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Laura Ingraham is a staple of conservative talk radio and Ann Coulter knock-off. During the 1980s, Ingraham was the first female editor of the Dartmouth Review and then a speechwriter in the Reagan administration. During the 1990s, she became a commentator for CBS and MSNBC. She launched her radio show in 2001. She occasionally filled in for Bill O'Reilly and other Fox News hosts.[1] She currently hosts her own Fox News program, The Ingraham Angle.
Dartmouth Review
Ingraham began her career as a pundit at the Dartmouth Review, Dartmouth College's student-run conservative rag. During her stint at the Review, she met and dated fellow wingnut Dinesh D'Souza and helped to out members of the university's gay-straight alliance.[2] Despite her status as a Dartmouth alum, she enjoys railing against "elites" with fancy-pants college degrees.[3]
Nazi
At the 2016 Republican convention, Ingraham stuck out her right hand in a way that closely resembles a Nazi salute. Her older brother, Curtis Ingraham, publicly accused her of being a nazi-sympathizer, and stated "We grew up with an abusive, alcoholic father who was a Nazi sympathizer. Like father like daughter?! This was the familial soil that gave bloom to my sister's anger.". [4]
Political positions
- Ingraham is against gay marriage,[5] of course, and has made transphobic comments.[6] Although she does find Louis Farrakhan to be too homophobic even by her standards.[7]
- She enjoys railing against the "pornification of our culture."[2]
- She is a global warming denier, characterizing it as a religion[8] and endorsing the Climategate conspiracy theory.[9]
- Even Bill-O thinks she's a "rabid ideologue" and "Kool-Aid drinker."[10]
External links
- Ingraham's site
- Ingraham on The Colbert Report
- Hack Thirty List No. 9: Laura Ingraham, Alex Pareene, Salon
References
- ↑ Laura Ingraham, Reporting for W2004, Howard Kurtz, Washington Post
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Laura Ingraham: Right-Wing Radio's High Priestess of Hate, Rory O'Connor, Huffington Post
- ↑ See Shut Up & Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN Are Subverting America
- ↑ https://www.thedailybeast.com/laura-ingrahams-brother-goes-to-war-against-her
- ↑ Laura Ingraham: I Will Always be Against Gay Marriage, Queerty
- ↑ O’Reilly, Ingraham Criticize “Dopey Parents” For Supporting Their Transgender Son, Equality Matters
- ↑ O’Reilly Factor Guest Infuriates Laura Ingraham With Claim That Farrakhan Is A ‘Private Citizen’, Frances Martel, Mediaite
- ↑ Ingraham: Obama Has A "Maniacal Adherence" To "The Church Of The Global Warming", Media Matters
- ↑ Noted climate scientist Ingraham says emails indicate "shocking scientific fraud," global warming a "lie", Media Matters
- ↑ O'Reilly calls Ingraham "a blind ideologue" and "a Kool-Aid drinker" after she criticizes his praise of Michelle Obama, Media Matters