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===Early Career===

===Early career===

Mitchell attended the University of Pennsylvania were she received a B.A in [[English]] literature. Before working in television, Mitchell spent nine years as a broadcast journalist for KYW Radio. In 1977 Mitchell began her television career as a [[CBS]] affiliate correspondent in Washington D.C.(WDVM-TV). Coincidentally, this was the same network where [[NBC News]] anchor Brian Williams began his career. <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3667173/</ref>. Mitchell's job for CBS lasted until 1978 when [[NBC]] hired her as their general correspondent based in Washington D.C. After a NBC correspondent's murder in [[Guyana]], Mitchell was given her first big assignment, covering the [[Jonestown]] massacre<ref>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0670034037/ref=dp_proddesc_0/102-3275846-3467353?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books</ref>. Soon she began moving up the ranks of the network and was named NBC News energy correspondent. It was in this role that she reported on many major domestic issues including the mid-1970s energy crisis and the 1979 nuclear accident at [[Three Mile Island]].<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3688874/</ref>

Mitchell attended the University of Pennsylvania were she received a B.A in [[English]] literature. Before working in television, Mitchell spent nine years as a broadcast journalist for KYW Radio. In 1977 Mitchell began her television career as a [[CBS]] affiliate correspondent in Washington D.C.(WDVM-TV). Coincidentally, this was the same network where [[NBC News]] anchor Brian Williams began his career.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3667173/</ref> Mitchell's job for CBS lasted until 1978 when [[NBC]] hired her as their general correspondent based in Washington D.C. After a NBC correspondent's murder in [[Guyana]], Mitchell was given her first big assignment, covering the [[Jonestown]] massacre.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0670034037/ref=dp_proddesc_0/102-3275846-3467353?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books</ref>  Soon she began moving up the ranks of the network and was named NBC News energy correspondent. It was in this role that she reported on many major domestic issues including the mid-1970s energy crisis and the 1979 nuclear accident at [[Three Mile Island]].<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3688874/</ref>

===1980-1998===

===1980-1998===

===2000-2007===

===2000-2007===

The new decade bought many opportunities for Mitchell. Now serving as one of NBC top correspondents, she began hosting her own show, “The Mitchell Report.” The show primarily focused on the political landscape during the 2000 primary and general election as well as [[Hillary Clinton]]’s [[Senate]] race. In June 2001, NBC received the rare opportunity to interview [[Elian Gonzalez]], a refugee from communist-controlled Cuba. Soon after, [[Cuba]] granted NBC an exclusive interview with Cuban dictator [[Fidel Castro]]. Mitchell was given the assignment. The interview lasted three hours and resulted in a one-hour documentary which was released in 2003. Both interviews brought stark criticism to both Mitchell and NBC.  During the [[2004_Presidential_Election|2004 elections]], Mitchell became a regular panelist for [[MSNBC]]’s "[[Hardball]]". At this time she achieved another hallmark in her journalistic career when she was first to announce that Senator [[John Kerry]] would pick [[John Edwards]] as his running mate. Currently, as chief Foreign Affairs correspondent, Mitchell covers domestic politics and foreign policy issues for NBC.  During her thirty-year work at NBC, Mitchell has covered five administrations and traveled and interviewed many leading policy makers. As former Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw stated, “Andrea Mitchell [is] the go-to reporter when a big story is breaking in Washington and throughout the world.”<ref>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0670034037/ref=dp_proddesc_0/102-3275846-3467353?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books</ref>

