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Barbara Amiel Black is a right-wing columnist and a former director of [[Hollinger International]], the company owned by her husband [[Conrad Black]]. According to a report into the financial mismanagement of Hollinger one of the reasons for the huge withdrawals from the business was to "satisfy the liquidity needs arising for the personal lifestyle Black and his wife had chosen to lead". In 1983 she was chosen as the first female editor of the [[Toronto Sun]] and has written for [[The Times]]<ref>Sandra Laville, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/sep/03/pressandpublishing.citynews The Guardian profile: Barbara Amiel], ''The Guardian'', 3-September-2004, Accessed 26-May-2009</ref>
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'''Barbara Amiel Black''' is a right-wing columnist and a former director of [[Hollinger International]], the company owned by her husband [[Conrad Black]]. According to a report into the financial mismanagement of Hollinger, one of the reasons for the huge withdrawals from the business was to "satisfy the liquidity needs arising for the personal lifestyle Black and his wife had chosen to lead".<ref>Sandra Laville, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/sep/03/pressandpublishing.citynews The Guardian profile: Barbara Amiel], ''The Guardian'', 3-September-2004, Accessed 26-May-2009</ref>  
  
==Political Views==
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In 1983 she was chosen as the first female editor of the [[Toronto Sun]] and has written for [[The Times]].<ref>Sandra Laville, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/sep/03/pressandpublishing.citynews The Guardian profile: Barbara Amiel], ''The Guardian'', 3-September-2004, Accessed 26-May-2009</ref>
  
Like many of today's rightwing commentators, she briefly flirted with communism as a student, but later as a non-religious Jew enthusiastically adopted trenchantly pro-Israel, pro-American, Eurosceptic views, and promoted her belief that homosexuality is an abomination]]<ref>Sandra Laville, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/sep/03/pressandpublishing.citynews The Guardian profile: Barbara Amiel], ''The Guardian'', 3-September-2004, Accessed 26-May-2009</ref>.
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==Political views==
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According to a profile of Amiel in ''The Guardian'':
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:Like many of today's rightwing commentators, she briefly flirted with communism as a student, but later as a non-religious Jew enthusiastically adopted trenchantly pro-Israel, pro-American, Eurosceptic views, and promoted her belief that homosexuality is an abomination.<ref>Sandra Laville, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/sep/03/pressandpublishing.citynews The Guardian profile: Barbara Amiel], ''The Guardian'', 3-September-2004, Accessed 26-May-2009</ref>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 11:08, 27 May 2009

Barbara Amiel Black is a right-wing columnist and a former director of Hollinger International, the company owned by her husband Conrad Black. According to a report into the financial mismanagement of Hollinger, one of the reasons for the huge withdrawals from the business was to "satisfy the liquidity needs arising for the personal lifestyle Black and his wife had chosen to lead".[1]

In 1983 she was chosen as the first female editor of the Toronto Sun and has written for The Times.[2]

Political views

According to a profile of Amiel in The Guardian:

Like many of today's rightwing commentators, she briefly flirted with communism as a student, but later as a non-religious Jew enthusiastically adopted trenchantly pro-Israel, pro-American, Eurosceptic views, and promoted her belief that homosexuality is an abomination.[3]

Notes

  1. Sandra Laville, The Guardian profile: Barbara Amiel, The Guardian, 3-September-2004, Accessed 26-May-2009
  2. Sandra Laville, The Guardian profile: Barbara Amiel, The Guardian, 3-September-2004, Accessed 26-May-2009
  3. Sandra Laville, The Guardian profile: Barbara Amiel, The Guardian, 3-September-2004, Accessed 26-May-2009