Guy Benson Biography
Guy Benson is a columnist, commentator, and political pundit from the United States. He is a Fox News contributor, Townhall.com’s political editor, and a conservative talk radio host. During the spring 2021 academic semester, Benson worked as a Fellow at the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service.
How old is Guy Benson? – Age
He is 36 years old as of 7 March 2021. He was born Guy Pelham Benson in 1985 in Saudi Arabia.
Guy Benson Family – Education
Benson spent much of his childhood abroad before settling in Ridgewood, New Jersey, where he attended middle school and Ridgewood High School. He was well-known in high school for broadcasting sports on local television. Benson worked for the campus radio station, WNUR, while studying for his bachelor’s degree, broadcasting sporting events, and hosting a political talk show. James Benson, an actor, writer, and director is Benson’s brother.
Guy Benson Partner
Benson married Adam Wise in September 2019. He came out as gay in May 2015, announcing ahead of time that his new book, End of Discussion, would include the following footnote: “I’m a guy. So, I’m a gay man.” “Gay rights is not something that dominates my attention—or my passions,” Benson told an interviewer.
Guy Benson Radio Show
After graduating with honors from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 2007, Benson worked as the producer of The Sandy Rios Show, a local afternoon radio show on WYLL-AM in Chicago with Christian Right commentator Sandy Rios, before Rios moved to Washington, D.C. in July 2010 to host Sandy Rios in the Morning on AFR TALK on American Family Radio. Benson also hosted his own Sunday night radio show, The Guy Benson Show, on AM 560 WIND in Chicago and AM 1260 WWRC in Washington, D.C. from 2008 to 2015.
Guy Benson 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.
Guy Benson Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $6 million.
Guy Benson End of Discussion
End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun), a critique of political correctness in politics, media, and culture from the perspective of two Millennial conservatives, was published in May 2015 by Benson and coauthor Mary Katharine Ham.
Guy Benson Career
Benson was named political editor of Townhall.com in 2010, where his columns had been published since February 2008. Benson also contributes to Hot Air, Townhall’s sister site. He previously contributed to Andrew Breitbart’s “Big” sites as well as the National Review Online’s Media Blog. Benson is a regular guest and substitute host on The Hugh Hewitt Show, as well as a frequent guest on cable news networks such as Fox News and CNBC.
Benson discovered video from a 2007 reunion of the Weathermen, a radical left-wing group from the 1960s and 1970s, in April 2008. Quotes from two members, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, defending their actions were included in the footage.
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Since Barack Obama was chastised for associating with Ayers and Dohrn during his presidential campaign in 2008, the clips made national headlines, from the Boston Globe to Fox News. Benson received national attention twice more during the 2008 presidential campaign. Benson, who was in the studio during the interview, detailed his experience in August, after the Obama campaign attacked WGN radio in Chicago for allowing Stanley Kurtz to appear on their station. Then, two weeks before the election, Benson collaborated with Mary Katharine Ham and Ed Morrissey to write “The Comprehensive Argument Against Barack Obama,” which was published by Hot Air.