Дэвид Корн: Американский журналист и расследователь

American journalist (born 1959)

David Corn (born February 20, 1959) is an American political journalist and author. He is the Washington, D. C. bureau chief for Mother Jones and is best known as a cable television commentator. Corn worked at The Nation from 1987 to 2007, where he served as Washington editor.

Corn was raised in a Jewish family in White Plains, New York. He graduated from White Plains High School in 1977. He attended Brown University, where he majored in history and worked for The Brown Daily Herald. and has appeared regularly on FOX News, MSNBC, National Public Radio, and BloggingHeads. tv. He joined Mother Jones in 2007. In February 2013, Corn was given the 2012 George Polk Award in journalism in the category of political reporting for his posting of a video and reporting of the "47 percent story", Republican nominee Mitt Romney's videoed meeting with donors during the 2012 presidential campaign.

Corn was personally involved in the early coverage of the controversy over leaks to the media of the name of CIA officer Valerie Plame. After Robert Novak revealed Plame's identity in his July 14, 2003, column, Corn was among the first to report, several days later, that Plame had been working covertly. He also raised the possibility that the leak of her identity violated the Intelligence Identities Protection Act (IIPA); however, prosecutors found no evidence that those government officials who leaked her name knew she was a covert agent, and no official was ultimately charged with violating the IIPA. Novak, for his part, disputed that Plame had been a covert operative at the time her identity was revealed. He also objected to the negative portrayal of himself in Hubris, the book in part about the matter by Corn and Isikoff. Novak said of Corn, "Nobody was more responsible for bloating this episode". Novak felt that Corn was too close with former ambassador Joseph Wilson, Plame's husband and a key figure in criticism of the administration's arguments for invasion. However, in early 2007, an unclassified summary of Valerie Plame's employment history at the CIA was disclosed for the first time in a court filing which confirmed that Plame was indeed a covert operative at the time Novak made her name public.

In announcing Corn's being awarded the George Polk Award for 2012, the sponsors wrote:David Corn of Mother Jones will receive the George Polk Award for Political Reporting Through persistent digging and careful negotiation with a source, Corn secured a full recording of Romney at a $50,000 a plate Florida fundraiser declaring that 47 percent of Americans — those who back President Obama — are "victims" who are "dependent upon government" and "pay no income tax". Corn worked for weeks to obtain the recording Furthermore, it was Corn's extensive previous reporting on Romney that convinced the source to trust him with its release. Corn's article that introduced the secret tape was published online on the Mother Jones on September 17, 2012.

On Nov. 7, 2017, Politico reported that Mother Jones magazine's editor and chief executive acknowledged "that they [had] investigated Corn for inappropriate workplace behavior three years ago" and as a result, ended up "warning him about touching female staffers and insensitive descriptions of sexual violence". After additional new complaints, however Mother Jones editors said they would now probe the new allegations as well: One woman who worked with Corn "expressed concerns [he] made 'rape jokes', regularly gave [several women] unwelcome shoulder rubs and engaged in uninvited touching of their legs, arms, backs, and waists". Another woman claimed that Corn "came up behind me and put his hands and arms around my body in a way that felt sexual and domineering". After Corn promised to "do better and "make sure that it didn't happen again", there have been no new allegations, and the magazine determined that no further action was warranted.

David Corn is married to Welmoed Laanstra, a curator. They have two children and live in Takoma Park, MD.