John David Gibson (born July 25, 1946) is an American radio talk show host. As of September 2008, he hosts the syndicated radio program The John Gibson Show. He formerly co-hosted the weekday edition of The Big Story on Fox News.
On March 12, 2008, Fox News Channel announced that The Big Story was being replaced with America's Election Headquarters, a program more directly geared toward following the 2008 U.S. presidential election.[3]The Big Story was not renewed after the election and was replaced with The Glenn Beck Program in January 2009. Following this cancellation, Gibson was a regular guest-panelist on Fox's late-night satire show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, and was often the butt of jokes on episodes in which he was absent.
As of September 2008, he began hosting the syndicated radio program The John Gibson Show. Initially the show was broadcast on Fox News Radio, but since 2017 it has been syndicated by the Genesis Communications Network.
Gibson's criticisms were rejected by UK regulator Ofcom when it investigated viewer complaints about his item. Ofcom also found that Gibson's broadcast was in violation of several UK television regulations, concluding that Gibson's commentary did not display a "respect for truth", failed to offer the BBC a chance to respond to the allegations, and was based on "false evidence."[6]
Public commentsEdit
Gibson as a commentator often attracts criticism.[7][8][9][10]
Following the 2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting, on his radio show, Gibson commented, "I knew the shooter was white. I knew he would have shot himself. Hip-hoppers don't do that. They shoot and move on to shoot again. And I could tell right away because he killed himself. Hip hoppers shooters don't do that. They shoot and move on."[11]
In a 2008 edition of his radio show, Gibson commented on actor Heath Ledger's death the day before. He opened the segment with funeral music and played a clip of Jake Gyllenhaal's famous line "I wish I knew how to quit you" from Ledger's film Brokeback Mountain; and then said "Well, I guess he found out how to quit you." Among other remarks, Gibson called Ledger a "weirdo" with "a serious drug problem".[12] The next day, he addressed outcry over his remarks by saying that they were in the context of jokes he had been making for months about Brokeback Mountain, and that "There's no point in passing up a good joke."[13] Gibson later apologized on his television and radio shows.[14][15]
In February 2009, Attorney GeneralEric Holder had given a speech to Justice Department employees as a part of the observance of Black History Month during which he described the United States as being a "nation of cowards" in its reluctance to discuss racial relations. Gibson criticized Holder's remarks as inappropriate. John Sanders, who at the time was technology reporter for WBAL-TV in Baltimore, then intentionally edited Gibson's remarks which had followed news reports of a monkey who had escaped from a Seattle zoo, making it appear that Gibson had compared Holder to a monkey "with a bright blue scrotum" on Fox. Sanders then posted the altered video on YouTube without a disclaimer that it was a joke.[16] Because of this, the video was widely publicized on news websites, including The Huffington Post, as if it were authentic.[16] Sanders was fired over the video, and Gibson said that the spread of the fake video has had a "personal" impact upon him.[16]
BooksEdit
Gibson, John. How the Left Swiftboated America: The Liberal Media Conspiracy to Make You Think George Bush Was the Worst President in History. (HarperCollins, 2009). ISBN978-0-06-179289-2.
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John David Gibson born July 25 1946 is an American radio talk show host As of September 2008 he hosts the syndicated radio program The John Gibson Show He formerly co hosted the weekday edition of The Big Story on Fox News John GibsonBornJohn David Gibson 1946 07 25 July 25 1946 age 77 Los Angeles California U S OccupationTalk show hostYears active1969 presentSpouseSusan McHugh 1979 present Children1 Contents 1 Career 2 Gibson vs the BBC 3 Public comments 4 Books 5 Footnotes 6 External linksCareer EditThis section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources John Gibson political commentator news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Gibson earned a Bacherlor of Arts degree from UCLA s School of Theater Film and Television He began his reporting career with The Hollywood Reporter 1969 1972 and worked for Atlantic Records 1972 1974 Gibson worked for KFWB AM 1974 1975 and KEYT TV 1975 1977 At KCRA he was a feature reporter on the Weeknight magazine show 1977 1979 and San Francisco bureau chief 1979 1989 1 Beginning in 1992 Gibson worked as an NBC News correspondent in Burbank California In 1994 he became the first West Coast correspondent for the NBC News Channel He covered the 1995 O J Simpson trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman for NBC News Channel and Rivera Live on CNBC 2 In 1996 he was named as daytime anchor on MSNBC where he covered the Bill Clinton Monica Lewinsky scandal in 1998 1 Gibson joined the Fox News Channel in September 2000 as the host of the rolling news program Fox News Live with John Gibson which in 2001 was turned into The Big Story In 2007 Heather Nauert joined The Big Story as his co host He also wrote the New York Times bestselling books Hating America The New World Sport and The War on Christmas referencing the controversies of the same name 2 