- Ken Rudin
Ken Rudin is
NPR 'spolitical editor, and is involved with any politicalnews on a variety of NPR programs. Rudin also cohosts a segment called The Political Junkie on the NPR programTalk of the Nation and writes a column of the same name for npr.org [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1930204 Ken Rudin, NPR Biography] ] .Childhood
Rudin was born in the Bronx, where he attended P.S. 64, J.H.S. 82 and William Howard Taft High School. After high school he moved to Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Trivia
During the 1960s, Rudin began collecting
campaign buttons , he now has a collection of more 70,000 campaign items [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/button/rudin.htm Ken Rudin Biography] ] . Ken is also a music lover who has been making mixtapes since 1975. [ [http://216.35.221.77/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5394585 mixed signals] ] He wasColor War General at [http://www.lokanda.com Camp Lokanda] in 1974 and 1975 [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5601903 Online Column] ] .During the 2008 presidential primary campaign, Rudin attracted criticism for comparing Senator
Hillary Clinton withGlenn Close 's character Alex Forrest in the movie "Fatal Attraction " during an appearance on CNN's "Sunday Morning ". Of Senator Clinton, he said, like Ms Close, "she’s going to keep coming back, and they’re not going to stop her." In response to this Rudin featured in the "Worst Persons In The World" segment onMSNBC 's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann ". Mr. Rudin later apologized. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/us/politics/13women.html Media Charged With Sexism in Clinton coverage, "New York Times ", 13 June 2008]External links
* [http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=5495231 It's All Politics] - Ken Rudin's weekly podcast with [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1930203 Ron Elving] .
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1930201 The Political Junkie] - Ken Rudin's Political Column and segment on Talk of the nation.
* [http://www.npr.org/about/nextgen/internedition/fall06/ Intern Edition] - NPR's intern website.References
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