Reed Irvine

Infobox Writer
name = Reed John Irvine


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birthdate = birth date|1922|9|29
birthplace = Salt Lake City, Utah
death_date = Death date|2004|11|16
occupation = media critic, syndicated columnist, radio commentator, corporate executive
genre = non-fiction about the media
nationality = United States
movement =
website = http://www.aim.org/

Reed Irvine (September 29, 1922 – November 16, 2004) was an economist turned media watchdog with known conservative sympathies. He founded the conservative Accuracy in Media, and remained its head for 35 years.

Notable events were during civil war in El Salvador, in "Time Magazine" he criticized "New York Times" reporter Raymond Bonner's with particular regard to his reporting of the El Mozote massacre. AIM devoted an entire edition of "AIM Report" to Bonner, reporting that "Mr. Bonner had been worth a division to the communists in Central America." [ [http://www.aim.org/publications/aim_report/1982/07b.html Raymond Bonner Division] "Accuracy in Media" July B 1982 ]

During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, "he accused CNN and its reporter Peter Arnett of airing 'Saddam Hussein's version of the truth. There's no way his reporting is helping America win this war'". [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58852-2004Nov17.html Media Watchdog Reed Irvine, 82 (washingtonpost.com) ] ]

During the Clinton administration, in 1998 at the Conservative Political Action Conference, he claimed there was a conspiracy within the Republican Party to "suppress investigations of Clinton administration scandals. 'Conspiracy is a word that has been given a very bad connotation – it's become synonymous with "kooky,"' he told a Post reporter. 'But really it has a very good connotation.' In other words, he elaborated, some conspiracy theories are valid. But not Hillary Clinton's notion of a vast right-wing conspiracy. 'She's kooky,' he said."

Awards

* George Washington medal, Freedom Foundation, 1980
* Ethics in Journalism award, World Media Association, 1987.

References

* Profile in [http://www.marquiswhoswho.com Marquis Who's Who on the Web]

External links

* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58852-2004Nov17.html Media Watchdog Reed Irvine, 82] "Washington Post" November 18, 2004.
* [http://www.aim.org/publications/aim_report/1998/12a.html Why Don't the Media Uncover Cover-ups?] AIM Report, December 1998.
* New York Times Obituary: [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/19/national/19irvine.html Reed Irvine, 82, the Founder Of a Media Criticism Group] , Michael T. Kaufman, November 19, 2004.