On March 12 2008 Fox News Channel announced that The Big Story was being replaced with America s Election Headquarters a program more directly geared toward following the 2008 U S presidential election 3 The Big Story was not renewed after the election and was replaced with The Glenn Beck Program in January 2009 Following this cancellation Gibson was a regular guest panelist on Fox s late night satire show Red Eye w Greg Gutfeld and was often the butt of jokes on episodes in which he was absent As of September 2008 he began hosting the syndicated radio program The John Gibson Show Initially the show was broadcast on Fox News Radio but since 2017 it has been syndicated by the Genesis Communications Network Gibson vs the BBC EditIn 2004 Gibson said that the British Broadcasting Corporation was anti American accusing the BBC of having a frothing at the mouth anti Americanism that was obsessive irrational and dishonest 4 He also claimed that reporter Andrew Gilligan who was covering the 2003 Iraq War for BBC Radio 4 in Baghdad had insisted on air that the Iraqi Army was heroically repulsing an incompetent American military 5 Gibson s criticisms were rejected by UK regulator Ofcom when it investigated viewer complaints about his item Ofcom also found that Gibson s broadcast was in violation of several UK television regulations concluding that Gibson s commentary did not display a respect for truth failed to offer the BBC a chance to respond to the allegations and was based on false evidence 6 Public comments EditGibson as a commentator often attracts criticism 7 8 9 10 Following the 2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting on his radio show Gibson commented I knew the shooter was white I knew he would have shot himself Hip hoppers don t do that They shoot and move on to shoot again And I could tell right away because he killed himself Hip hoppers shooters don t do that They shoot and move on 11 In a 2008 edition of his radio show Gibson commented on actor Heath Ledger s death the day before He opened the segment with funeral music and played a clip of Jake Gyllenhaal s famous line I wish I knew how to quit you from Ledger s film Brokeback Mountain and then said Well I guess he found out how to quit you Among other remarks Gibson called Ledger a weirdo with a serious drug problem 12 The next day he addressed outcry over his remarks by saying that they were in the context of jokes he had been making for months about Brokeback Mountain and that There s no point in passing up a good joke 13 Gibson later apologized on his television and radio shows 14 15 In February 2009 Attorney General Eric Holder had given a speech to Justice Department employees as a part of the observance of Black History Month during which he described the United States as being a nation of cowards in its reluctance to discuss racial relations Gibson criticized Holder s remarks as inappropriate John Sanders who at the time was technology reporter for WBAL TV in Baltimore then intentionally edited Gibson s remarks which had followed news reports of a monkey who had escaped from a Seattle zoo making it appear that Gibson had compared Holder to a monkey with a bright blue scrotum on Fox Sanders then posted the altered video on YouTube without a disclaimer that it was a joke 16 Because of this the video was widely publicized on news websites including The Huffington Post as if it were authentic 16 Sanders was fired over the video and Gibson said that the spread of the fake video has had a personal impact upon him 16 Books EditGibson John How the Left Swiftboated America The Liberal Media Conspiracy to Make You Think George Bush Was the Worst President in History HarperCollins 2009 ISBN 978 0 06 179289 2 Gibson John The War on Christmas How the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Christian Holiday Is Worse Than You Thought Sentinel HC 2005 ISBN 1 59523 016 5 Gibson John Hating America The New World Sport ReganBooks 2004 ISBN 0 06 058010 0 Footnotes Edit a b John Gibson Named Anchor For Daytime Programming on MSNBC Cable PR Newswire April 30 1996 a b John Gibson Bio Fox News September 14 2007 Retrieved 2008 01 31 Fox Votes Out the Big Story The New York Times March 3 2008 Retrieved on 2008 03 12 Ofcom criticises Fox News Channel Digital Spy 14 June 2004 Liar liar Editorial by John Gibson published on FOXNews com on January 29 2004 Ofcom Programme complaints bulletin Standards amp Fairness and Privacy number 11 pdf June 14 2004 Gibson defended his comments about race of school shooter attacked Soros backed Media Matters Media Matters for America October 12 2007 Countdown with Keith Olbermann NBC News October 11 2007 transcript McNamara Mary John Gibson should lose his platform Los Angeles Times January 26 2008 Morning Joe MSNBC January 23 2010 The John Gibson Show October 10 2007 Fox Host John Gibson Mocks Heath Ledger s Death The Huffington Post January 23 2008 The John Gibson Show Fox News Radio January 25 2008 The Big Story Fox News January 24 2008 The John Gibson Show Fox News Radio January 24 2008 a b c Kurtz Howard February 25 2009 Reporter Loses Job Over Altered Video of Fox s Gibson The Washington Post p C1 External links Edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to John Gibson political commentator John Gibson s official website Fox News biography Appearances on C SPAN John Gibson on Facebook John Gibson on Twitter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Gibson political commentator amp oldid 1168395633, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