The new decade bought many opportunities for Mitchell. Now serving as one of NBC top correspondents, she began hosting her own show, “The Mitchell Report.” The show primarily focused on the political landscape during the 2000 primary and general election as well as [[Hillary Clinton]]’s [[Senate]] race. In June 2001, NBC received the rare opportunity to interview [[Elian Gonzalez]], a refugee from communist-controlled Cuba. Soon after, [[Cuba]] granted NBC an exclusive interview with Cuban dictator [[Fidel Castro]]. Mitchell was given the assignment. The interview lasted three hours and resulted in a one-hour documentary which was released in 2003. Both interviews brought stark criticism to both Mitchell and NBC.  During the [[2004 Presidential Election|2004 elections]], Mitchell became a regular panelist for [[MSNBC]]’s "[[Hardball]]". At this time she achieved another hallmark in her journalistic career when she was first to announce that Senator [[John Kerry]] would pick [[John Edwards]] as his running mate. Currently, as chief Foreign Affairs correspondent, Mitchell covers domestic politics and foreign policy issues for NBC.  During her thirty-year work at NBC, Mitchell has covered five administrations and traveled and interviewed many leading policy makers. As former Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw stated, “Andrea Mitchell [is] the go-to reporter when a big story is breaking in Washington and throughout the world.”<ref>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0670034037/ref=dp_proddesc_0/102-3275846-3467353?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books</ref>

==Books==

==Books==

In 2005, Mitchell wrote a book about her experiences as a woman covering presidents, politics and foreign policy entitled “Talking Back.”  Current NBC anchor [[ Brian Williams]] praised the book and called it "a trail-blazing, heart-pounding ride through the best years in television journalism as chronicled by one of the best reporters in the business”<ref>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0670034037/ref=dp_proddesc_0/102-3275846-3467353?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books</ref>

In 2005, Mitchell wrote a book about her experiences as a woman covering presidents, politics and foreign policy entitled “Talking Back.”  Current NBC anchor [[Brian Williams]] praised the book and called it "a trail-blazing, heart-pounding ride through the best years in television journalism as chronicled by one of the best reporters in the business”<ref>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0670034037/ref=dp_proddesc_0/102-3275846-3467353?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books</ref>

==Awards==

==Awards==

Mitchell’s journalistic awards include the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism, presented by the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. At her acceptance speech, in March 2005,  she called on fellow journalist to not air “pre-packaged government 'news' reports”. <ref>http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/03.24/15-goldsmith.html</ref>

Mitchell’s journalistic awards include the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism, presented by the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. At her acceptance speech, in March 2005,  she called on fellow journalist to not air “pre-packaged government 'news' reports”.<ref>http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/03.24/15-goldsmith.html</ref>

==Criticism==

==Criticism==

She has been accused of parroting unsubstantiated news (a tabloid method) and displaying an ever-increasing bias for Democrats. She regularly defends [[Barack Obama]] without journalistic objectivity, and has been critical of [[John McCain]] by calling him a forum cheater {{fact}} and characterizing his campaign ads as unfair.

She has been accused of parroting unsubstantiated news (a tabloid method) and displaying an ever-increasing bias for Democrats. She regularly defends [[Barack Obama]] without journalistic objectivity, and has been critical of [[John McCain]] by calling him a forum cheater {{fact}} and characterizing his campaign ads as unfair.

=== Republican Base and Torture ===  

=== Republican Base and Torture ===

After the [[Republican]] primary debate in May 2007, Mitchell commented that Republicans “played to the base. They played to, ‘Let’s torture ‘em!’ I mean, they, they didn’t say that literally, but that was the subliminal message."<ref>http://www.mrc.org/notablequotables/2007/nq20070618.asp</ref>  

After the [[Republican]] primary debate in May 2007, Mitchell commented that Republicans “played to the base. They played to, ‘Let’s torture ‘em!’ I mean, they, they didn’t say that literally, but that was the subliminal message."<ref>http://www.mrc.org/notablequotables/2007/nq20070618.asp</ref>  

=== Bush Administration ===  

=== Bush Administration ===

Mitchell also claimed that the Bush administration was spreading propaganda, and slammed fellow reporters for using it. At an journalism awards ceremony, Mitchell said "On issues from Medicare to farm prices, hundreds of local stations are running stories extolling Bush Administration policies, reaching tens of millions of people every day, but all of these reports were written and distributed by the administration itself and its public relations firms, not by journalists,”<ref> http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/03.24/15-goldsmith.html</ref>

