Philip Klein (editor)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Columbia University (MA)
Independent (2016–present)[1]
Philip Klein | |
|---|---|
| Education | George Washington University (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
| Occupations | Journalist, author |
| Employer | National Review |
| Political party | Republican (before 2016) Independent (2016–present)[1] |
Philip Klein is an American author and journalist who is the editor of National Review Online. Klein previously worked as the executive editor of the Washington Examiner, as a Washington correspondent for The American Spectator,[2] and as a financial reporter for Reuters. He become editor of the conservative publication National Review Online in March 2021.[3][4]
Born Jewish, Klein grew up in New York City.[5] He graduated from George Washington University with degrees in history and economics and has a master's degree in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Career
Journalism
Klein is a former Reuters reporter.[6] He worked for the American Spectator before joining the Washington Examiner in 2011.[7] In 2014, he became the commentary editor of the same paper.[7] In 2015, Klein was promoted to managing editor of the paper,[8] and in 2018, he was named executive editor.[9]
In September 2012, while Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was chair of the Democratic National Committee, Schultz accused Klein of "deliberately misquoting" her. In a fact check prompted by Klein's release of the audio, The Washington Post concluded that "Klein's quote was exactly accurate, meaning Wasserman Schultz falsely accused the Examiner of misquoting her."[10]
In 2018, Klein reported on a tweet by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about Department of Defense budgets which he called a "$21 trillion mistake" revealing a lack of understanding of government budgeting.[11][12][13]
Authorship
Klein's 2019 book, Fear Your Future: How the Deck Is Stacked Against Millennials and Why Socialism Would Make It Worse, released by Templeton Press in October 2019,[14] was discussed on C-SPAN in November 2019.[15] The book includes essays by other writers including David Harsanyi and Ramesh Ponnuru.[16]
Klein's 2015 book, Overcoming Obamacare: Three Approaches to Reversing the Government Takeover of Health Care, laid out the policy approaches available to the bill's opponents.[17][18]
Politics
In 2016, Klein left the Republican Party in protest over the nomination of Donald Trump, tweeting out his announcement and the completed voter registration form on 3 May 2016.[19]