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Rachel Marsden | |
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Marsden speaking at CPAC in 2008. | |
Born | (1974-12-02) December 2, 1974 (age 50) Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada |
Occupation(s) | Columnist, political commentator, lecturer |
Website | RachelMarsden.com |
Rachel Marsden (born December 2, 1974) is a conservative political columnist, television commentator and university lecturer, originally from Canada but now based in Paris. She is also the CEO of Rachel Marsden Associates, which describes itself as "an international firm headquartered in Paris, France, and Toronto, Canada, with extensive experience in Defense, Intelligence, Politics, Media and Public Affairs issues." A fluent French speaker, she teaches at Sciences Po University in Paris. As of March 2016, she hosts a twice-weekly French-language geopolitical talk show on Sputnik News from the network's Paris studio. As of 2018, she is also a nationally ranked competitive swimmer at the masters level in France, specializing in sprint freestyle and butterfly.
In the 2000s, she was a columnist for publications such as the Toronto Sun and Human Events magazine. Her column is currently syndicated by Tribune Content Agency
Early life and education
Marsden grew up in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. As a high school student at Terry Fox Secondary in 1992, Marsden received a bronze Governor General's Academic Medal .
Marsden was inspired to go into journalism by listening to Canadian radio personality Jack Webster when she was growing up. In 2002, she took a political journalism training course at the National Journalism Center in Washington, DC.
Marsden graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Simon Fraser University (SFU) with a minor in French language. As a SFU student, Marsden came to public attention when she was at the center of the Simon Fraser University 1997 harassment controversy, in which she and a swimming coach publicly accused each other of sexual harassment. The coach was dismissed, then re-hired by the university after doubts were raised about the credibility of Marsden's accusations against him. Over ten years later, Marsden was interviewed by the university's newspaper and said of the events: " were more interested in quelling negative PR than defending the truth. I was told by SFU to keep quiet and say nothing to the media. My only regret is that I listened to them."
Career
Marsden first broke into journalism in the early 2000s, writing for conservative web sites. In 2002, she worked for the Free Congress Foundation.
Before the 2004 federal election in Canada, she was hired under an alias by Gurmant Grewal, a Conservative member of the Parliament of Canada, to assist his constituency office with press releases, but was forced out when her identity was revealed by the press while her criminal charges were pending.
In 2005, she had a column at National Post for two months. Later that year she was hired by the Toronto Sun as a weekly opinion columnist, and wrote for them until November 2007. Her syndicated column has appeared in the online edition of The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, and Townhall.com, and reprinted a few times in Wall Street Journal and the New York Daily News. In 2004 Marsden appeared as a guest on Dennis Miller Live. In 2005 she appeared twice as a guest panelist on The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel. Marsden appeared on the Fox News Channel until 2007.
In early 2007, she moved from Toronto to New York City.
In 2007, she was hired as one of five panelists on Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, a then new late-night talk show that began airing in February 2007 and worked there for five months. She appeared once in October 2007, as a guest panelist on CNN's The Situation Room. Marsden has been compared to Ann Coulter in opinion and presentation.
In 2009 Marsden moved to France, and since then she has been a regular panelist on LCP Politique Matin, carried on the state-owned parliamentary television channel La Chaîne parlementaire in France. She has appeared as a political analyst on Crosstalk, carried on Russia Today. She currently teaches some classes at Sciences Po as enseignante, or adjunct member of the teaching staff.
In November 2011, she self-published a novel, American Bombshell: A Tale of Domestic and International Invasion through Createspace.
Her opinion columns are distributed in the United States by the Chicago Tribune's syndication service.
References
- "Ecole de journalisme de Sciences Po — International". Journalisme.sciences-po.fr. October 15, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- Rachel Marsden. "Silvio Berlusconi's Virtue: The Wall Street Journal" (PDF). Rachelmarsden.com. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- ^ Marsden, Rachel (December 30, 2009). "Rachel Marsden: Technology and the New 'Me' Generation — WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- "Rachel Marsden Associates". Rachel Marsden Associates.
