Lauren Ashburn

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Lauren Ashburn is a weekly television columnist for Barrett Media, and the founder of Ashburn Media Company. She is a television veteran who has anchored and executive produced network and cable news programs, and served as a contributor to Fox News, the Daily Beast and PBS NewsHour. Her written work has been published by The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, and she appears on television talking about media and politics. Ashburn has interviewed US Presidents, members of Congress, high-profile celebrities, and covered political conventions and debates. She has even reported on the Iraq War from the front lines, covered 9/11 from the Pentagon, and anchored from the US/Mexico border. You can find her on X at @LaurenAshburn. A graduate of Columbia Journalism School’s master’s program, Ashburn was also Managing Editor of Gannett Broadcasting and USA Today Live and Managing Editor and Anchor of the evening news on EWTN. She is the founder of Ashburn Media Company and has been married to Howard Kurtz since 2020.

Joe Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis Shouldn’t Stop the Media From Investigating One of the Greatest Coverups in American Politics

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"It’s truly scandalous that high-ranking Biden officials denied what the conservative media were reporting all along."

Why Donald Trump’s Attacks on Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen Will Always Draw Media Attention

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I’m not saying journalists shouldn’t give these spats some brief attention, but do we really need to cover every round of these squabbles as if they were as important as the furor over the president accepting a $400 million jet from Qatar?  

Why Lester Holt and Martha Raddatz Treated Coverage of Pope Leo XIV So Passionately

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The wall-to-wall coverage from Rome blew everything else off the screen.

Why Donald Trump Needs Interviewers Like Terry Moran and Kristen Welker

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Television news has plenty of flaws, and so do journalists, but it still has more impact than all but a few podcasters.  Especially in the hands of a president.

Why the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Was and Will Continue to Be a Snoozer

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Television used to revel in playing clips of jabs or funny comedian lines. This year, the shows were pretty much left empty-handed.
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