Jay Carney
Summary
Jay Carney is assistant and director of communications to Vice President of the United States Joe Biden. He was previously the Washington Bureau Chief for Time Magazine, a post he held from September 2005 until December 2008, and a regular contributor in the "roundtable" segment of ABC News' This Week with George Stephanopoulos.Carney is from Virginia and earned a B.A. in Russian and Eastern European Studies from Yale University in 1987. He and his wife Claire Shipman (a senior correspondent for ABC News) live in Washington, D.C., with their son and daughter.Carney joined Time magazine in 1988, and became a reporter on political affairs.
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Ailes on Murdoch: ‘Our relationship isn’t about love, it’s about arithmetic’
For months, Roger Ailes and I had been meeting regularly at Fox News headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, at his home in Putnam County, and at public and private gatherings. In … Read more.
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Sad faces of the sequester
Absent a miracle, the “obscure process known as sequestration” will begin Friday, as automatic federal budget cuts to which Congress agreed in August 2011 will kick in. Many U. S. newspapers Friday looked at how the cuts will affect … Read more.
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We the People's Hits and Misses
In recent months, the White House’s “We the People” petition site has been in the center of numerous mainstream media debates, drawing signatures by the 10s of thousands and eliciting direct responses from the president. Yet, as the White House petition popularity grows, so do the complications of having to answer difficult and sometimes bizarre questions, leaving some to wonder: Is digital advocacy really possible at government’s highest levels?.
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Hastings: Jay Carney’s ‘bias had always been against news itself’
In a campaign trail memoir, Michael Hastings tries to unpack the “mystery” of Obama press secretary Jay Carney:.
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Carney’s conspiracy theory
Last week, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney blamed GOP operatives for revealing that Susan Rice, President Obama’s presumed favorite to become the next Secretary of State, has significant investments in the Canadian oil industry. “I would commend Republican opposition researchers for the intellectual bandwidth that is required to read a financial disclosure form,” he said, when asked.
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Fox News Got An 'Angry Phone Call' From The White House After Airing That Attack Ad On President Obama
Last month, "Fox & Friends" produced this four-minute piece that came across as a hit piece onPresident Barack Obama and earned the network a ton of criticism — even from conservatives.
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‘Fox & Friends’ Finds Ratings and Controversy
“Fox & Friends” finds both big ratings in the morning and dismay from Democrats.
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Press Secretary Jay Carney blames birther debate on ‘certain media organizations’
In a briefing today, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney revived the claim that the controversy over President Obama’s birthplace was driven by the media:.
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Vice President Biden’s gay-marriage gaffe is mess for White House
If Vice President Biden continues to make public appearances during this campaign, White House press secretary Jay Carney should be offered a membership in the janitors’ union.
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World Press Freedom Day: Where We Stand After the Arab Spring
Nineteen years ago, before the Internet had reached millions of homes, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the celebration of press freedom, deeming May 3 "World Press Freedom Day. " Since then, the day has been celebrated by organizations and government entities alike.
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