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==Background==

==Background==

Ruddy<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/pundits/ruddy.shtml?CFID=10964423&CFTOKEN=74004037 Christopher Ruddy]. Bio.</ref> grew up on Long Island, N.Y. After graduating from Chaminade High School in Mineola, he earned a B.A. summa cum laude in History from St. John's University in New York and a Master's Degree in Public Policy from the London School of Economics.  

Ruddy<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/pundits/ruddy.shtml?CFID=10964423&CFTOKEN=74004037 Christopher Ruddy]. Bio.</ref> grew up on Long Island, N.Y. After graduating from Chaminade High School in Mineola, he earned a B.A. summa cum laude in History from St. John's University in New York and a master's degree in Public Policy from the London School of Economics.  

Early in his career, Ruddy<ref>[http://www.annonline.com/interviews/971215/related.html Christopher Ruddy]. Ann Online.</ref> was editor of an alternative media publication known as the New York Guardian. Ruddy then moved into more mainstream journalism with the New York Post, which he joined as an investigative reporter late in the summer of 1993. At the New York Post, Ruddy's series on abuses of Social Security Disability programs led to national media attention and Congressional reforms. Also at the Post, Mr. Ruddy broke several stories relating to the death investigation of deputy White House Counsel [[Vince Foster]].<ref>[http://www.annonline.com/interviews/971013/ Christopher Ruddy]. Interview, etc.</ref> He then went to work for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review owned by Richard Mellon Scaife.<ref>[http://192.80.61.73/WebVAX/Whitewater/PTRrco.html Christopher Ruddy]. Pittsburg Tribune-Review.</ref>

Early in his career, Ruddy<ref>[http://www.annonline.com/interviews/971215/related.html Christopher Ruddy]. Ann Online.</ref> was editor of an alternative media publication known as the New York Guardian. Ruddy then moved into more mainstream journalism with the New York Post, which he joined as an investigative reporter late in the summer of 1993. At the New York Post, Ruddy's series on abuses of Social Security Disability programs led to national media attention and Congressional reforms. Also at the Post, Mr. Ruddy broke several stories relating to the death investigation of deputy White House Counsel [[Vince Foster]].<ref>[http://www.annonline.com/interviews/971013/ Christopher Ruddy]. Interview, etc.</ref> He then went to work for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review owned by Richard Mellon Scaife.<ref>[http://192.80.61.73/WebVAX/Whitewater/PTRrco.html Christopher Ruddy]. Pittsburg Tribune-Review.</ref>