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Encyclopedia > Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
Gender Female
Born 1952-01-14
Birth place Washington, D.C.
Education B.A. in English
Circumstances
Occupation Columnist
Salary 12.00 an hour
Notable credit(s) Pulitzer Prize
Official website

Maureen Dowd (born January 14, 1952) is a Washington D.C.-based columnist for The New York Times.[1][2] She has worked for the Times since 1983, when she joined as a metropolitan reporter.[1][2] In 1999, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her series of columns on the Monica Lewinsky scandal.[1][3] Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... A B.A. issued from the University of Tennessee. ... English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, India, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology... A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... This article is about journalistic reporters. ... This article is about the year. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... The Monica Lewinsky scandal was a political-sex scandal emerging from a sexual relationship between United States President Bill Clinton and a then 22-year-old White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. ...


Dowd was born in Washington, D.C.,[1][2] the youngest of five children, where her father (who was born in County Clare in Ireland) worked as a Washington D.C. police inspector.[4] County Clare (Contae an Chláir in Irish) is in the Irish province of Munster. ... Inspector is a rank in many police forces. ...

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Career

In 1973, Dowd received a B.A. in English from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.[1][2] She began her career in 1974 as an editorial assistant for the Washington Star where she later became a sports columnist, metropolitan reporter, and feature writer.[1][2] When the newspaper closed in 1981, she went to work at Time magazine.[1][2] In 1983, she joined The New York Times, initially as a metropolitan reporter.[1][2] She began serving as correspondent in The Times Washington bureau in 1986.[1][2] In 1991, Dowd received a Breakthrough Award from Columbia University.[2] In 1992, she was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for national reporting,[2] and in 1994 she won a Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications.[2][5] A B.A. issued from the University of Tennessee. ... English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, India, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology... The Catholic University of America (abbreviated CUA), located in Washington, D.C., is unique as the national university of the Roman Catholic Church and as the only higher education institution founded by U.S. Roman Catholic bishops. ... The Washington Star, previously known as the Washington Star-News and the Washington Evening Star, was a daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. between 1852 and 1982. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... Alma Mater Columbia University in the City of New York is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ...


In 1995, Dowd became a columnist on The New York Times Op-Ed page[1][2], replacing Anna Quindlen,[4] who left to become a full-time novelist.[6] Dowd was named a Woman of the Year by Glamour magazine in 1996.[2] She was the winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary.[1] In 2000, she won The Damon Runyon Award for outstanding contributions to journalism.[7] In 2005, she was the first Mary Alice Davis Lectureship speaker sponsored by the School of Journalism and the Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin.[8] Anna Quindlen (Born July 20, 1953) is an American journalist and opinion columnist whose New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. ... Glamour is a womens magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... University of Texas redirects here. ...


Writing style

Dowd's columns are distinguished by an acerbic, often polemical writing style. Her columns often display a critical attitude towards powerful figures such as President George W. Bush, former President Bill Clinton, and Pope Benedict XVI. Dowd sometimes refers to Bush as "Bubble-Boy" or simply "W." Vice President Cheney is known by a variety of monikers, including "Vice," "Darth," "Shooter," "Tricky Dick Deuce," "Dr. No" and "Big Time."[9] Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was commonly referred to as "Rummy," although this is actually a nickname used by his long-time close personal friends. "Wolfie" however, is not an actual nickname of the friends of Paul D. Wolfowitz. President George H. W. Bush, whom she covered as Times White House Correspondent, is known as "41," "Daddy" or "Poppy Bush." More recent targets of Dowd's derision include former CIA Director George Tenet, known as "Slam," and Vice President Cheney's chief of staff after the resignation and indictment of Scooter Libby, David Addington, who is commonly referred to as "the Black Adder." Look up Polemic on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Polemic is the art or practice of inciting disputation or causing controversy, for example in religious, philosophical, or political matters. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... Papal Arms of Pope Benedict XVI. The papal tiara was replaced with a bishops mitre, and pallium of the Pope was added beneath the coat of arms. ... Richard Bruce Cheney (born January 30, 1941), widely known as Dick Cheney, is an American politician and businessman affiliated with the U.S. Republican Party. ... Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932) is a U.S. Republican politician and businessman, who was the 13th Secretary of Defense under President Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977, and the 21st Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006. ... Paul Wolfowitz Dr. Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943), son of the statistician/information theorist Jacob Wolfowitz, is an American political advisor and United States Deputy Secretary of Defense. ... George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. ... George Tenet George John Tenet (born January 5, 1953) is Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University and was previously the Director of Central Intelligence for the United States Central Intelligence Agency. ... I. Lewis Libby I. Lewis Scooter Libby Jr. ... David Addington (b. ...


