Trace Gallagher
Trace Gallagher | |
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| Born | Tracy G. Gallagher September 10, 1961 San Diego, California, U.S |
| Education | University of San Diego |
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| Employer | Fox News |
Tracy G. Gallagher is an American journalist and the anchor of Fox News @ Night, Fox News' late-night news program.
Background
[edit]Gallagher grew up in the ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes, California where he was the quarterback for the Mammoth Huskies high school football team. He graduated from high school in 1979. Gallagher studied at the University of San Diego and he majored in business[1] playing quarterback for the Torero football team.[2]
Fox News
[edit]Based in Los Angeles, Gallagher served as a co-anchor (with Martha MacCallum) of The Live Desk and as a substitute anchor for Studio B with Shepard Smith and Fox Report. During his time at Fox, Gallagher has reported on the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and the 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami.[1] Gallagher has also served as a general assignment correspondent.
He has worked at Fox's Chicago, San Francisco, and New York City news bureaus. Previously Gallagher worked at WCPX (now WKMG) in Orlando, KVBC (now KSNV) in Las Vegas, and KTVB in Boise.
On February 1, 2010, The Live Desk was replaced with America Live with Megyn Kelly. Gallagher continues to anchor and report on Fox programs.[3]
Gallagher has publicly cited for making numerous dubious statements on air, including saying in July of 2022 that the COVID-19 misinformation banned on social media “all turned out to be accurate" - a major mischaracterization of the truth. [4] In 2020, despite regularly discussing defund the police policy, Gallagher was unable to name a single member of Congress who had actually advanced the policy. [5]
On September 21, 2022, he was named permanent host of Fox News @ Night, replacing founding host Shannon Bream after she was named host of Fox News Sunday. He has been hosting the program since October 3, 2022.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Trace Gallagher | Fox News". Fox News. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
- ^ "1982 University of San Diego FOOTBALL YEARBOOK". University of San Diego. 1982. pp. 4, 8. Retrieved November 5, 2020 – via digital.sandiego.edu.
- ^ Gold, Matea (January 20, 2010). "Fox News gives anchor Megyn Kelly her own two-hour show". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Luciano, Michael (July 7, 2022). "Fox News' Trace Gallagher Claims Covid Misinformation Banned on Social Media 'All Turned Out to Be Accurate'". Mediaite.
- ^ Meyer, Ken (November 9, 2020). "Fox's Trace Gallagher Caught Flat-Footed When Asked to Name a Member of Congress Who Advanced Defunding the Police". Mediaite.
- ^ "Trace Gallagher Takes Anchor Chair at 'Fox News @ Night'". September 21, 2022.
- ^ "Trace Gallagher". Media Matters for America. June 28, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
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