Pen name Glenn Thrash Language English Genre Journalism, politics | Occupation journalist Alma mater Brooklyn College Education Brooklyn College | |
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Books Obama's Last Stand, The End of the Line: Politico Playbook 2012 Similar Maggie Haberman, John Harwood, Jennifer Palmieri, Mark Leibovich, David Brock Profiles | ||
Sean spicer shuts down fake news journalist glenn thrush
Glenn Thrush is an American journalist, author, and chief White House political correspondent for the The New York Times, who was formerly a senior staff writer for Politico. He started with The New York Times in 2017.
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- Sean spicer shuts down fake news journalist glenn thrush
- Sean spicer trolls glenn thrush
- Early life and education
- Career
- Wikileaks e mail hack
- Personal life
- In Popular Culture
- References
Thrush is also the author of Obama's Last Stand, an e-book about the President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign.
Sean spicer trolls glenn thrush
Early life and education
Thrush grew up in the borough of Brooklyn, attended Sheepshead Bay High School and later graduated from Brooklyn College majoring in political science and Greek classics.
Career
Thrush covered Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2008 for Newsday, and then joined Politico in July 2008. In December 2016, it was reported that Thrush would be joining the New York Times covering the White House. This became effective January 3, 2017.
Wikileaks e-mail hack
A leaked email released in October 2016, showed Thrush sending John Podesta portions of a draft article that dealt with Podesta, asking that he fact-check the statements, and writing: "Please don't share or tell anyone I did this." Podesta did not ask for any changes, writing back "no problems here."
The email and its wording prompted criticism of Thrush from some commentators and on social media. Thrush replied on Twitter that "checking if a portion of a story that pertained to him was accurate... I DO THIS WITH EVERYBODY." Politico's vice president of communications, Brad Dayspring, said that "Glenn is one of the top political reporters in the country, in no small part because he understands that it is his job is to get inside information, not appear perfect when someone illegally hacks email... I can speak with firsthand knowledge and experience that Glenn checks the validity of often complex reporting with everybody, on both sides of the aisle."
Personal life
Thrush is married to Diane Webber and lives in Maryland. They have twin sons, Nathaniel and Charles. Thrush describes himself as a secular Jew.
In Popular Culture
Thrush has been portrayed by Bobby Moynihan in multiple episodes of Saturday Night Live, interacting with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer (Melissa McCarthy).