Ken Shepherd
Former NewsBusters Managing Editor

Ken Shepherd lives in New Carrollton, Md., with his wife, Laura, and four children. Ken graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland in 2001 with a Bachelors of Arts in Government & Politics and a citation in Public Leadership. 

Ken worked for the Media Research Center from May 2001 to April 2016. He served as NewsBusters Managing Editor from 2007 until April 2016. Currently, he serves as "a universal-desk editor and digital writer" for The Washington Times.

In his spare time, Ken enjoys karaoke, tennis, reading, and discussing theology or politics.

Ken Shepherd | February 5, 2007

     A CNN reporter who moonlights as a marriage “Proposal Guru” and women’s magazine columnist used a February 5 report on the cost of the war in Iraq to lament the billions on war spending that prevent the Bush administration from being wed to…

Ken Shepherd | February 2, 2007

     So you want to grow the economy? Just force employers to pay employees more. That way they’ll spend more money, and voila! Economic growth!

     That was CNN business reporter Ali Velshi’s economic analysis on the February 2…

Ken Shepherd | February 2, 2007

     Two weeks ago, Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan suggested the fashion industry was exhibit A for why industry cannot regulate itself. She’s back at it again with a new angle to her complaint: the “excuses for hiring super-skinny…

Ken Shepherd | February 1, 2007

     The South American dictator who famously called President Bush “the devil” during a UN speech is one step closer to nationalizing his country’s oil. Yet the same day that Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez received new powers to rule by decree, none…

Ken Shepherd | February 1, 2007

     On January 31, President Bush became only the second sitting president to walk the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, just hours after the federal government released new data showing the economy grew at a healthy 3.4-percent growth rate…

Ken Shepherd | January 31, 2007

     American taxpayers are making possible the January 29 airing of a documentary in praise of one of the 20th century’s greatest free market advocates. And that doesn’t sit well with New York Times TV critic Ginia Bellafante, who complained of…