Reply #7: Crowley worked for Nixon - she's one of Rummy's buddies. [View All]

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She is NOT a journalist, but a former insider with an agenda - everything she says will be in defense of Bushco. Oh - she's also a plagiarist. :D

Her bio:

Masters degree in Political Science from Colgate University in 1990, she became Foreign Policy Assistant to former President Richard Nixon, a post she held from 1990 until his death in 1994. She was an editorial adviser and consultant on his last two books, Seize the Moment (1992) and Beyond Peace (1994). Crowley used this period to record her conversations and observations about Nixon (she kept a diary), and she published two subsequent books on the former President in his final years: Nixon Off the Record: His Candid Commentary on People (1996), and Nixon in Winter (1998).

In 1996, she joined Fox News Channel, where she was a foreign affairs and political analyst. She received her PhD in International Affairs from Columbia University in this period.

In 2004, she joined MSNBC's "Connected: Coast to Coast" with co-host Ron Reagan. After a nine month run, the last show ran on December 9, 2005.

In 1999 Crowley allegedly plagiarized part of an article she wrote for the Wall Street Journal (August 9, 1999), called "The Day Nixon Said Goodbye". The Journal ran an apology the same week. Timothy Noah of Slate Magazine later wrote of the striking similarities in her article to phrases Paul Johnson used in his 1988 article for Commentary Magazine called "In Praise of Richard Nixon". Criticism was not widespread at the time, but it was repeated in such forums as the TheMediaDrop.com in December 2004 following her decision to join MSNBC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Crowley