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'''John David Gibson''' (born July 25, 1946) is an ] ] host. As of September 2008, he hosts the ] radio program ''The John Gibson Show'' on ]. Gibson was formerly the co-host of the weekday edition of '']'' on the ].


'''John David Gibson''' (born July 25, 1946) is an American ] host. As of September 2008, he hosts the ] radio program ''The John Gibson Show''. He formerly co-hosted the weekday edition of ''The Big Story'' on ].
==Early career==


==Career==
Gibson earned a ] from the ]. He began his reporting career with '']'' (1969-1972) and worked for ] (1972-1974). Gibson worked for ]-AM (1974-1975) and ]-TV (1975-1977). At ], he was a feature reporter on the "Weeknight" magazine show (1977-1979) and ] bureau chief (1979-1989).<ref name="PR">"John Gibson Named Anchor For Daytime Programming on MSNBC Cable", ], ], ]</ref>
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Gibson earned a ] from ]. He began his reporting career with '']'' (1969–1972) and worked for ] (1972–1974). Gibson worked for ]-AM (1974–1975) and ]-TV (1975–1977). At ], he was a feature reporter on the ''Weeknight'' magazine show (1977–1979) and ] ] (1979–1989).<ref name="PR">"John Gibson Named Anchor For Daytime Programming on MSNBC Cable", ], April 30, 1996</ref>


Beginning in 1992, Gibson worked as an ] correspondent in ]. In 1994, he became the first West coast correspondent for ]. He covered the ] for ] and '']'' on ].<ref name="foxbio">{{cite web|title=John Gibson - Bio|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1240,00.html|publisher=]|date=2007-09-14|accessdate=2008-01-31}}</ref> In 1996 he was named anchor for daytime programming on ].<ref name="PR"/> Beginning in 1992, Gibson worked as an ] correspondent in ]. In 1994, he became the first ] correspondent for the ]. He covered the 1995 ] ] for the murders of ] and ] for ] and '']'' on ].<ref name="foxbio">{{cite web|title=John Gibson – Bio|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1240,00.html|publisher=]|date=September 14, 2007|access-date=2008-01-31}}</ref> In 1996, he was named as daytime anchor on ], where he covered the ]-] ] in 1998.<ref name="PR"/>


Gibson joined the ] 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, ] joined ''The Big Story'' as his co-host. He also wrote the ] books, '']'' and ''The War on Christmas'' (referencing the ]).<ref name="foxbio"/>
==Career with Fox News==
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Gibson joined the ] in September 2000 as the host of its news program '']''. He also wrote the ] books '']'' and ''The War on Christmas''.<ref name="foxbio"/>


On March 12, 2008, Fox News Channel announced ''The Big Story'' was being replaced with '']'', a program more directly geared toward following the ]<ref>, "]", ]. Retrieved on ].</ref>. ''The Big Story'' was not renewed after the election and was replaced with '']'' in January 2009. On March 12, 2008, Fox News Channel announced that ''The Big Story'' was being replaced with '']'', a program more directly geared toward following the ].<ref>, '']'', March 3, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.</ref> ''The Big Story'' was not renewed after the election and was replaced with '']'' in January 2009. Following this cancellation, Gibson was a regular guest-panelist on Fox's late-night ] show '']'', and was often the butt of jokes on episodes in which he was absent.


As of September 2008, he began hosting the ] radio program ''The John Gibson Show''. Initially the show was broadcast on ], but since 2017 it has been syndicated by the ].
==Controversies==
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===Cleveland school shooting===


== Gibson vs. the BBC ==
Following the 2007 ] in ], on his radio show Gibson commented "I knew the shooter was white. I knew he would have shot himself. ]pers don't do that. They shoot and move on to shoot again. And I could tell right away because he killed himself. hip hopers shooters don't do that. They shoot and move on."<ref>''The John Gibson Show'', ], ]</ref>
In 2004 Gibson said that the ] was ], accusing the BBC of having "a frothing-at-the-mouth ] that was obsessive, irrational and dishonest".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a14717/ofcom-criticises-fox-news-channel/|title=Ofcom criticises Fox News Channel|website=] |date=14 June 2004}}</ref> He also claimed that reporter ], who was covering the ] for ] in ], had, "insisted on air that the ] was heroically repulsing an incompetent ]".<ref>''''. Editorial by John Gibson., published on FOXNews.com on January 29, 2004.</ref>


Gibson's criticisms were rejected by ] regulator ] 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."<ref> (pdf), June 14, 2004.</ref>
Gibson's comments were heavily criticized by colleagues in the media. ] of ]'s '']'' called Gibson a ],<ref>''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'', ], ], ]: </ref> ] of ] called the comments "outrageous" and said Gibson "has some explaining to do",<ref>''Out in the Open'', ], ], ]</ref> ] of MSNBC's '']'' said Gibson was "out of line",<ref>''Live with Dan Abrams'', MSBNC, ], ]</ref> and ] criticized him as well.<ref>, Media Matters for America, ], ]</ref><ref>, Media Matters for America, ], ]</ref>


