Wolf Blitzer (born March 22, 1948 in Buffalo, New York) is an American journalist and author. He has been a CNN reporter since 1990. Blitzer is currently the host of the newscast The Situation Room and the Sunday talk show Late Edition. Blitzer previously hosted Wolf Blitzer Reports, which was replaced by The Situation Room. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Nickname: Location of Buffalo in New York State County Erie County Government  - Mayor Byron Brown Area  - City 52. ... A news anchor (US,Can. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Nickname: Location of Buffalo in New York State County Erie County Government  - Mayor Byron Brown Area  - City 52. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Cosette Dwyer is an amazing author. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... This article is about the CNN news program. ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer is a United States weekly influential television Sunday morning political show hosted by Wolf Blitzer on CNN. This shows slogan is The last word in Sunday talk and will make each Mondays news headlines. ... Wolf Blitzer Reports was a part of CNN hosted by Wolf Blitzer that last aired every day at 5pm ET. It was canceled in 2005. ... This article is about the CNN news program. ...

Biography

Blitzer, whose first name is his maternal grandfather's name,^[1] grew up in Buffalo, New York, the son of Polish-Jewish refugees. He graduated from Kenmore West Senior High School. He received a B.A. degree in history from the University at Buffalo in 1970 where he was a brother of Alpha Epsilon Pi and an M.A. degree in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in 1972. Nickname: Location of Buffalo in New York State County Erie County Government  - Mayor Byron Brown Area  - City 52. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Kenmore West Senior High School is one of the Ken-Ton School Districts two high schools, the other being Kenmore East Senior High School. ... A B.A. issused as a certificate Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... The title page to The Historians History of the World. ... University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (also known as University at Buffalo or simply UB) is a coeducational public research university, which has multiple campuses located in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, USA. Offering over 100 bachelors, 112 masters and 98 doctoral degrees, it is... Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ or AEPi) is currently the only international Jewish college fraternity in North America, with chapters in the United States and Canada. ... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... Categories: Stub ...

Career

Blitzer began his career in journalism in the early 1970s in the Tel Aviv bureau of the Reuters news agency. In 1973 he caught the eye of Jerusalem Post editor Ari Rath, who hired Blitzer as a Washington correspondent for the English-language Israeli newspaper. Blitzer would remain with the Post until 1990, covering both American politics and developments in the Middle East.^[2] Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... Reuters Group plc (LSE: RTR and NASDAQ: RTRSY); pron. ... The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli newspaper in the English language. ... Ari Rath (b. ... English is a West Germanic language developed in England, and the first language for most people in Australia, Canada, the Commonwealth Caribbean, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ...

During his tenure with the Post, Blitzer interviewed several American Presidents and Secretaries of State and broke news from Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan. At the time, he was perhaps best known for his coverage of the arrest and trial of Jonathan Pollard, an Israeli spy in American naval intelligence.^[2] Blitzer was the first journalist to interview Pollard, and he would later write a book about the Pollard Affair titled Territory of Lies.^[3] The presidential seal is a well-known symbol of the presidency. ... Seal of the United States Department of State. ... Jonathan Jay Pollard (born August 7, 1954 in South Bend, Indiana) is a convicted Israeli spy and a former United States Naval civilian intelligence analyst. ...

A question Blitzer asked Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat at a White House press conference in April, 1977 may have helped jump-start diplomatic relations between Egypt and Israel. Blitzer asked Sadat why Egyptian scholars, athletes and journalists were not permitted to visit Israel, and Sadat, somewhat taken aback, responded that such visits would be possible after an end to the state of belligerency between the two nations. This was the first time Sadat said that peace between Israel and Egypt was possible. In November of that year, Sadat made a historic visit to Israel, and Blitzer covered the negotiations between the two countries from the first joint Israeli-Egyptian press conference in 1977 to the final negotiations that would lead to the signing of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty two years later.^[2] Muhammad Anwar Al-Sadat (محمد أنورالسادات in Arabic) (December 25, 1918 – October 6, 1981) was an Egyptian politician and served as the third President of Egypt from September 28, 1970 until his assassination on October 6, 1981. ... For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... The Israel-Egypt peace treaty (Arabic: معاهدة السلام المصرية الإسرائيلية; transliterated: Muahadat as-Salam al-Masriyah al-Israyliyah) (Hebrew: הסכם שלום ישראל-מצרים; transliterated: Heskem Shalom Yisrael-Mizraim) was signed in Washington, DC, United States, on March 26, 1979, following the Camp David Accords (1978). ...

