John Moody (journalist)
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John Moody is Chief Executive Officer of NewsCore, the internal wire service of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation
. He was previously Senior Vice President, News Editorial for the Fox News Channel
.
. In 1975, he graduated from Cornell University
and began working for United Press International
, serving successively as the Moscow and Paris bureau chief.
Afterwards, he went to work for Time
, serving as the Eastern Europe bureau chief, from 1986 as the Latin American bureau chief, and finally as the New York bureau chief. As NY bureau chief, Moody was against the 1996 Time/Warner buyout of Turner Broadcasting. He instructed his staff "not to co-operate" with CNN which he saw as a competitor to Time.
In 1992, Moody received the Inter-American Press Association
Bartholomew Mitre Award for his interview with Cali cartel
kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela
.
As a Fox News executive, Moody received attention for circulating internal memos which have been described as encouraging political bias in Fox's reporting. Moody's memos were featured in Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism.
In January 2007, after three separate Fox News shows had repeated the Insight
magazine story about Barack Obama
having attended a radical madrassa school as a child, Moody had to backtrack:
Moody again became involved in racial controversy in the run-up to the 2008 presidential election, seizing on a story about a John McCain volunteer who claimed to have been violently assaulted by a black attacker who carved a letter "B" into her face, ordering her to vote for Obama. Moody claimed that this "had to happen" and, if true, would cause voters to "suddenly feel they do not know enough about the Democratic nominee [Obama]. If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain's quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting." Within hours the story was exposed as a fabrication, and Moody was widely accused of attempting to stir up a racially-based voter movement away from Barack Obama.
On August 15, 2008, Moody wrote an editorial lambasting John Murtha
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/15/moody-to-murtha-what-a-jagoff/ for saying, "There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area." Moody, a native of west Pennsylvania, said Murtha can "go to hell" and called him a "jagoff."
with his wife Alexandra and his children, Kate and John Peter.
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
. He was previously Senior Vice President, News Editorial for the Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
.
Early life, education and career
Moody was born in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
. In 1975, he graduated from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
and began working for United Press International
United Press International
United Press International is a once-major international news agency, whose newswires, photo, news film and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations for most of the twentieth century...
, serving successively as the Moscow and Paris bureau chief.
Afterwards, he went to work for Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
, serving as the Eastern Europe bureau chief, from 1986 as the Latin American bureau chief, and finally as the New York bureau chief. As NY bureau chief, Moody was against the 1996 Time/Warner buyout of Turner Broadcasting. He instructed his staff "not to co-operate" with CNN which he saw as a competitor to Time.
In 1992, Moody received the Inter-American Press Association
Inter-American Press Association
The Inter American Press Association is a press advocacy group representing media organizations in North America, South America and the Caribbean. Founded in 1943, it represents more than 1,300 newspapers and magazines in the Americas...
Bartholomew Mitre Award for his interview with Cali cartel
Cali Cartel
The Cali Cartel was a drug cartel based in southern Colombia, around the city of Cali and the Valle del Cauca Department. The Cali Cartel was founded by the Rodríguez Orejuela brothers, Gilberto and Miguel, as well as associate José Santacruz Londoño...
kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
Gilberto José Rodríguez Orejuela is a Colombian druglord, formerly one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel, based in the city of Cali.-Cali Cartel:...
.
As a Fox News executive, Moody received attention for circulating internal memos which have been described as encouraging political bias in Fox's reporting. Moody's memos were featured in Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism.
In January 2007, after three separate Fox News shows had repeated the Insight
Insight (magazine)
Insight on the News was an American conservative print and online news magazine. It was owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate then owned by the Unification Church, which owned The Washington Times and now owns United Press International and newspapers in Japan,...
magazine story about Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
having attended a radical madrassa school as a child, Moody had to backtrack:
And in an interview, John Moody, a senior vice president at Fox News, said its commentators had erred by citing the Clinton-Obama report. "The hosts violated one of our general rules, which is know what you are talking about," Mr. Moody said. "They reported information from a publication whose accuracy we didn’t know."
Moody again became involved in racial controversy in the run-up to the 2008 presidential election, seizing on a story about a John McCain volunteer who claimed to have been violently assaulted by a black attacker who carved a letter "B" into her face, ordering her to vote for Obama. Moody claimed that this "had to happen" and, if true, would cause voters to "suddenly feel they do not know enough about the Democratic nominee [Obama]. If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain's quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting." Within hours the story was exposed as a fabrication, and Moody was widely accused of attempting to stir up a racially-based voter movement away from Barack Obama.
On August 15, 2008, Moody wrote an editorial lambasting John Murtha
John Murtha
John Patrick "Jack" Murtha, Jr. was an American politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democrat, represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010....
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/15/moody-to-murtha-what-a-jagoff/ for saying, "There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area." Moody, a native of west Pennsylvania, said Murtha can "go to hell" and called him a "jagoff."
Personal life
Moody lives in New JerseyNew Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
with his wife Alexandra and his children, Kate and John Peter.
Works
- John Moody and Ropger Boyes, The Priest Who Had to Die, Gollancz (June 1, 1986), ISBN 978-0575038301
- John Moody, Moscow Magician: A Thriller, St. Martin's Press (January 14, 1991), ISBN 978-0312054731
- John Moody, Kiss It Good-Bye: The Mystery, The Mormon, and the Moral of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates, Shadow Mountain (March 3, 2010), ISBN 978-1606411490