Todd Purdum

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name = Todd Purdum
| birthname = Todd Stanley Purdum
birth_date = December 13, 1959
birth_place = Illinois
age = 48
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occupation = national editor, political correspondent
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gender = male
status = married
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family = Jerry S. Purdum (father, deceased), Connie Purdum (mother)
spouse = Dee Dee Myers
children = two
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religion = episcopalian
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credits = "Vanity Fair", "The New York Times"
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Todd Stanley Purdum is a national editor and political correspondent for Vanity Fair (magazine).

Career

Until late 2005, Todd Purdum was a reporter and the Los Angeles bureau chief for the "New York Times". From 1994 to 1997, Purdum was a White House correspondent for the "Times". Purdum is now the national editor for the pop culture magazine Vanity Fair.

Personal

Purdum is a son of Jerry S. Purdum, a Macomb, Illinois insurance broker, investor, and realtor, and Connie Purdum. He was graduated from St. Paul's School in 1978 and from Princeton University in 1982. He married Tiffany Windsor Bluemle in 1987; the couple were subsequently divorced.

In 1997, ["Dee Dee Myers, Todd S. Purdum." "The New York Times", 25 May 1997.] , Purdum married former White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers, who served President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994. Their relationship is the basis for the relationship between C.J. Cregg and Danny Concannon on the TV show "The West Wing". Purdum and Myers have two children.

For the July 2008 issue of Vanity Fair, Purdum wrote a scathing article about former President of the United States Bill Clinton entitled "The Comeback Id." The article analyzes Clinton's post-presidency business dealings, behavior, and possible personal indiscretions, citing several anonymous current and former Clinton aides.cite news | author = Purdum, Todd | title = The Comeback Id | work =Vanity Fair | date = 2008-06-01 | url = http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/07/clinton200807 | accessdate = 2008-06-06] When asked about the article by Huffington Post writer Mayhill Fowler, Clinton said (in reference to Purdum): "He's a really dishonest reporter...and I haven't read (the article). There's just five or six blatant lies in there. But he's a real slimy guy." When Fowler reminded Clinton that Purdum is married to his former press secretary, he responded: "That's all right - he's still a scumbag" and later added "He's just a dishonest guy - can't help it." The following day, Jay Carson - a spokesman for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign - stated that Clinton regretted those remarks.cite news | author = Associated Press | title = Bill Clinton Vs. Vanity Fair: Former President Regrets Calling Magazine Writer "Scumbag" After Story He Considers Unfair| work =CBS News | date = 2008-06-03 | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/03/politics/main4148156.shtml | accessdate = 2008-06-06]

External links

* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/todd_s_purdum/index.html Recent and archived news articles by Todd S. Purdum of "The New York Times"]
* [http://www.vanityfair.com/ontheweb/blogs/daily/todd_purdum/index.html Todd S. Purdum at Vanity Fair.com]

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