Fred Barnes (journalist)

Frederic W. Barnes, an American journalist and political commentator, is the executive editor of the news publication The Weekly Standard, co-host with Mort Kondracke of The Beltway Boys on the Fox News Channel, and also regularly appears on Fox's Special Report with Brit Hume. He is known for his strange habit of constantly crossing and uncrossing his arms while on camera.

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American - Journalist - Political commentator - The Weekly Standard - Mort Kondracke - The Beltway Boys - Fox News Channel - Special Report with Brit Hume

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The son of an army officer, Barnes spent two years in the U.S. Army and considered applying to West Point, but instead decided to attend the University of Virginia where he studied history. Barnes graduated from the University of Virginia and was a Neiman Fellow at Harvard University.

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U.S. Army - West Point - University of Virginia - History - Harvard University

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After spending several years as a young journalist with The Charleston News and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, he became a reporter for the Washington Star in 1979. Barnes covered the Supreme Court and the White House for the Star before moving to the Baltimore Sun. He was the national political correspondent at the Baltimore Sun. For ten years from 1985 to 1995, he was senior editor and White House correspondent for The New Republic. He also wrote the "Presswatch" media column for the American Spectator. He was a panelist on the public affairs show The McLaughlin Group for several seasons.

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Charleston, South Carolina - Washington Star - 1979 - Supreme Court - White House - Baltimore Sun - 1985 - 1995 - The New Republic - American Spectator - The McLaughlin Group

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In 1984, Barnes was chosen to be one of three panelists quizzing then-President Ronald Reagan and challenger Walter Mondale in the first nationally-televised debate of the 1984 presidential campaign.

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1984 - President - Ronald Reagan - Walter Mondale - 1984 presidential campaign

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In August 2005, Barnes said on Fox News, that Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who has begun protesting against the war, was a "crackpot".

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2005 - Cindy Sheehan

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A low church Episcopalian, Barnes was an outspoken oponent of the consecration of Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the church's first openly gay bishop. He is a member of the board of the Institute on Religion and Democracy a conservative Christian social action group.

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Low church - Episcopalian - V. Gene Robinson - Bishop - Institute on Religion and Democracy - Christian

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Mr. Barnes currently serves as the executive editor of The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine based in Washington, D.C.

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Barnes has made cameo appearances in the Hollywood films, Dave, Getting Away with Murder, and Independence Day.

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Cameo appearance - Dave - Getting Away with Murder - Independence Day

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