Charles M. Blow
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Charles Blow at the 2014 Texas Book Festival.
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| Born | Charles McRay Blow August 11, 1970 United States |
| Occupation | Journalist, columnist, writer |
Charles McRay Blow (born August 11, 1970) is an American journalist, and the current visual op-ed columnist for The New York Times.
Life and career
Blow grew up in Gibsland, Louisiana.[1] He graduated magna cum laude from Grambling State University in the same state. He has worked as a graphics director and art director for the Times and National Geographic.
In April 2008, he began publishing a column in the Times, featuring charts as a form of opinion journalism. His column originally appeared biweekly on Saturdays. In May 2009 it became a weekly feature, and twice weekly in December 2012. As of May 2014, it appears every Monday and Thursday. Increasingly it is an essay in text with no chart. Blow also wrote a blog entitled "By The Numbers" for the newspaper's website which was rarely updated and essentially discontinued in 2011.[2]
Blow is a single father of three children. His eldest son attends Yale University[3] and his twins attend Middlebury College and Columbia University. They live in Brooklyn, NY.[4] In 2014 Blow came out publicly as bisexual.[5][6]
He often appears on CNN and MSNBC.
Controversies
On February 22, 2012, in commenting on presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Blow apparently intended to insult Romney by using an anti-Mormon religious slur, "Let me just tell you this Mitt "Muddle Mouth": I'm a single parent and my kids are *amazing*! Stick that in your magic underwear."[7][8] Blow's use of the term "magic underwear" is an apparent reference to the Temple Garment, and Blow's specific usage of the term "magic underwear" is a known term of derision used against members of the Mormon faith. Two days after using this religious slur, Blow said that his comment was "inapproriate," and he expressed "regret," but he did not apologize to Romney or other persons of the Mormon faith.[9]
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External links
- Charles M. Blow on Facebook
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- Charles M. Blow at the Internet Movie Database
- Blow's columns, The New York Times
- Blow's interview on National Public Radio, Talk of the Nation
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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