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Longtime broadcast newsman Richard Tucker is a staff writer and media critic formerly with The Heritage Foundation.
Tucker works with Heritage analysts and other conservative public policy advocates who appear regularly in the print and broadcast news media.
Before joining the Heritage Foundation, he spent almost eight years as a broadcast news copy editor and writer, first in CNN's Atlanta headquarters and most recently in the cable news network's Washington Bureau.
Tucker's career as a broadcast journalist began in 1992 as a photographer/editor with WBNG-TV, the CBS affiliate in Binghamton, New York. He is a 1991 graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.
Originally from Vestal, N.Y., Tucker lives with his wife and two sons in northern Virginia.
By Rich Tucker (May 07, 2011)
My grandparents had a sign on the wall: “Thank God we don’t get all the government we’re paying for.” How quaint, how very 1980s, that seems now.
These days the biggest... more
By Rich Tucker (Apr 28, 2011)
Children learn a lot in school. Maybe more than we intend to teach them.
CNN recently reported: “One Chicago public school is telling students they can either eat cafeteria... more
By Rich Tucker (Apr 07, 2011)
When we hear the cliché “You get what you pay for,” we generally assume it means that the more you pay for something, the better quality product... more
By Rich Tucker (Mar 24, 2011)
On an ancient episode of The Simpsons, Lisa sets out to write an essay about what made America great. “What would Ben Franklin say if he were alive today?” she writes. “He’d... more
By Rich Tucker (Mar 10, 2011)
According to the religious sect “Family Radio,” the world will end on May 21. That’s an awfully specific date, but it does allow believers just enough time to get their... more
By Rich Tucker (Mar 03, 2011)
In just about everything, language matters.
“We need to put the gun metaphors away and permanently,” intoned (then) MSNBC personality Keith Olbermann on Jan. 8, the night... more
By Rich Tucker (Feb 17, 2011)
If you itemize deductions, the IRS says you’ll need to wait until the end of February to file your 2010 tax return. That’s because lawmakers waited until Dec. 17 to... more
By Rich Tucker (Jan 28, 2011)
Recently the social networking site MySpace announced it was firing some 500 people -- half of its staff.
How can this be? Just six years ago, savvy billionaire Rupert... more
By Rich Tucker (Jan 14, 2011)
Since he took office some two years ago, President Barack Obama has spoken frequently about the importance of creating jobs. As well he should. Throughout his tenure our... more
By Rich Tucker (Jan 07, 2011)
Sports fans have long wondered if there’s anything as meaningless as the NHL pre-and regular seasons. Thirty teams play 82 games, but end up eliminating only about half the... more