==Public comments==
==="Following the wrong religion"===
Gibson as a commentator often attracts criticism.<ref>, Media Matters for America, October 12, 2007</ref><ref>''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'', ], October 11, 2007: </ref><ref>McNamara, Mary. '']''. January 26, 2008.</ref><ref>'']'', ], January 23, 2010</ref>


Following the ], on his radio show, Gibson commented, "I knew the shooter was white. I knew he would have shot himself. ]pers 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."<ref>''The John Gibson Show'', October 10, 2007</ref>
During a November 17, 2005 appearance on the radio program '']'', Gibson said "Minorities ought to have the same sense of tolerance about the majority religion &mdash; ] &mdash; that they've been granted about their religions over the years."<ref name="MMwrong religion"></ref> A few minutes later in the same interview, he said "I would think if somebody is going to be &mdash; have to answer for following the wrong religion, they're not going to have to answer to me. We know who they're going to have to answer to."<ref name="MMwrong religion"/> Gibson's comments were criticized by ] of the '']'',<ref>Frank Rich, "I Saw ] Kissing ]", ''New York Times'', December 25, 2005</ref> and ].<ref name="MMwrong religion"/>


In a 2008 edition of his radio show, Gibson commented on actor ]'s death the day before. He opened the segment with funeral music and played a clip of ]'s famous line "I wish I knew how to quit you" from Ledger's film '']''; and then said "Well, I guess he found out how to quit ''you''." Among other remarks, Gibson called Ledger a "weirdo" with "a serious ]".<ref> '']''. January 23, 2008.</ref> 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."<ref>''The John Gibson Show'', Fox News Radio, January 25, 2008.</ref> Gibson later apologized on his television and radio shows.<ref>''The Big Story'', ], January 24, 2008</ref><ref>''The John Gibson Show'', ], January 24, 2008</ref>
Gibson charged that Olbermann had "repeated a misquote to justify saying some truly disgusting things about me."<ref>''The Big Story with John Gibson'', ], December 23, 2005</ref><ref name="MMRS"></ref><ref name="RS">''Reliable Sources'', CNN, January 1, 2006</ref> Olbermann responded "The audio clip is the definitive answer, and I would hope John would have the self- respect to acknowledge what he said and to leave the airwaves for good, because between the remark and the denial, he has, sadly, forfeited his right to stay here."<ref name="MMRS"/><ref name="RS"/><ref>''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'', ], ], ]: </ref>


In February 2009, ] ] had given a speech to ] employees as a part of the observance of ] during which he described the ] as being a "nation of cowards" in its reluctance to discuss ]. Gibson criticized Holder's remarks as inappropriate. John Sanders, who at the time was technology reporter for ] in ], then intentionally edited Gibson's remarks which had followed news reports of a monkey who had escaped from a ] zoo, making it appear that Gibson had compared Holder to a monkey "with a bright blue ]" on Fox. Sanders then posted the altered video on ] without a disclaimer that it was a joke.<ref name=washpost/> Because of this, the video was widely publicized on news websites, including '']'', as if it were authentic.<ref name=washpost>{{cite news |title=Reporter Loses Job Over Altered Video of Fox's Gibson|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/24/AR2009022403215.html|first=Howard|last=Kurtz|date=February 25, 2009|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=C1}}</ref> Sanders was fired over the video, and Gibson said that the spread of the fake video has had a "personal" impact upon him.<ref name=washpost/>
=== Gibson vs. the BBC ===
Gibson claims that the ] is ], accusing the BBC of having "a frothing-at-the-mouth anti-Americanism that was obsessive, irrational and dishonest".<ref></ref><ref></ref> He also claimed that reporter ], who was covering the ] for ] in ], had, "insisted on air that the ] was heroically repulsing an incompetent American military".<ref>''''. Editorial by John Gibson., published on FOXNews.com on ] ].</ref>

Gibson's criticisms were rejected by '']'' when it investigated viewer complaints of Gibson's item.<ref> - Published in Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin Number 11 on ] ].</ref>

==="Make more babies"===
On ''The Big Story'' on May 11, 2006, Gibson responded to a '']'' story which noted that the ] reported "Nearly half of the nation's children under five are racial or ethnic minorities, and the percentage is increasing mainly because the ] population is growing so rapidly."<ref>D'Vera Cohn and Tara Bahrampour, , '']'', ], ]</ref> Gibson said further: "Do your duty. Make more babies... half of the kids in this country under five years old are minorities. By far the greatest number are Hispanic. You know what that means? Twenty-five years and the majority of the population is Hispanic. Why is that? Well, the Hispanics are having more kids than others. Notably the ones Hispanics call gabachos, white people, are having fewer."<ref>''The Big Story with John Gibson'', ], ], ]</ref>

