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Jeffrey T. Kuhner is an editor, political analyst and radio personality based in Washington, D.C. He is a conservative commentator who has written numerous articles and made many speeches on American foreign and domestic affairs. Mr. Kuhner believes in strong national defense, limited government and traditional values. He has also been an outspoken champion for student rights, national self-determination, and for democracy and free-market principles in developing nations.

Mr. Kuhner is Editor-in-Chief of the American Internet news website, Insight on the News. He is a regular contributor to the commentary pages of the Washington Times and has written for Human Events, National Review Online and Investor's Business Daily., a policy institute based in Washington, D.C., which is devoted to integrating minorities into the conservative movement. Mr. Kuhner has appeared on FOX News and MSNBC. He is a regular political commentator on several programs: The Savage Nation with Michael Savage, The Drew Mariani Show on Relevant Radio, and Good Morning Monterey with Mark Carbonaro. He has also appeared on Sean Hannity's radio program.

Mr. Kuhner was born on September 1, 1969 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Both his mother and father are Croatian; they fled communist-dominated Yugoslavia in order to establish a new life in Canada. This heritage instilled in Mr. Kuhner a profound knowledge of Slavic history and culture and a deep loathing for totalitarian regimes. He has been a leading champion of democracy and free-market principles in post-communist societies: his articles have been widely disseminated in both the U.S. and Eastern Europe. Mr. Kuhner also comes from a Catholic family, is devoted to his faith and is a firm advocate for Christian ethics.

Mr. Kuhner is a historian by training. He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He obtained a Masters of Arts in American History at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. At Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio Mr. Kuhner completed two years of doctoral course work in contemporary American History.

Mr. Kuhner taught courses in modern American history at McGill University in Quebec, Canada, from 1998-2000. He was widely recognized as a formidable orator and outstanding teacher; in an unprecedented display of appreciation for excellence in teaching, the students gave him several standing ovations at the end of each semester in several of his classes.

While working at McGill University, Mr. Kuhner was at the center of a media and university storm. He became a champion of student rights and published an opinion-editorial, Crisis at McGill, in the local paper, The Montreal Gazette. In the editorial, Mr. Kuhner denounced the quality of education at the university; he assaulted the administration for placing too much emphasis on faculty research at the expense of the daily needs and overall well-being of the students. As a result of the publication of his article, university administrators instituted major reforms. At a public ceremony in February, 2000, McGill University honored Mr. Kuhner for his courage and tenacity in bringing these problems to light.

In 2000, Mr. Kuhner moved to the United States to pursue a career in journalism. From 2000 to 2003, he was assistant national editor at The Washington Times, in Washington D.C. He edited the daily news on the national desk and also wrote numerous reporting and commentary pieces. He became a fervent advocate for national sovereignty against the growing power of international organizations. He was a leading antagonist of Carla Del Ponte, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY); Mr. Kuhner’s investigative and commentary pieces repeatedly denounced her as abusing power and using her office to institute her ideological agenda rather than secure justice for the victims of the Balkan wars.

From 2003-2005, Mr. Kuhner worked as Communications Director for The Ripon Society, a centrist-leaning Republican think tank. He was also the editor of its flagship publication, The Ripon Forum.

In November 2005, Mr. Kuhner was recruited by News World Communications to become the editor of the Internet news website, Insight on the News. Mr. Kuhner insisted on full editorial independence, reporting only to the Board of News World Communications.

Insight on the News is a probing, investigative political intelligence report. It has been hailed by Rolling Stone Magazine as the hottest conservative news site in the country. Insight has broken many stories, which have later appeared in the mainstream press.

Insight has also been at the center of a major controversy. In January 2007 Insight reported that the opposition research war room of 2008 American Democratic Party presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton was investigating her rival Barack Obama. Insight reported that Senator Clinton’s campaign hired a team of investigators to probe Obama’s Muslim background; in particular, Clinton’s camp was trying to discover whether Obama was educated in a radical anti-American Muslim school during his childhood in Indonesia.

This news story received a frenzy of media attention from CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and other major news networks. The story was soon distorted—especially by the liberal media who sought fervently to protect Sen. Clinton’s reputation.

The New York Times wrote an article attacking Insight and Mr. Kuhner’s credibility. Mr. Kuhner retaliated in an Op-Ed supporting the authenticity of the story and the reliability of his sources .

CNN sent a reporter to Indonesia to explore the charges. The CNN report concluded that the school Sen. Obama attended was not a Muslim school but was a secular school. CNN and The New York Times deliberately misrepresented the nature of Insight’s story: Insight had only revealed that Senator Clinton was conducting this kind of research. Dick Morris stated on Fox News that this pattern of using private investigators in political campaigns was in consonance with his experience working with both Clintons. Numerous other writers and political analysts, such as R. Emmett Tyrell, Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly have made numerous references to the use of private investigators by both Bill and Hillary Clinton in their political careers.

The Los Angeles Times and the New York Sun later pursued the story. They confirmed that Obama had a Muslim background . According to the story, Obama, a committed Christian belonging to the United Church of Christ in Chicago, learned about Islam for two hours each week in religion class during third and fourth grades. Their conclusions contradict the reporting of CNN.

When the New York Times also tried to destroy the credibility of popular talk radio host Sean Hannity, Mr. Kuhner wrote a scathing piece exposing the paper’s long history of politically motivated and mendacious journalism. He referred to it as “America’s Pravda,” the former official organ of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union .

Mr. Kuhner has also taken the lead in defending conservative talk radio from the attempts by liberal Democrats to revive the Fairness Doctrine, which would force many conservative hosts off the air. His article, “Liberal totalitarianism,” is a manifesto denouncing the growing penchant for authoritarianism in modern liberal ideology.
Insight on the News continues to pave the way with exclusive reporting and information. Mr. Kuhner continues to develop an ever-increasing audience for his work as editor, writer and political analyst.

In January 2007 Insight reported that the opposition research war room of 2008 American Democratic Party presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton had told them they believed that rival candidate Obama was educated in a radical anti-American Muslim school while growing up in Indonesia.

References

1. "Hillary's team has questions about Obama's Muslim background". Insight. Jan. 16-22, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. "Last word: What Insight reported and what it did not (subscription required)". Insight. Feb. 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-25. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
3. "Feeding Frenzy for a Big Story, Even if It's False". New York Times. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-29.

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