Charles Hurt | |
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Born | 1971 |
Alma mater | Hampden-Sydney College |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, columnist, political commentator |
Spouse | Stephanie Hurt |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Robert Hurt (brother) |
Charles Hurt (born 1971) [1] is an American journalist and political commentator. He is currently the opinion editor of The Washington Times, [2] [3] [4] Fox News contributor, [5] Breitbart News contributor, and a Drudge Report editor. [2] Hurt's views have been considered to be by and large Republican-leaning.
Hurt began his newspaper career as a boy in Chatham, Virginia, writing and publishing the "Gilmer Gazette," named for the street on which he lived. During college at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia he did stints at the Danville Register & Bee, the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. His first full-time job after graduating in 1995 was at The Detroit News where he became a replacement worker during a bitter strike. He worked at the paper until 2001, when he moved to the Washington, D.C. area to join the staff of The Charlotte Observer. [6]
Hurt was The New York Post's D.C. Bureau Chief and news columnist covering the White House for five years.
From 2003 to 2007, Hurt covered the U.S. Congress as a reporter for The Washington Times [6] before leaving to join The New York Post. In 2011, he rejoined The Washington Times as a political columnist. [3] In December 2016, Hurt was named the opinion editor. [4]
National Review editor Rich Lowry described Hurt as, "an early adopter of Donald Trump populism." [7] Hurt has written numerous opinion pieces lauding Trump since the 2016 election. [8]
Hurt is a native of Chatham, Virginia. [9] Hurt is the son of investigative journalist and former Reader's Digest editor Henry C. Hurt and his wife, Margaret Nolting Williams. [10] [11] His older brother, Robert Hurt, is a former United States Congressman. Charles Hurt had been listed as a possible congressional candidate before his brother's term ended in 2016. Hurt and his wife, Stephanie, have three children. [12] [13]