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  3. About Howard Kurtz

    Howard Alan Kurtz (born 1 August 1953 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American journalist, blogger, author and media writer for the Washington Post.

    Kurtz is the host of CNN's Reliable Sources and has written for The New Republic, the Washington Monthly, and New York Magazine. He is a graduate of the University at Buffalo and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

    Kurtz has covered the press since 1990 for the Post, and is widely read within the journalism business, although some critics feel he has a tendency to be biased toward the powers that be. Others believe he should not be covering the news business because he has a clear conflict of interest.

    Conservative author and commentator, Ann Coulter, called him an "ombudsman apologist for liberal media bias".

    Others contend that Kurtz is biased toward the right, specifically that his coverage of the blogosphere selectively targets extremism on left-wing blogs. These critics often note the fact that he is married to Republican consultant and commentator Sheri Annis.     Eric Alterman, a liberal journalist, wrote, "it is hard to avoid the conclusion, based on examination of his work, that Howard Kurtz loves conservatives but has little time for liberals."


    Kurtz has publicly declined to state his political affiliation.

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