Mitchell also claimed that the Bush administration was spreading propaganda, and slammed fellow reporters for using it. At an journalism awards ceremony, Mitchell said "On issues from Medicare to farm prices, hundreds of local stations are running stories extolling Bush Administration policies, reaching tens of millions of people every day, but all of these reports were written and distributed by the administration itself and its public relations firms, not by journalists,”<ref>http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/03.24/15-goldsmith.html</ref>

=== CIA Leak ===

=== CIA Leak ===

In 2005 Mitchell (along with co-worker, [[Tim Russert]]) was a suspect in the [[CIA]] leak case. NBC released a statement saying that “her first discussion with an administration official about the matter was after the [[Robert Novak]] column was published. And that discussion, she said, was off the record. NBC News never has disclosed the name of the agent."<ref> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-fiderer/andrea-mitchells-prime-t_b_10973.html</ref> She and Russert were later found innocent.  

In 2005 Mitchell (along with co-worker, [[Tim Russert]]) was a suspect in the [[CIA]] leak case. NBC released a statement saying that “her first discussion with an administration official about the matter was after the [[Robert Novak]] column was published. And that discussion, she said, was off the record. NBC News never has disclosed the name of the agent."<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-fiderer/andrea-mitchells-prime-t_b_10973.html</ref> She and Russert were later found innocent.  

=== 2004 Election ===

=== 2004 Election ===

In the 2004 presidential campaign Mitchell appeared on NBC Nightly News. Covering the Vietnam veterans' attack on presidential candidate John Kerry, she stated that the group might just “get away with it.” <ref>http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040807.asp</ref> She later claimed that"none of the men actually served on either of Kerry's swift boats,” <ref>http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040807.asp</ref>despite the fact that the men in the ad were former colleagues of Kerry's<ref>http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040807.asp</ref>.

In the 2004 presidential campaign Mitchell appeared on NBC Nightly News. Covering the Vietnam veterans' attack on presidential candidate John Kerry, she stated that the group might just “get away with it.” <ref>http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040807.asp</ref> She later claimed that"none of the men actually served on either of Kerry's swift boats,” <ref>http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040807.asp</ref> despite the fact that the men in the ad were former colleagues of Kerry's.<ref>http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040807.asp</ref>

=== Elian Gonzalez Interview ===

=== Elian Gonzalez Interview ===

=== Fidel Castro Interview ===

=== Fidel Castro Interview ===

Critics claim that her interview with Cuban dictator [[Fidel Castro]] sounded much like a “promotional spot for Castro as caring grandpa”<ref>http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y01/jun01/29e5.htm</ref>. She characterized the dictator as, "old-fashioned, courtly -- even paternal," <ref>http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y01/jun01/29e5.htm</ref>, and praised his leadership. "What’s astounding is how much Castro is personally micro-managing the Elian case. He’s not just the country’s head of state, he’s the CEO," she stated in her report. Conservative websites claimed that she “mentioned none of the drawbacks to life in the socialist dictatorship.”<ref>http://www.mrc.org/SpecialReports/2007/castro/welcome.asp</ref>

Critics claim that her interview with Cuban dictator [[Fidel Castro]] sounded much like a “promotional spot for Castro as caring grandpa”.<ref>http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y01/jun01/29e5.htm</ref> She characterized the dictator as, "old-fashioned, courtly -- even paternal,",<ref>http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y01/jun01/29e5.htm</ref> and praised his leadership. "What’s astounding is how much Castro is personally micro-managing the Elian case. He’s not just the country’s head of state, he’s the CEO," she stated in her report. Conservative websites claimed that she “mentioned none of the drawbacks to life in the socialist dictatorship.”<ref>http://www.mrc.org/SpecialReports/2007/castro/welcome.asp</ref>

== References ==

== References ==

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==External Links==

==External links==

*[http://www.aim.org/wls/author/andrea-mitchell/ What Liberals Say - Andrea Mitchell], [[Accuracy In Media]]

*[http://www.aim.org/wls/author/andrea-mitchell/ What Liberals Say - Andrea Mitchell], [[Accuracy In Media]]

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