Wolf Blitzer is the host of CNN's The Situation Room

It has been reported that Blitzer worked as a publications editor for Near East Research, Inc., a publisher affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, in the 1970s.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Situationroom. ... Image File history File links Situationroom. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... This article is about the CNN news program. ... The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is an American special interest group that lobbies the United States Congress and excecutive branch in favor of maintaining a close US-Israel relationship. ...

In May, 1990 Blitzer moved to CNN and worked as the cable network's military affairs reporter. Blitzer spent a month in Moscow in 1991, and was one of the first Western reporters to visit KGB headquarters. His team's coverage of the first Gulf War in Kuwait won a CableACE Award and made him a household name. In 1992 Blitzer became CNN's White House correspondent, a position he would hold until 1999. During this period, he earned an Emmy Award for his coverage of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. In 1998, he began hosting the CNN Sunday morning interview program Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, which is seen in over 180 countries. Blitzer's first assignment as an anchor was on the daily newscast The World Today, in 1999. In 2000, he started anchoring his own show, Wolf Blitzer Reports. CNN selected Blitzer to anchor their coverage of the 2004 United States Presidential election. Since August 8, 2005, Blitzer has hosted The Situation Room, a three hour afternoon/early evening newscast on CNN.^[4][5] The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... Position of Moscow in Europe Coordinates: , Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Government  - Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Area  - City 1,081 km²  (417. ... Note: This article is about the KGB of the Soviet Union. ... Combatants UN Coalition Republic of Iraq Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf, Peter de la Billière, Khalid bin Sultan, Saleh Al-Muhaya, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Saddam Hussein Strength 883,863 360,000 Casualties 378 dead, 1,000 wounded see section below The Gulf War or the Persian Gulf War (16 January 1991... The CableACE Award was an award that was given from 1978 to 1997 to honor excellence in American cable television programing. ... For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ... An Emmy Award. ... The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist attack on April 19, 1995 aimed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, a U.S. government office complex in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer is a United States weekly influential television Sunday morning political show hosted by Wolf Blitzer on CNN and on CNN International it is broadcasted around the world. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Wolf Blitzer Reports was a part of CNN hosted by Wolf Blitzer that last aired every day at 5pm ET. It was canceled in 2005. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the CNN news program. ...

Awards

From Wolf Blitzer's CNN biography:^[4]

"Blitzer has won numerous awards, including the 2004 Journalist Pillar of Justice Award from the Respect for Law Alliance and the 2003 Daniel Pearl Award from the Chicago Press Veterans Association as well as the presidential award for 100% beardyness. He was among the teams awarded a George Foster Peabody award for Hurricane Katrina coverage, an Alfred I. duPont Award for coverage of the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia and an Edward R. Murrow Award for CNN's coverage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001.

"In November 2002, the American Veteran Awards honored him with the prestigious Ernie Pyle Journalism Award for excellence in military reporting, and, in February 2000, he received the Anti-Defamation League’s Hubert H. Humphrey First Amendment Freedoms Prize. In 1999, Blitzer won the International Platform Association's Lowell Thomas Broadcast Journalism Award for outstanding contributions to broadcast journalism. Blitzer won an Emmy Award for his 1996 coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing. Blitzer was also a member of CNN’s team that was awarded a Golden ACE award for their 1991 Gulf War reporting. In 1994, American Journalism Review cited him and CNN as the overwhelming choice of readers for the coveted Best in the Business Award for 'best network coverage of the Clinton administration.'"

