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| ==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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| Rachel Marsden | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1974-12-02) December 2, 1974 (age 50) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | columnist, political commentator |
| Website | rachelmarsden.com |
Rachel Marsden (born 1974) is a Canadian conservative political columnist and television commentator based in New York City.
Education and early life
Rachel Marsden earned a bachelors degree in science by Simon Fraser University, and a degree in broadcast journalism by the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Growing up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Marsden was inspired by Canadian radio personality Jack Webster. She swam in national competitions, setting records within British Columbia.
Career
Marsden first broke into print journalism in the early 2000s, writing for conservative web sites and The Washington Times. She was a regular National Post columnist for several months in 2005 before joining the Toronto Sun as a weekly opinion columnist, a position held until November 2007. In 2006, she moved from Toronto to New York. She has written several columns criticizing the concept of anthropogenic global warming.
Marsden was a frequent guest on Dennis Miller Live when she was spotted to become the Canadian pundit for The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel. Marsden was employed by the Fox News Channel from 2004 to May 2007. She was promoted to panelist on Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, a late-night talk show. A producer on Red Eye praised Marsden, saying that "she has very passionate opinions...she's articulate, intelligent, and we get a lot of favorable mail about her".
In October 2007, she was a panelist on CNN's The Situation Room.
Her political commentary has been reprinted by other journals, including the New York Post and NewsMax Media.
Controversy
Marsden was one of twelve women involved in the Simon Fraser University 1997 harassment controversy. Her role in the Simon Fraser case was the central theme in a report on the incident written by a Simon Fraser professor and published by The Fraser Institute.
Marsden was given a conditional discharge with one year of probation in 2004 for criminal harassment of her boyfriend following a breakup.
On May 30, 2007, Marsden was dismissed from Red Eye for what the New York Post reported as "erratic behaviour" and escorted out of the Fox studio by security guards. She commented that her departure was due to a change in the show's format, and that being escorted out is standard procedure.
In September 2007, on her blog Marsden wrote about and posted a picture of a counterterrorism officer for the Ontario Provincial Police with whom she had an affair. She claimed that he had leaked secret anti-terrorism documents to her, then posted email messages from him as evidence that he had been pursuing her, and sent to the National Post these along with sexually explicit pictures of him that she had received. She was investigated for criminal harassment for this behaviour, but was not charged. The OPP's criminal investigations branch cleared the officer of any wrongdoing.
Footnotes
- ^ Agent. "Biography for Rachel Marsden". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ^ Rebecca Traister (2007-03-29). "Fox's Ann Coulter 2.0". Salon.com. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "About Rachel Marsden". Rachel Marsden. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- "Eye-opener". New York Post. 2007-05-31. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Stewart Bell (2007-12-19). "Ont. anti-terror officer investigated on leak allegations". National Post. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - David Finley (1999-08-01). "Liam Donnelly's Conviction by Prejudice: Lessons for Harassment Policy". The Fraser Institute. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Vancouver woman charged with harassment". CBC News. 2002-11-21.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Regina v. Rachel Marsden, Reasons for Sentence of the Honourable Judge W. J. Kitchen". British Columbia Provincial Court (Criminal Division). 2004-10-12. Retrieved 2006-12-30.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Hall, Neal (2004-10-13). "Rachel Marsden pleads guilty, gets probation". Vancouver Sun.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - Berry, Steve (2004-10-13). "'Immature' Marsden guilty of harassing former lover". The Province.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - Goddard, John, "Cop claims harassment by the 'Babe for Bush'", Toronto Star, December 21, 2007
- Canadian Press, "Toronto columnist Marsden ousted from Fox News", Toronto Star, May 31, 2007
- Stewart Bell (2008-01-04). "Police won't charge Marsden with stalking ex-lover". Canada Free Press. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Felix Gillette (2008-01-04). "Rachel Marsden". New York Observer.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ John Goddard (2008-01-05). "No harassment charges against pundit Marsden". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Harassment complaint laid against columnist". The Daily News. 2007-12-22. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
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External links
- Rachel Marsden – official website
To comply with the GFDL the records of certain previous contributors to this article can be found at Talk:Rachel Marsden/GFDL History
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