Tony Blankley
Journalist, Author
1948 – 2012
Who was Tony Blankley?
Anthony David "Tony" Blankley was an English-American political analyst who gained fame as the press secretary for Newt Gingrich, the first Republican Speaker of the House in forty years, and as a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group. He later became an Executive Vice President with Edelman public relations in Washington, D.C. He was a Visiting Senior Fellow in National-Security Communications at the Heritage Foundation, a weekly contributor to the nationally syndicated public radio program Left, Right & Center, the author of The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? and American Grit: What It Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century.
He was a regular commentator for radio shows including The Diane Rehm Show, Left, Right & Center and The Steve Gill Show with a segment titled Fill In the Blanks. Earlier in his career, he was an editorial page editor for The Washington Times, a contributing editor and monthly columnist for George Magazine, and a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group.
Blankley's political opinions were generally considered to fall within traditional conservatism, although he was labeled as a neo-conservative by some critics.
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- Born
- Jan 21, 1948
London - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Loyola Law School
- University of London
- Loyola Marymount University
- Fairfax High School
- Employment
- Edelman
- Press Secretary
- Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.
- Lived in
- Los Angeles
- Died
- Jan 7, 2012
Washington, D.C.
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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