Tony Blankley
Summary
Anthony “Tony” Blankley (born 1948; London, England, United Kingdom) is an Executive Vice President with Edelman public relations in Washington, a Visiting Senior Fellow in National-Security Communications at the Heritage Foundation, weekly contributor to the nationally syndicated public radio program Left, Right & Center, author of The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? and American Grit: What It Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century, and a regular guest on various new programs. Blankley is also a regular commentator for radio shows including The Diane Rehm Show and The Steve Gill Show. Earlier in his career Blankley was the editorial page editor for The Washington Times, a contributing editor and monthly columnist for George Magazine, and a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group.Blankley’s political opinions are generally considered to fall within traditional conservatism, although he has been labeled as a neo-conservative by some critics.
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Sandy Goodman: Limbaugh Flap Is Latest Proof of Talk Radio's Political Influence
If ever there was any doubt about the enormous influence of talk radio in American politics, that's now gone the way of the belief that the earth is flat or that the sun revolves around it. Remaining doubts were put to rest by the furor over Rush Limbaugh's disgraceful branding of a woman law student as "a slut" and "a prostitute" because she spoke out for health insurance coverage of birth control.
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Greg Mitchell: Game Change in Real-Time (Part IV): Palin Appears on 'SNL' and More!
After months of promotion HBO's film on Sarah Palin and the 2008 campaign, Game Change, will air (finally) tonight. Conservatives (including Palin, who has not seen the movie) claim that the film is completely unfair and mainly fiction, plus a valentine to Obama from Democratic Hollywood. But the filmmakers say it's (sadly) all fact, except that Julianne Moore plays Palin even better than Palin played Palin.
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New York Times corrects age in Tony Blankley obit
An earlier version misstated Mr. Blankley’s age and the year of his birth. He was 63, not 62, and he was born in 1948, not 1949. It also omitted two of his survivors, his mother, Beatrice Blankley, and his sister,… Read more.
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Warren Olney: Matt Miller Pays Tribute to Tony Blankley
Warren Olney interviews Matt Miller about Tony Blankley, a colleague of ours here at KCRW in Santa Monica. Blankley died this weekend at the age of 62. Tony Blankley was born in England and moved to California at the age of three, where he became a child actor. He grew up to be a political player in Washington, a journalist and a favorite on TV and radio.
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Tony Blankley: Friends And Colleagues Rememember Late Columnist And Aide
Some remembrances of the late Tony Blankley, the columnist, commentator, former press secretary to Newt Gingrich and longtime friend of The Huffington Post who passed away on Sunday at 63:.
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WATCH: Newt Gingrich Responds To Death Of Former Aide
MANCHESTER, N. H. -- Newt Gingrich paid tribute to his former congressional press secretary Tony Blankley, who died Sunday after a battle with stomach cancer, calling him a "caring and loving person" who will be missed deeply by his family and friends.
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Former Gingrich Staffer Dead At 63
Tony Blankley, a conservative author and Newt Gingrich's former press secretary, passed away on Sunday, according to the Washington Times. The 63-year-old had been battling stomach cancer.
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Fox's Bill Sammon Problem
Fox News Washington managing editor Bill Sammon boasted that he repeatedly lied during the final days of the 2008 presidential campaign when he speculated on-air "about whether Barack Obama really advocated socialism. " Sammon has repeatedly used his position at Fox to slant the network's news coverage to the right.
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Still Inventing Bias: Right-wing Media Cheer House Vote To Defund "Liberal" NPR
Right-wing media have been cheering the House vote to defund NPR, continuing to call the organization "liberal" and "biased. " Yet even conservative commentators have admitted that NPR's coverage is "fair. ".
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NPR Is "Fair": Conservatives And Media Critics Defend NPR's Reporting
Media critics and conservative commentators are responding to the recent controversy over NPR by praising the network's reporting. In addition, some Tea Party activists say that NPR's coverage of their group has been "fair. ".
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