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The life of Laura Ingraham: How a young conservative became a national figure, then a Fox News firebrand

James Pasley,James Pasley   

The life of Laura Ingraham: How a young conservative became a national figure, then a Fox News firebrand
Politics1 min read
Political talk radio host Laura Ingraham delivers a speech on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Laura Ingraham, 56, is the host of the "Ingraham Angle" on Fox News.
  • She became a popular radio host in the early 2000s and joined Fox News as an anchor in 2017.
  • She's made a number of controversial calls, including attacking environmentalist Greta Thunberg, immigrants, LeBron James, and Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg.
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Laura Ingraham isn't afraid to stir the pot.

As an undergraduate, and editor of a right-wing newspaper, she sent an undercover reporter into a gay university organization to report on who was there.

From the early 2000s, she helmed her own radio program. She got 5 million weekly listeners, across 300 syndicated radio stations, before she joined Fox News in 2017.

Now, she's the most-watched female news anchor in America.

Here's her life and career, in photos.


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