| Reed John Irvine | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 29, 1922 Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Occupation | media critic, syndicated columnist, radio commentator, corporate executive |
| Nationality | United States |
| Genres | non-fiction about the media |
| Official website | |
Reed Irvine (September 29, 1922 – November 16, 2004) was an economist turned media watchdog with known conservative sympathies. He founded the conservative Accuracy in Media, and remained its head for 35 years.
Notable commentaries focused on the El Salvador Civil War, the Persian Gulf War, and the Clinton administration.
On the El Salvador Civil War, he criticized reporter Raymond Bonner's with particular regard to his reporting in the New York Times of the El Mozote massacre. He devoted an entire edition of the AIM Report to Bonner, reporting that "Mr. Bonner had been worth a division to the communists in Central America."[1]
During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, "he accused CNN and its reporter Peter Arnett of airing 'Saddam Hussein's version of the truth. There's no way his reporting is helping America win this war'".[2]
During the Clinton administration, in 1998 at the Conservative Political Action Conference, he claimed there was a conspiracy within the Republican Party to "suppress investigations of Clinton administration scandals. 'Conspiracy is a word that has been given a very bad connotation – it's become synonymous with "kooky,"' he told a Post reporter. 'But really it has a very good connotation.' In other words, he elaborated, some conspiracy theories are valid. But not Hillary Clinton's notion of a vast right-wing conspiracy. 'She's kooky,' he said."[2]
After Irvine's death, it was revealed that his taped telephone conversation was the source of statements made by Miquel Rodriguez, the former lead investigator for Kenneth Starr, to the effect that the investigation of Deputy White House Counsel Vincent Foster's death was a cover-up.[3]
Awards
- George Washington medal, Freedom Foundation, 1980
- Ethics in Journalism award, World Media Association, 1987.
References
- Profile in Marquis Who's Who on the Web
- ^ Raymond Bonner Division Accuracy in Media July B 1982
- ^ a b Media Watchdog Reed Irvine, 82 (washingtonpost.com)
- ^ Parade of Lies, Part 6, David Martin, July 14, 2005
External links
- Media Watchdog Reed Irvine, 82 Washington Post November 18, 2004.
- Why Don't the Media Uncover Cover-ups? AIM Report, December 1998.
- New York Times Obituary: Reed Irvine, 82, the Founder Of a Media Criticism Group, Michael T. Kaufman, November 19, 2004.
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