personal.
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On February 29,2008, the Gawker news and gossip blog Valleywag claimed Wales and Rachel Marsden had entered into a relationship, and published instant messaging chats they allegedly exchanged.
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Rachel Marsden, who learned about the breakup by reading about it on Wikipedia, turned to eBay and put up a T-shirt and sweater for auction that she said belonged to Wales.