Ken Shepherd
Former NewsBusters Managing Editor
@KenShepherd

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.

USA Today Hypes Student Debt Loads
Ken Shepherd | June 12, 2006

USA Today Hypes Student Debt Loads Paper features grad student with more than double the average debt load of his peers.…

USA Today Hypes Student Debt Loads
Ken Shepherd | June 12, 2006

     As graduation season wound down, the June 12 USA Today alarmed readers with a look at the “growing number of college grads” who owe more than $100,000 in student loans. But even the article’s author briefly conceded that’…

NBC Marks Death Tax Bills Demise with Democratic Zinger
Ken Shepherd | June 9, 2006

NBC Marks Death Tax Bills Demise with Democratic Zinger Anchor Brian Williams left out conservative talking points and studies…

CNN Airs Glowing Review of Ethanol Boom in Iowa
Ken Shepherd | June 9, 2006

CNN Airs Glowing Review of Ethanol Boom in Iowa Reporter Lothian leaves out how taxpayers are picking up a large part of the bill…

CBS Downplays Terrorisms Impact on Oil
Ken Shepherd | June 9, 2006

CBS Downplays Terrorisms Impact on Oil BusinessWeek cited oil analysts who estimated much higher costs from terrorism.…

NBC Marks Death Tax Bill's Demise with Democratic Zinger
Ken Shepherd | June 9, 2006

    On the June 8 “Nightly News,” NBC’s Brian Williams squeezed in a Democratic talking point when reporting the Senate vote on the death tax.      While Williams said that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-…