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Article: McLaughlin Shifts Base; 'Group' Moves Operations, D.C., N.Y. Affiliates.(News)
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- TelevisionWeek
- Article date:
- May 5, 2008
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Byline: Michele Greppi
John McLaughlin doesn't make changes often, but when he does, they're significant.
First he left his life as a Jesuit priest and teacher to follow his interest in politics. Then, after an unsuccessful run for office and stints as a speechwriter for Presidents Nixon and Ford, he began the highest-profile of his careers: broadcaster.
In 1982 he began producing and hosting "The McLaughlin Group,'' a weekly public affairs show he created that would launch an entire genre of often raucous, combative imitators and inspire legions of impersonators.
Mr. McLaughlin recently concluded a deal that moved his program from ...