John Gibson (media host)

John Gibson, an American journalist and unabashed conservative, is the host of the week day show "The Big Story" on FOX News since 2000. He was born in 1946 and has been featured on numerous media outlets including MSNBC and a West Coast correspondent for NBC. He has provided extensive coverage in the past on the O.J. Simpson criminal trial, the American involvement in Mogadishu and the events at the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco, Texas.

Related Topics:
The Big Story - FOX News - 2000 - MSNBC - NBC - O.J. Simpson criminal trial - American involvement in Mogadishu - Branch Davidian Compound - Waco, Texas

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An outspoken critic of the BBC, Gibson claims that the British Broadcasting Corporation is Anti-American. He attacked the BBC in accusing it of having "a frothing-at-the-mouth anti-Americanism that was obsessive, irrational and dishonest". He also claimed that reporter Andrew Gilligan, who was covering the 2003 Iraq War for BBC Radio 4 in Baghdad had "insisted on air that the Iraqi Army was heroically repulsing an incompetent American Military". http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,109821,00.html

Related Topics:
BBC - Anti-American - Andrew Gilligan - 2003 Iraq War - BBC Radio 4 - Baghdad

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Gibson's criticisms were roundly rejected and severely criticised by Ofcom when it investigated viewer complaints of Gibson's item. http://www.ofcom.org.uk/bulletins/prog_cb/pcb_11/upheld_cases?a=87101 It was found that the words he attributed to Gilligan were false, and "the manner in which John Gibson delivered these lines and the fact that he indicated that Gilligan said it ?on-air? gave the distinct impression that he was quoting Gilligan directly. It did not appear that he was summarising Gilligan?s reporting. Furthermore, Fox News failed to provide any evidence, except that it felt that Gilligan?s reporting of the US advance into Baghdad was incorrect, that supported this statement."

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One feature on Gibson's "The Big Story" is a commentary segment known as "My Word." Gibson has been criticized for some opinions that he has voiced in this segment. During the Valerie Plame scandal, Gibson stated that Karl Rove deserved a medal for revealing Plame as a covert CIA operative, even if he has not been truthful about his role, because Plame's husband opposed the war and "Valerie Plame should have been outed by somebody."http://oliverwillis.com/vid/gibson-plame.movhttp://mediamatters.org/items/200507130004

Related Topics:
Valerie Plame - Karl Rove

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When London was chosen to host the 2012 Olympics, Gibson regretted that Paris had not been chosen because it would have subjected that city to the threat of terrorism.

Related Topics:
London - 2012 Olympics

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