]'s Massimo Calabresi wrote that Gibson's interpretation of the census data was "wildly wrong".<ref>Massimo Calabresi, , '']'', ], ]</ref> Gibson's remarks were criticized by ]<ref>''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'', ], ], ]: </ref> and Media Matters for America,<ref>, Media Matters for America, ], ]</ref> which later named his remark one of the top 11 "Most outrageous comments of 2006".<ref>", Media Matters for America, ], ]</ref>

===Heath Ledger remarks===
On the January 22, 2008 edition of his radio show, Gibson commented on actor ]'s death the day before. He opened the segment with funeral music and played a clip of the famous line "I wish I knew how to quit you" from Ledger's film '']''; he 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."<ref> '']''. January 23, 2008.</ref> 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."<ref> Media Matters for America. January 24, 2008.</ref>

] commentator ] called Gibson's remarks "sick",<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8ZHN-Gl8V0</ref> while Mary McNamara of the '']'' called for him to be fired.<ref>McNamara, Mary. '']''. January 26, 2008.</ref>

Gibson apologized during the "My Word" segment of ''The Big Story''.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ8sFzuWouo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edailykos%2Ecom%2Fstoryonly%2F2008%2F1%2F25%2F163014%2F652&feature=player_embedded</ref>

===Eric Holder===
In February 2009, ] ] had given a speech to ] employees as a part of the observance of ] during which he described the ] 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 ], then edited Gibson's remarks which had followed news reports of a monkey who had escaped from a ] zoo making it appear that Gibson had compared Holder to a monkey "with a bright blue ]" on Fox. Sanders then posted the altered video on ] as a joke.<ref name=washpost/> However, the video was widely-publicized on news websites, including the ], as if it were authentic.<ref name=washpost>{{cite news |title=Reporter Loses Job Over Altered Video of Fox's Gibson|first=Howard|last=Kurtz|date=February 25, 2009|work=Washington Post|page=C1}}</ref> Sanders was fired over the video, and Gibson said that the spread of the fake video has had a "personal" impact upon him.<ref name=washpost/>


==Books== ==Books==
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* Gibson, John. '']: How the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Christian Holiday Is Worse Than You Thought''. (], 2005). ISBN 1-59523-016-5. * Gibson, John. ''How the Left Swiftboated America: The Liberal Media Conspiracy to Make You Think George Bush Was the Worst President in History''. (], 2009). {{ISBN|978-0-06-179289-2}}.
* Gibson, John (2004). '']''. (], 2004) ISBN 0-06-058010-0. * Gibson, John. '']: How the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Christian Holiday Is Worse Than You Thought''. (], 2005). {{ISBN|1-59523-016-5}}.
* Gibson, John. '']''. (], 2004) {{ISBN|0-06-058010-0}}.


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American radio talk show host
John Gibson
BornJohn David Gibson
(1946-07-25) July 25, 1946 (age 78)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationTalk show host
Years active1969–present
SpouseSusan McHugh (1979–present)
Children1

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.

Career

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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).

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. In 1996, he was named as daytime anchor on MSNBC, where he covered the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal in 1998.

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).

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. 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

In 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". 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".

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."

Public comments

Gibson as a commentator often attracts criticism.

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."

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". 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." Gibson later apologized on his television and radio shows.

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. Because of this, the video was widely publicized on news websites, including The Huffington Post, as if it were authentic. Sanders was fired over the video, and Gibson said that the spread of the fake video has had a "personal" impact upon him.

Books

Footnotes

  1. ^ "John Gibson Named Anchor For Daytime Programming on MSNBC Cable", PR Newswire, April 30, 1996
  2. ^ "John Gibson – Bio". Fox News. September 14, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. "Fox Votes Out the Big Story", The New York Times, March 3, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
  4. "Ofcom criticises Fox News Channel". Digital Spy. 14 June 2004.
  5. Liar, liar. Editorial by John Gibson., published on FOXNews.com on January 29, 2004.
  6. Ofcom Programme complaints bulletin: Standards & Fairness and Privacy number 11 (pdf), June 14, 2004.
  7. "Gibson defended his comments about race of school shooter, attacked 'Soros-backed' Media Matters", Media Matters for America, October 12, 2007
  8. Countdown with Keith Olbermann, NBC News, October 11, 2007: transcript
  9. McNamara, Mary. "John Gibson should lose his platform" Los Angeles Times. January 26, 2008.
  10. Morning Joe, MSNBC, January 23, 2010
  11. The John Gibson Show, October 10, 2007
  12. "Fox Host John Gibson Mocks Heath Ledger's Death" The Huffington Post. January 23, 2008.
  13. The John Gibson Show, Fox News Radio, January 25, 2008.
  14. The Big Story, Fox News, January 24, 2008
  15. The John Gibson Show, Fox News Radio, January 24, 2008
  16. ^ Kurtz, Howard (February 25, 2009). "Reporter Loses Job Over Altered Video of Fox's Gibson". The Washington Post. p. C1.

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