John King (journalist)

John King (journalist)

John King was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1985, King joined the Associated Press where he began as a writer. In 1997, he joined CNN where he served as the senior White House correspondent. In 2005, King was named CNN’s chief national correspondent. He currently anchors the Sunday morning news program Inside Politics.

About John King (journalist) in brief

Summary John King (journalist)John King was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He is of Irish descent with ancestors from Dún Locháin, Co. Galway. In 1985, King joined the Associated Press where he began as a writer. In 1997, he joined CNN where he served as the senior White House correspondent from 1999 to 2005. In 2005, King was named CNN’s chief national correspondent, a position he still holds. He currently anchors the Sunday morning news program Inside Politics.

King moderated a Republican presidential debate before the South Carolina Primary on January 19, 2012. On April 17, 2013, King, citing law enforcement sources, erroneously reported that a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing had been identified by police and that the suspect was a dark-skinned male. King was the first to erroneously report on this identification of a suspect.