Barbara Starr
Barbara Starr | |
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Born | September 11 |
Education | California State University, Northridge |
Occupation | Journalist |
Employer | CNN |
Barbara Starr (born September 11)[1] is an American television news journalist who most recently worked for CNN. She was the network's Pentagon correspondent, based in Washington, D.C., from 2001 to 2022.[2]
Career
Starr is a graduate of the
In 2001, Starr joined CNN as the lead Pentagon correspondent, covering national security issues including the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. She served on the board of the Pentagon Press Association for several years, and was reportedly described by colleagues and competitors as "a mentor."[1]
Starr has received criticism for her reporting, having been called "a spokesperson for the Pentagon."[4][5]
In June 2013,
In July 2015, Starr received criticism from
In May 2021, it was revealed that the Trump administration had secretly fought a legal battle with CNN for over a year in an effort to obtain Starr's phone and email records from 2017 as part of a leak probe. The Justice Department, under the leadership of Attorney General William Barr, petitioned a magistrate court in Virginia to send a secret order to CNN compelling it to produce records of Starr's emails kept on company servers. CNN's general counsel, David Vigilante, was under a gag order preventing him from sharing the details of the government's efforts, including with Starr herself. The Biden administration's Justice Department informed CNN and Starr of the probe and said that Starr was never the target of the investigation. President Biden subsequently said that he would not allow his Justice Department to seize journalists' phone or email records, calling the practice "simply wrong."[7][8][9]
Star announced her departure from CNN in December 2022.[10]
References
- ^ Minutaglio, Rose; Feller, Madison (September 1, 2021). "A Sacred Task". Elle. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ Darcy, Oliver (December 9, 2022). "CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr is leaving the network after more than two decades | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- ^ "CNN Profiles - Barbara Starr - Pentagon Correspondent". CNN. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ "Michael Hastings on a mission". politico.com. November 13, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ Jeremy Scahill (February 16, 2006). "CNN Blames the Photos, Not the Torture". antiwar.com. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ "MURIMI: Is CNN's Barbara Starr a 'hotbed of ignorance'?". citizentv.co.ke. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
- ^ Schneider, Jeremy Herb,Jessica (May 20, 2021). "Trump administration secretly obtained CNN reporter's phone and email records | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
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- ^ Darcy, Oliver (December 9, 2022). "CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr is leaving the network after more than two decades | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved December 14, 2022.