Other work

Blitzer is the author of two books: Between Washington and Jerusalem: A Reporter's Notebook (Oxford University Press, 1985) and Territory of Lies (Harper and Row, 1989). Territory of Lies, a nonfiction book about Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, was included in The New York Times list of "Notable Books of the Year" for 1989.^[6] In its review, the Times praised the book as "lucid and highly readable" and called Blitzer's "judgment of Israeli officials" "harsh but fair".^[7]A review in The New York Review of Books was more critical, prompting a letter from Blitzer accusing the reviewer of making several inaccurate statements. Reviewer Robert I. Friedman responded to Blitzer's criticism, saying that: "Territory of Lies is a slick piece of damage control that would make his [Blitzer's] former employers at AIPAC (not to mention Israel's Defense Ministry) proud."^[8] Oxford University Press (OUP) is a highly-respected publishing house and a department of the University of Oxford in England. ... Harper & Row is an imprint of HarperCollins. ... Jonathan Jay Pollard (born August 7, 1954 in South Bend, Indiana) is a convicted Israeli spy and a former United States Naval civilian intelligence analyst. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... This article is about the literary magazine. ...

During a Dec. 13-2006 interview with David Duke who was attending the holocaust conference in Tehran, Wolf Blitzer was referred to as "an Israeli agent". David Duke seemed unhappy about the fact that there was eleven references to KKK in his introduction. He started with "Well, first off, Mr. Blitzer, I resent the introduction you made of me. You mentioned the Ku Klux Klan 11 times. That was over 30 -- well, 30 years ago in my life, and since that time I got elected to the House of Representatives, I became -- and I received a full doctorate, I have been a teacher, I have one of the best selling books in the world. And you interview many former communists in governments all over the world and you don't introduce them by saying former communist and certainly not 11 times. I think you're biased because you're a former lobbyist for AIPAC. You're a Jewish extremist, supporter of Israel, so you want to bias anyone who criticizes Zionism." David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, a candidate in presidential primaries for both the Democratic and Republican parties, and former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. ... KKK may refer to: // Ku Klux Klan, white supremacy group(s) Katipunan (Society), a revolutionary group from Philippine history; full name Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan Anak ng Bayan (roughly translated: Supreme and Venerable Society of the Sons of the Nation) Kokusai Kogyo Kabushikigaisha, a Japanese bus and taxi company AG K... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      House of Representatives is a name used for legislative bodies in many countries. ... U.S. President George W. Bush addresses AIPAC members in Washington on May 18, 2004. ...

During the 1970s, Blitzer wrote for Hebrew-language newspapers using aliases. Blitzer wrote for Al Ha-Mishmar, a newspaper affiliated with the left-wing Mapam political party under the name Ze'ev Blitzer. He also wrote for Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel's most widely-read paper, under the name Ze'ev Barak. "Ze'ev" meaning "wolf" in Hebrew and "Barak" meaning "lightning" in Hebrew, the German word for which is "Blitz".^[2] “Hebrew” redirects here. ... A pseudonym (Greek pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons true name. ... Al Ha-Mishmar (Hebrew: On Guard) was a left-wing daily newspaper of Hashomer Hatzair and the Mapam party in Israel. ... Mapam - United Workers Party (in Hebrew: מפם - מפלגת פועלים מאוחדת Mifleget Poalim Meuhedet) was initially a Marxist-Zionist party. ... Yedioth Ahronoth (Hebrew: ידיעות אחרונות, meaning latest news) is a major daily Israeli newspaper, written in Hebrew. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ...

References

1. ^ Sheridan, Patricia (3 October 2005). ""Breakfast with...". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 6 December 2005.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Makovsky, David. "Wolf Blitzer, 'Symbol of Integrity', Leaves Post For Cable Network Job", The Jerusalem Post, 1990-04-29. Retrieved on 2007-02-14. 
3. ^ Luxenberg, Steven. "The American Who Loved Israel Too Much" (Book Review), Washington Post, 1989-05-21. Retrieved on 2007-02-14. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Wolf Blitzer. CNN. Retrieved on 2007-02-09.
5. ^ "Who's Who in America - 2007".. (2006). Marquis' Who's Who Ltd.. 
6. ^ "Notable Books of the Year", The New York Times, 1989-12-13. Retrieved on 2007-02-14. 
7. ^ Pear, Robert. "The Spy from South Bend" (Book Review), The New York Times, 1989-05-07. 
8. ^ Friedman, Robert. "'Territory of Lies'" (letter by Blitzer, response by Friedman), New York Review of Books, 1990-02-01. Retrieved on 2007-02-16. 

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External links

• CNN bio
• CNN.com — The Situation Room
• IMDB
• Media Matters for America articles on Blitzer
• "Wolf Blitzer for the Defense (Department)", Jim Naureckas, FAIR Extra!, January/February 2003