Erik Wemple

Erik Wemple is an American journalist who works as a columnist and media critic at ''The Washington Post''. He was formerly the editor of the alternative weekly ''Washington City Paper''.

Since 2017, Wemple has been known for feuding with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson both on- and off-air.

Early life

One of three sons of longtime Schenectady, New York–based Republican–Conservative New York State Assemblyman Clark C. Wemple, he was raised in nearby Niskayuna, New York, and attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, from which he graduated in 1986.

Career

Wemple began contributing articles to the ''Washington City Paper'' in the late 1990s. From January 1999 to November 2000 he wrote the paper's political column, " Loose Lips", before becoming editor. Brief biography in the ''People Directory'' of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) (incl. hyperlinked archive to "In the News" articles by and about Wemple and his AAN award and honorable mention.) Previously, he was Washington correspondent for '' Inside.com'' and ''CableWorld'' magazine.

In 2004, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies awarded Wemple and Josh Levin an Alternative Newsweekly Award for their article "Off Target", published in ''Washington City Paper''.

In June 2006, Wemple accepted the editor-in-chief position at ''The Village Voice''. A month later, he announced he would not assume the position, stating that "the paper's ownership and I have failed to come to terms in our many discussions about moving forward, particularly with respect to newsroom management."Motoko Rich
"Before He Moves In, The Village Voice's Editor Moves On"
''The New York Times'', June 16, 2006, accessed April 11, 2008.

In February 2010, Wemple informed the staff of the ''Washington City Paper'' that he was leaving to be the new editor of TBD.com.

In 2013, J. K. Trotter of Gawker Media declared Wemple a "hero", and that "like a deeply embedded anthropologist, Wemple scours Washington media (and, not infrequently, their New York counterparts) for hypocrisy, excess, and corruption. He's the anti- Mike Allen, frequently piercing the Politico's madman's self-inflating bubble of hype at the moment it threatens to blot out the sun."

In February 2017, Wemple appeared on Tucker Carlson's show to discuss media bias. Carlson criticized Wemple in this interview for not covering mistakes made by ''The Washington Post''. In 2021, Carlson criticized Wemple for contacting several of his college classmates and attempting to find "naughty" things he had done when he was 19. Carlson compared Wemple's investigation into him to politicians investigating their opponents' past scandals. In 2022, Wemple wrote an opinion column about the allegations of nepotism against Carlson's son, Buckley Carlson. When reached for comment, Tucker Carlson responded: "normal people understand it’s wrong to go after a man's family, but you don't because you're a soulless ghoul who literally works for Jeff Bezos. Go fuck yourself".

Personal life

Wemple is married to Stephanie Mencimer, who, as of 2018, worked as a staff reporter in the Washington office of '' Mother Jones''.

Notes

External links

Erik Wemple at ''The Washington Post''
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1964 births
Living people
Hamilton College (New York) alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
Writers from Schenectady, New York
The Washington Post people
Journalists from New York (state)
20th-century American journalists
21st-century American newspaper editors
American media critics
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American male writers
American male journalists