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| Born | Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson (1966-06-21) June 21, 1966 (age 58) Anoka, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Co-host of Fox & Friends (Fox News Channel) |
| Spouse | Casey Close |
| Website | Biography on FoxNews.com |
Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson (born June 21, 1966) is a American morning talk-show host of Fox News morning show Fox & Friends and a former winner of the Miss America pageant.
History
Carlson was raised in Anoka, Minnesota, and graduated from Anoka-Hennepin School District 11's Anoka High School, in 1984, as valedictorian. One of her childhood nannies was Michele Bachmann, the future Republican congresswoman. Carlson is also a former beauty queen. She won the title, "Miss Minnesota," and then, in 1989, became the third woman from that state to win the "Miss America" title. For the talent competition, Carlson played the violin, an instrument with which she continues to perform.
Carlson graduated with Honors from Stanford University, in 1990, with a self-designed degree in the field of organizational behavior. While a student at Stanford, she studied abroad at Oxford University.
Career
Carlson was previously the co-anchor of the Saturday Early Show, on CBS, along with Russ Mitchell. She joined CBS News as a correspondent in 2000, and began working on the Early Show in 2002. Before her tenure at CBS, Carlson served as a weekend anchor and reporter for KXAS-TV in Dallas, Texas, was an anchor and reporter at WOIO-TV in Cleveland, Ohio, and for WCPO-TV, in Cincinnati. She began her television career in Richmond, Virginia, as a political reporter for WRIC-TV.
Carlson was moved to Fox & Friends initially as a weekend-substitute host. But, on September 25, 2006, a shifting of anchors, which included E.D. Hill moving to the 10 a.m. hour of Fox News Live opened a weekday slot on Fox & Friends, which Carlson filled. She co-hosts the show with Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade.
Carlson is a national celebrity spokesperson for the March of Dimes.
Controversies
On Fox & Friends, during an interview with Dan Bartlett, Counselor to the President during the George W. Bush administration, Carlson labeled Democratic U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy a "hostile enemy" of the United States, "right here on the home front." Bartlett replied "Well, we don't view Ted Kennedy as a hostile enemy. We do view him to be an open and often critic of the war. He has been from the very outset. I don't think that's anything new." Keith Olbermann chose her as that day's "Worst Person in the World" on that night's broadcast of his show Countdown, while Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post called it "the Fox News exchange of the day" and asked, "Doesn't the Constitution allow for dissent?"
Critics such as Media Matters for America have criticized Carlson for what they view as her conservative bias.
Personal life
Carlson is married to sports agent Casey Close, whose clientele includes Ryan Howard, Derek Jeter and formerly Josh Hamilton. She and co-host Alyson Camerota were born on the same day and year. She announced on FOX & Friends on June 9, 2009 (also repeated on Glenn Beck's FOX News television program the same day) that her parents' car dealership had been selected for closing as part of the General Motors reorganization and bankruptcy on June 1, 2009. The dealership, Lee Carlson's Main Motors, has been operating since 1919, and is still open.
References
- Carter, Bill (December 4, 2009). "For 'Today' and 'Fox and Friends,' Different Approaches on Disclosure". Media Decoder. New York City, New York: The New York Times Company. Retrieved 09 December 2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - http://pageantcenter.com/pageant%20titleholders/gretchencarlson.html
- GOP's New Lightning Rod - George Will
- Miss America :: History - 1989, January 11, 2007
- http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,164751,00.html
- ^ She began her media career in a franchise called Neighborhood News
- Fox & Friends, January 10, 2007
- Countdown with Keith Olbermann, January 10, 2007
- Howard Kurtz, "One Last Surge?", Washington Post, January 11, 2007
- http://mediamatters.org/search/index?qstring=&from=&to=&tags=gretchen_carlson&tags=&tags=&tags=
- Going Deep: Casey Close, Alan Schwarz, baseballamerica.com, February 9, 2007
- Levy, Paul (June 16, 2009). "GM terminates contract with Anoka's Main Motors". StarTribune.com. Minneapolis, Minnesota: The Star Tribune Company. Retrieved 09 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - Froemming, Mandy Moran (June 4, 2009). "Anoka's Main Motors being cut by GM". Anoka County Union. Coon Rapids, Minnesota: ABCNewspapers.com. Retrieved 09 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - "Lee Carlson's Main Motors". Main Motors website. Retrieved 09 December 2009.
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| Preceded byKaye Lani Rae Rafko | Miss America 1989 |
Succeeded byDebbye Turner |