- "Ecole de journalisme de Sciences Po — Les enseignants". Journalisme.sciences-po.fr. October 15, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- Sputnik. "Canadian Media Star to Cover Politics for Sputnik". sputniknews.com.
- "Top 200 National Rankings".
- Kristen Thompson (October 9, 2009). "Natives slam Canadian's 'racist' blog on Games". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
- "Rachel Marsden's Articles". Human Events. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- "Rachel Marsden articles". Tribune Content Agency. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
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John Goddard (December 21, 2007). "Cop claims harassment by the 'Babe for Bush'". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
Backhurst acknowledges a brief love affair with Marsden two years ago – not one that continued until nearly three months ago, as Marsden maintains. Marsden grew up in Port Coquitlam, B.C., and was enrolled at Simon Fraser in 1995 when she accused swimming coach Liam Donnelly of sexual harassment over a 16-month period and date rape. Donnelly was fired. Two months later, he was exonerated, paid compensation and rehired, and the university president resigned over mishandling the case. .
- "Governor General's Academic Medal". gg.ca. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
- ^ Rebecca Traister (March 29, 2007). "Fox's Ann Coulter 2.0". Salon.com. Retrieved January 20, 2008.
- Rachel Marsen, "Screwing the Vote" is Not the Answer, RachelMarsden.com, undate, accessed March 14, 2014/
- "Simon Fraser University: Faculty of Science" (PDF). Sfu.ca. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
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David Finley (August 1, 1999). "Liam Donnelly's Conviction by Prejudice: Lessons for Harassment Policy". The Fraser Institute. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2008.
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- Young, Kevin; White, Philip. Sport and Gender in Canada, volume 10. Oxford University Press. p. 107. ISBN 0195413172.
- "Meet Rachel Marsden". The Peak. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- "Woman pleads guilty to harassment of former radio personality in Canada". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. October 13, 2004. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
- Stewart Bell (December 19, 2007). "Ont. anti-terror officer investigated on leak allegations". National Post. Retrieved March 5, 2008.
- "Rachel Marsden Gone". Toronto Sun Family. November 8, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
- Rachel Marsden (October 9, 2009). "I make fun of the Vancouver Winter Olympics logo, and suddenly I'm a 'racist'". The Telegraph. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
- "Rachel Marsden". The Spectator. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- "Rachel Marsden Articles — Political Columnist & Commentator". Townhall.com. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- Rachel Marsden (July 8, 2011). "DSK drama has Paris burning: French society shows its divisions over rape case". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
- "Dennis Miller — Episode Guide (146–170) - MSN TV". Tv.msn.com. January 24, 2005. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- "The O'Reilly Factor [search results for 'Rachel Marsden']". Billoreilly.com. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- "About Rachel Marsden". Rachel Marsden. Archived from the original on March 22, 2008. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- "Toronto columnist Marsden ousted from Fox News". Thestar.com. May 31, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
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Anne Kingston (June 25, 2008). "Agent Provocateur". Macleans. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
She moved to New York in early 2007. . . . An internal investigation cleared Backhurst of wrongdoing, says . . . .
- Rebecca Traister (March 31, 2009). "May contain a past". The Ontario Star. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
- "CNN Transcripts — The Situation Room, October 31, 2007". CNN. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
- Kate Kennedy (July 2, 2008). "Tale of the Tape". Macleans. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- Campbell Robertson (April 10, 2007). "At 2 A.M., Dark Humor Meets the Camera Lights". New York Times. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
- "LCP Assemblée nationale | Politique Matin : La matinale du jeudi 6 novembre 2014". Lcp.fr. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- An example from 2013: "Crisis Capitalism — RT CrossTalk". Rt.com. March 31, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- "Ateliers radio | Portail Scolarite Sciences Po". Formation.sciences-po.fr. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- "Perry Debate Gaffe Highlights Hyperfocus on Image — Rachel Marsden — Page full". Townhall.com. November 15, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- https://tribunecontentagency.com/premium-content/opinion/conservative/rachel-marsden/
External links
- This article uses content licensed under the GFDL from deleted revisions of Misplaced Pages's article on Rachel Marsden. A list of previous authors of the page can be found at Talk:Rachel Marsden/GFDL History.
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