HS 268 – Newsweek, New York Times Magazine, contributor to Vanity Fair & Parade, Unlikeable, The Problem with Hillary with Edward Klein

Edward Klein is a well-known editor, writer and public speaker with a distinguished career in American journalism. He’s author of the new book “Unlikeable: The Problem with Hillary”.

After serving an apprenticeship as a copy boy for the New York Daily News, he went on to earn a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, which awarded him a traveling fellowship to Japan. There, he learned to speak Japanese and traveled throughout Asia as a foreign correspondent for United Press International. Upon his return to New York, he joined Newsweek, where he became foreign editor and then assistant managing editor with jurisdiction over foreign and military affairs.

From Newsweek, he joined The New York Times. As editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine, he led this flagship publication of the Sunday Times to new heights of public interest and editorial excellence. During his editorship, The New York Times Magazine won the first Pulitzer Prize in its history.

Since leaving The Times, Edward Klein has written many articles for Vanity Fair and other national magazines. For Parade, he wrote “Walter Scott’s Personality Parade,” the most widely read column in the English language.

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Key Takeaways:

[1:43] What word 60% of the American public use to describe Hillary Clinton

[4:16] How the current director of the FBI’s reputation, Obama’s legacy, and the Attorney General’s desire to avoid scandal won’t save Hillary if the email scandal turns out in need of an indictment

[7:06] How Hillary’s time as Secretary of State led to some questionable deal making

[10:05] If Hillary’s health is really that good, when Ed has found several suggestions that it’s not

Websites Mentioned:

www.edwardklein.com