Charles Hurt Biography
Charles Hurt is a journalist and political commentator from the United States. He is currently the Washington Times’ opinion editor, a Fox News contributor, a Breitbart News contributor, and a Drudge Report editor. Hurt’s views have generally been regarded as Republican-leaning.
How old is Charles Hurt? – Age
He is 50 years old as of 2021. He was born in 1971 in Chatham, Virginia.
Where did Charlie Hurt go to college? – Education
Hurt is the son of Henry C. Hurt, an investigative journalist and former Reader’s Digest editor, and Margaret Nolting Williams. His older brother, Robert Hurt, is a former member of the United States Congress. Before his brother’s term expired in 2016, Hurt was mentioned as a possible congressional candidate.
Charlie Hurt Family
He attended Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, working at the Danville Register & Bee, Richmond Times-Dispatch, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. After graduating in 1995, he landed his first full-time job at The Detroit News. He worked at the paper until 2001 when he relocated to the Washington, D.C. area to join The Charlotte Observer’s staff.
Is Charlie Hurt Married? – Wife
Hurt and Stephanie, his wife, have three children.
Was Charlie Hurt in an Accident?
Hurt was injured in a freak accident in May of 2021. Charlie Hurt, a Fox News commentator, was seen on the air on May 17, 2021, with a bruised face and a black eye. Hurt appeared to have several scrapes on his face in addition to the black eye. He said he was injured while riding a horse over the weekend and told anchor Dana Perino what happened. He didn’t appear to be seriously hurt.
Charlie Hurt Salary
When compared to CNN, ABC, CBS, and other national news organizations, Fox News anchors earn the most. The average annual salary for a FOX news anchor is $75,000, or $36 per hour. Fox news anchor salaries are higher than the national average of $58 thousand for all news anchors.
Charlie Hurt Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Charlie Hurt Career
Hurt also works as an opinion editor for The Washington Times in addition to his role on the network. He also writes the Nuclear Option column for the publication, where he discusses the current state of national politics, media bias scandals, and the various criminal activities of politicians and bureaucrats.
Hurt has covered Washington for a number of newspapers and has traveled extensively with the presidential campaigns of John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama. Hurt worked as an editor at the Drudge Report from 2011 to 2016, and before that, he was the New York Post’s DC Bureau Chief, where he covered the White House, traveling with Presidents Bush and Obama and writing a weekly column about national politics.
Hurt previously worked as The Washington Examiner’s Chief Congressional Correspondent after serving as The Washington Times’ Capitol Hill Bureau Chief for several years. His first job in Washington was with the Charlotte Observer, where he covered then-Sen. John Edwards.Hurt worked for The Detroit News for seven years, covering the city’s fire department, schools, and political corruption before moving to Washington a week after 9/11.