| John Gibson | |
|---|---|
| Born | John David Gibson July 25, 1946 Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | talk show host |
| Years active | 1969 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Susan McHugh (February 3, 1979 - present) |
John David Gibson (born July 25, 1946) is an American radio talk show host. As of September 2008, he hosts the syndicated radio program The John Gibson Show on Fox News Radio. Gibson was formerly the co-host of the weekday edition of The Big Story on the Fox News television channel.
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Gibson earned a BA from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He began his reporting career with The Hollywood Reporter (1969-1972) and worked for Atlantic Records (1972-1974). Gibson worked for KFWB-AM (1974-1975) and KEYT-TV (1975-1977). At KCRA, he was a feature reporter on the "Weeknight" magazine show (1977-1979) and San Francisco bureau chief (1979-1989).[1]
Beginning in 1992, Gibson worked as an NBC News correspondent in Burbank, California. In 1994, he became the first West coast correspondent for NBC News Channel. He covered the O.J. Simpson trial for NBC News Channel and Rivera Live on CNBC.[2] In 1996 he was named anchor for daytime programming on MSNBC.[1]
Gibson joined the Fox News Channel in September 2000 as the host of its news program The Big Story. He also wrote the New York Times bestselling books Hating America: The New World Sport and The War on Christmas.[2]
On March 12, 2008, Fox News Channel announced The Big Story was being replaced with America's Election Headquarters, a program more directly geared toward following the 2008 U.S. presidential election.[3] The Big Story was not renewed after the election and was replaced with The Glenn Beck Program in January 2009.
Following the 2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting in Cleveland, Ohio, on his radio show Gibson commented "I knew the shooter was white. I knew he would have shot himself. Hip-hoppers don't do that. They shoot and move on to shoot again. And I could tell right away because he killed himself. Hip hoppers shooters don't do that. They shoot and move on."[4]
Gibson's comments were heavily criticized by colleagues in the media. Keith Olbermann of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann called Gibson a racist,[5] Rick Sanchez of CNN called the comments "outrageous" and said Gibson "has some explaining to do",[6] Dan Abrams of MSNBC's Live with Dan Abrams said Gibson was "out of line",[7] and Media Matters for America criticized him as well.[8][9]
During a November 17, 2005 appearance on the radio program Janet Parshall's America, Gibson said "Minorities ought to have the same sense of tolerance about the majority religion — Christianity — that they've been granted about their religions over the years."[10] A few minutes later in the same interview, he said "I would think if somebody is going to be — have to answer for following the wrong religion, they're not going to have to answer to me. We know who they're going to have to answer to."[10] Gibson's comments were criticized by Frank Rich of the New York Times,[11] and Media Matters for America.[10]
Gibson charged that Olbermann had "repeated a misquote to justify saying some truly disgusting things about me."[12][13][14] Olbermann responded "The audio clip is the definitive answer, and I would hope John would have the self- respect to acknowledge what he said and to leave the airwaves for good, because between the remark and the denial, he has, sadly, forfeited his right to stay here."[13][14][15]
Gibson claims that the British Broadcasting Corporation is anti-American, accusing the BBC of having "a frothing-at-the-mouth anti-Americanism that was obsessive, irrational and dishonest".[16][17] 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".[18]
Gibson's criticisms were rejected by Ofcom when it investigated viewer complaints of Gibson's item.[19]
On The Big Story on May 11, 2006, Gibson responded to a Washington Post story which noted that the US Census reported "Nearly half of the nation's children under five are racial or ethnic minorities, and the percentage is increasing mainly because the Hispanic population is growing so rapidly."[20] Gibson said further: "Do your duty. Make more babies... half of the kids in this country under five years old are minorities. By far the greatest number are Hispanic. You know what that means? Twenty-five years and the majority of the population is Hispanic. Why is that? Well, the Hispanics are having more kids than others. Notably the ones Hispanics call gabachos, white people, are having fewer."[21]
Time's Massimo Calabresi wrote that Gibson's interpretation of the census data was "wildly wrong".[22] Gibson's remarks were criticized by Keith Olbermann[23] and Media Matters for America,[24] which later named his remark one of the top 11 "Most outrageous comments of 2006".[25]
On the January 22, 2008 edition of his radio show, Gibson commented on actor Heath Ledger's death the day before. He opened the segment with funeral music and played a clip of the famous line "I wish I knew how to quit you" from Ledger's film Brokeback Mountain; he then said "Well, I guess he found out how to quit you." Among other remarks, Gibson called Ledger a "weirdo" with "a serious drug problem."[26] The next day, he addressed outcry over his remarks by saying that they were in the context of jokes he had been making for months about Brokeback Mountain, and that "There's no point in passing up a good joke."[27]
MSNBC commentator Joe Scarborough called Gibson's remarks "sick",[28] while Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times called for him to be fired.[29]
Gibson apologized during the "My Word" segment of The Big Story.[30]
In February 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder had given a speech to Justice Department employees as a part of the observance of Black History Month during which he described the United States as being a "nation of cowards" in its reluctance to discuss racial relations. Gibson criticized Holder's remarks as inappropriate. John Sanders, who at the time was technology reporter for WBAL-TV in Baltimore, then edited Gibson's remarks which had followed news reports of a monkey who had escaped from a Seattle zoo making it appear that Gibson had compared Holder to a monkey "with a bright blue scrotum" on Fox. Sanders then posted the altered video on youtube.com as a joke.[31] However, the video was widely-publicized on news websites, including the Huffington Post, as if it were authentic.[31] Sanders was fired over the video, and Gibson said that the spread of the fake video has had a "personal" impact upon him.[31]
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John David Gibson (born July 25, 1946) is an American radio talk show host. As of September 2008, he hosts the syndicated radio program The John Gibson Show on Fox News Radio. Gibson was formerly the co-host of the weekday edition of The Big Story on the Fox News television channel.
