Drew Griffin

Drew Griffin is a reporter on the American cable news channel CNN.^[1]

Career

Griffin worked as an investigative reporter for CBS 2 News in Los Angeles for 10 years. He joined CNN in May 2004. In September 2005, Griffin covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Griffin's reports about the looting by some New Orleans police officers led to a police investigation. He also broke stories about nursing home deaths after Katrina.^[1]

Controversy

During the 2012 presidential race, Griffin was called out by Jon Stewart for deliberately ignoring presidential candidate Ron Paul despite his second-place result in the Iowa straw poll by less than one percent of the votes -- 152 votes. He was criticized by Stewart for unprofessionally joking to a colleague on air, "And guess what Paul; if you get video of Sarah Palin or get a soundbite of her, bring that back to us. You can hold that Ron Paul stuff.(chuckles)" despite the fact that Sarah Palin had not even declared her candidacy at the time.^[2]

Awards

Griffin won a business and financial reporting Emmy Award in 2005 for his reports on a fault in Ford vehicles which caused them to catch fire. He earned his second Emmy in 2006 for the CNN Presents documentary "How to Rob a Bank" and a third in 2007 for "Hidden Spending," an Anderson Cooper 360° segment about congressional spending.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Anchors Reporters Griffin Drew". CNN. http://www.edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/griffin.drew.html. Retrieved 2008-05-05. 
2. ^ Jon Stewart. "Indecision 2012: Corn Polled Edition". The Daily Show. Comedy Central. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-15-2011/indecision-2012---corn-polled-edition---ron-paul---the-top-tier. 

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