Her use of many such nicknames has prompted some to parody the concept of her own book "Bushworld," by saying that it is really "Dowdworld - Enter at Your Own Risk."[10] Another frequent Dowd motif is to catalog the popular culture influences of the public figures she profiles in her columns.[11].


Criticism

Dowd's harsh appraisal of President Clinton and his feminist supporters during the Lewinsky scandal led to her being criticized by some liberals, and more recently her strong criticism of President Bush and the war in Iraq have made her enemies on the right. Her detractors have nicknamed her "MoDo". President Bush refers to her as "The Cobra"[12].


Shortly after she won her Pulitzer, a New York Press article analyzed Dowd's columns and concluded that Dowd appears to do little reporting and tends to dumb her subject matter down by viewing it through the lens of pop culture.[13] A 2002 Weekly Standard article explored Dowd's alleged narcissism and tendency to reduce "political phenomena ... to caricatures of the personalities involved." New York Press is a free alternative weekly in New York City. ... The Weekly Standard is an American Conservative political magazine published 48 times per year. ...


In 2003, Dowd was accused by Spinsanity.com and James Taranto of inserting ellipses to change a quote's intended meaning. This has resulted in the invention of a number of faux words ("dowdify," "dowdification," "dowdified") sometimes used by conservative bloggers and editorialists as derogatory terms to describe willful misinterpretation of a quote.[14] Brendan Nyhan Brendan Nyhan (born 1978) is an American liberal to moderate political blogger, author, and political columnist. ... James Taranto (born 1966) is a Manhattan-based columnist for The Wall Street Journal and editor of its online editorial page, OpinionJournal. ... This article is about the punctuation symbol. ... A stipulative definition is a type of definition in which a new or currently-existing term is given a new meaning for the purposes of argument or discussion in a given context. ... This article is about a type of web application. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled Editorial and Op-ed. ...


She has repeatedly been criticized by Bob Somerby of The Daily Howler for trivializing and making baseless accusations about Democratic politicians. For example, on January 31, 2007, the Howler criticized her for trivializing the campaigns of women politicians, and in particular that of Hillary Clinton.[15] In 2007, Dowd was accused by National Journal writer Jonathan Rauch as being a villain of journalism in an interview with Reason Magazine.[16] The Daily Howler is an American political blog written by Bob Somerby. ... The Daily Howler is a center-left American political blog written by Bob Somerby. ... REDIRECT Hillary Rodham Clinton   This is a redirect from a title with another method of capitalisation. ... National Journal is a weekly magazine that provides Insight for Insiders through nonpartisan reporting on the current political environment as well as emerging political and policy trends. ... Jonathan Rauch is a gay, Jewish author, journalist and activist, born 1960 in Phoenix, Arizona. ... The libertarian Reason Magazine dedicated an issue to Ayn Rands influence one hundred years after her birth. ...


Bibliography

  • Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk (Putnam, 2004, ISBN 0-399-15258-X)
  • Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide (Putnam, 2005, ISBN 0-399-15332-2)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Columnist Biography: Maureen Dowd. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 1999 Pulitzer Prizes - COMMENTARY, Biography. Columbia University. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  3. ^ 1999 Pulitzer Prize Winners - COMMENTARY, Citation. Columbia University. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  4. ^ a b McDermott, Peter (2007-08-08). Echo Profile: A necessary woman - Times' Dowd endeavors to keep W, Vice, and Rummy in check. The Irish Echo. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  5. ^ Matrix Hall of Fame. New York Women in Communications. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  6. ^ Meet Newsweek - Anna Quindlen, Contributing Editor. Newsweek (2006-01-11). Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  7. ^ Maureen Dowd - The Damon Runyon Award, 1999-2000. The Denver Press Club. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  8. ^ Columnist Maureen Dowd Kicks Off New Lecture Series. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  9. ^ Dowd, Maureen (2000-10-08). Liberties; West Wing Chaperone. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  10. ^ Kurtzman, Daniel. George W. Bush's Nicknames. Political Humor. About.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  11. ^ Kurtz, Howard (2005-10-05). Sex & the Single Stiletto C01. The Washington Post. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  12. ^ Dowd, Maureen (2001-04-29). Liberties; I Have a Nickname!!!. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  13. ^ Kosar, Kevin R. (1999-07-14). Mad About Maureen: A Content Analysis of Mauren Dowd's "Liberties" (PDF). New York Press. Retrieved on 2007-10-12.
  14. ^ Ravenwood (2003-07-22). Democrats Dowdify Bush. Ravenwood's Universe. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  15. ^ Somerby, Bob (2007-01-31). WE IRISH! Matthews and Dowd keep trashing women.. The Daily Howler. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  16. ^ Gillespie, Nick (2007-04-20). The Radical Incrementalist. Reason. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.

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