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Gibson earned a BA from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He began his reporting career with The Hollywood Reporter (1969-1972) and worked for Atlantic Records (1972-1974). Gibson worked for KFWB-AM (1974-1975) and KEYT-TV (1975-1977). At KCRA, he was a feature reporter on the "Weeknight" magazine show (1977-1979) and San Francisco bureau chief (1979-1989).[1]
Beginning in 1992, Gibson worked as an NBC News correspondent in Burbank, California. In 1994, he became the first West coast correspondent for NBC News Channel. He covered the O.J. Simpson trial for NBC News Channel and Rivera Live on CNBC.[2] In 1996 he was named anchor for daytime programming on MSNBC.[1]
Gibson joined the Fox News Channel in September 2000 as the host of its news program The Big Story. He also wrote the New York Times bestselling books Hating America: The New World Sport and The War on Christmas.[2]
On March 12, 2008, Fox News Channel announced The Big Story was being replaced with America's Election Headquarters, a program more directly geared toward following the 2008 U.S. presidential election[3]. The Big Story was not renewed after the election and was replaced with The Glenn Beck Program in January 2009.
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Following the 2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting in Cleveland, Ohio, on his radio show Gibson assumed that the shooter was a black student influenced by hip-hop culture. Upon learning that the shooter was white, Gibson stated that "I knew the shooter was white. I knew he would have shot himself. Hip-hoppers don't do that. They shoot and move on to shoot again. And I could tell right away because he killed himself. Black shooters don't do that. They shoot and move on." Gibson later suggested that hip-hop music may have still been a factor in the shooting, only to be informed that the shooter was a Marylin Manson fan instead.[4]
Gibson's comments were heavily criticized by colleagues in the media. Keith Olbermann of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann called Gibson a racist,[5] Rick Sanchez of CNN called the comments "outrageous" and said Gibson "has some explaining to do",[6] Dan Abrams of MSNBC's Live with Dan Abrams said Gibson was "out of line",[7] and Media Matters for America criticized him as well.[8][9]
During a November 17, 2005 appearance on the radio program Janet Parshall's America, Gibson said "Minorities ought to have the same sense of tolerance about the majority religion — Christianity — that they've been granted about their religions over the years."[10] A few minutes later in the same interview, he said "I would think if somebody is going to be — have to answer for following the wrong religion, they're not going to have to answer to me. We know who they're going to have to answer to."[10] Gibson's comments were criticized by Frank Rich of the New York Times,[11] and Media Matters for America.[10]
Gibson charged that Olbermann had "repeated a misquote to justify saying some truly disgusting things about me."[12][13][14] Olbermann responded "The audio clip is the definitive answer, and I would hope John would have the self- respect to acknowledge what he said and to leave the airwaves for good, because between the remark and the denial, he has, sadly, forfeited his right to stay here."[13][14][15]
Gibson claims that the British Broadcasting Corporation is anti-American, accusing the BBC of having "a frothing-at-the-mouth anti-Americanism that was obsessive, irrational and dishonest".[16][17] 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".[18]
Gibson's criticisms were rejected by Ofcom when it investigated viewer complaints of Gibson's item.[19]
On The Big Story on May 11, 2006, Gibson responded to a Washington Post story which noted that the US Census reported "Nearly half of the nation's children under five are racial or ethnic minorities, and the percentage is increasing mainly because the Hispanic population is growing so rapidly."[20] Gibson said further: "Do your duty. Make more babies... half of the kids in this country under five years old are minorities. By far the greatest number are Hispanic. You know what that means? Twenty-five years and the majority of the population is Hispanic. Why is that? Well, the Hispanics are having more kids than others. Notably the ones Hispanics call gabachos, white people, are having fewer."[21]
Time's Massimo Calabresi wrote that Gibson's interpretation of the census data was "wildly wrong".[22] Gibson's remarks were criticized by Keith Olbermann[23] and Media Matters for America,[24] which later named his remark one of the top 11 "Most outrageous comments of 2006".[25]
On the January 22, 2008 edition of his radio show, Gibson commented on actor Heath Ledger's death the day before. He opened the segment with funeral music and played a clip of the famous line "I wish I knew how to quit you" from Ledger's film Brokeback Mountain; he then said "Well, I guess he found out how to quit you." Among other remarks, Gibson called Ledger a "weirdo" with "a serious drug problem."[26] The next day, he addressed outcry over his remarks by saying that they were in the context of jokes he been making for months about Brokeback Mountain, and that "There's no point in passing up a good joke."[27]
