Bob Franken
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Bob Franken is a frequent guest on MSNBC
MSNBC
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 and other networks. Franken was CNN's primary correspondent in President Clinton's impeachment
Impeachment of Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton, President of the United States, was impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice on December 19, 1998, but acquitted by the Senate on February 12, 1999. Two other impeachment articles, a second perjury charge and a charge of abuse of...

. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...

. He specializes in political reporting and often uses puns in his commentaries. In early 2007 Franken's contract was not renewed by CNN
CNN
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; as a result, Franken moved to rival MSNBC.

An award winning journalist, Franken gained notable recognition as a news reporter at WJW-TV, then a CBS-TV affiliate in Cleveland, OH. Franken reported on the great blizzards of 1977 and 1978 there, the financial default of the city, and the desegregation of the Cleveland Public Schools ruling by the late U.S. District Court Judge Frank J. Battisti
Frank J. Battisti
Frank James Battisti was an American jurist who served as the 21st district judge for the Northern District of Ohio, between 1961 and 1990. He spent 22 of his 31 years on the District Court as chief judge, replacing Judge Girard E...

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Bob Franken was recently inducted into the Society for Professional Journalists Washington Hall of Fame, he covered combat in both Iraq wars, the White House during the George W. Bush administration, the Clinton scandals, the Supreme Court, and Congress for ten years. He forced world attention on the Guantanamo Bay prison camp with his extensive reporting from there.

Bob‘s columns are syndicated by King Features to literally thousands of US newspapers. The column is described as “an extended middle finger pointed in all directions”.

Franken is a cousin of Minnesota Senator Al Franken
Al Franken
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party....

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