MSNBC commentator Joe Scarborough called Gibson's remarks "sick",[28] while Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times called for him to be fired.[29]
Gibson apologized during the "My Word" segment of The Big Story.[30]
In February 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder had given a speech to Justice Department employees as a part of the observance of Black History Month during which he described the United States as being a "nation of cowards" in its reluctance to discuss racial relations. Gibson criticized Holder's remarks as inappropriate. John Sanders, who at the time was technology reporter for WBAL-TV in Baltimore, then edited Gibson's remarks which had followed news reports of a monkey who had escaped from a Seattle zoo making it appear that Gibson had compared Holder to a monkey "with a bright blue scrotum" on Fox. Sanders then posted the altered video on youtube.com as a joke.[31] However, the video was widely-publicized on news websites, including the Huffington Post, as if it were authentic.[31] Sanders was fired over the video, and Gibson said that the spread of the fake video has had a "personal" impact upon him.[31]
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John Gibson is a former television talk show host. He was let go from his position hosting the weekday edition of The Big Story in May of 2008. He continues to host The John Gibson Show on Fox News Radio. He has also filled in for Bill O'Reilly's radio and television programs.
   | Liar, liar - FOXNews.com - Liar Liar - The Big Story w/ Gibson and Nauert |
| | Standards Cases - Upheld Cases - The Big Story: My Word - Standards Cases - Upheld cases | Ofcom |
| | Fox's Gibson: Christians tolerate those who are "following the wrong religion ... as long as they're civil and behave" - Fox's Gibson: Christians tolerate those who are "following the wrong religion ... as long as they're civil and behave" | Media Matters for America |
 | "Gibson: "Make more babies" because in "twenty-five years ... the majority of the population is Hispanic"" - Gibson: "Make more babies" because in "[t]wenty-five years ... the majority of the population is Hispanic" | Media Matters for America |
| | John Gibson's official website - My Word. Your Word. - John Gibson |
| | Missed Opportunity - FOXNews.com - Missed Opportunity - The Big Story w/ Gibson and Nauert |
| | Fox's Gibson on "golden opportunity" missed: If France had been selected for 2012 Olympics, terrorists would "blow up Paris, and who cares?" - Fox's Gibson on "golden opportunity" missed: If France had been selected for 2012 Olympics, terrorists would "blow up Paris, and who cares?" | Media Matters for America |
| | Bin Laden's Talking Points From Far Left? - FOXNews.com - Bin Laden's Talking Points From Far Left? - The Big Story w/ Gibson and Nauert |
| | Fox's Gibson: Rove deserves "a medal ... Because Valerie Plame should have been outed by somebody" - Fox's Gibson: Rove deserves "a medal ... Because Valerie Plame should have been outed by somebody" | Media Matters for America |
| | Fox's Gibson, Barnes equated Iranian president's letter with positions of Democrats, progressives - Fox's Gibson, Barnes equated Iranian president's letter with positions of Democrats, progressives | Media Matters for America |
| | "Gibson defended his comments about race of school shooter, attacked "Soros-backed" Media Matters" - Gibson defended his comments about race of school shooter, attacked "Soros-backed" Media Matters | Media Matters for America |
| | "Gibson knew school shooter was white because "black shooters don't" shoot themselves; "they shoot and move on"" - Gibson knew school shooter was white because "[b]lack shooters don't" shoot themselves; "they shoot and move on" | Media Matters for America |
| | "Of U.S. Children Under 5, Nearly Half Are Minorities: Hispanic Growth Fuels Rise, Census Says" - Of U.S. Children Under 5, Nearly Half Are Minorities - washingtonpost.com |
| | "Is Racism Fueling the Immigration Debate?" - Is Racism Fueling the Immigration Debate? - TIME |
| | "Most outrageous comments of 2006 - Most outrageous comments of 2006 | Media Matters for America |
| | Media Matters - CNN's Reliable Sources cited Media Matters item in noting "nasty spat" between Olbermann and Gibson over Fox host's comment about those who "have to answer for following the wrong religion" - CNN's Reliable Sources cited Media Matters item in noting "nasty spat" between Olbermann and Gibson over Fox host's comment about those who "have to answer for following the wrong religion" | Media Matters for America |
| | Stories on John Gibson - John Gibson | Media Matters for America |
| | Stories on John Gibson - John Gibson - Salon.com |
| | "Fox Votes Out the Big Story" - The New York Times > Log In |
| | CNN debunks false report about Obama - CNN debunks false report about Obama - CNN.com |
| | YouTube clip of John Gibson's comments - YouTube - John Gibson "Make more Babies!" |
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