Carl Cameron is a television journalist for FOX News in the United States, and has served as political correspondent following presidential candidates George W. Bush in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004. He served as chief political correspondent during the 2004 United States presidential election. His nickname is "Campaign Carl" as he is the chief political correspondent and was almost continually at work since the 2004 Democratic Primary season to the General Election.

Working with the local Fox affiliate in Maine, Cameron discovered that George W. Bush had a DUI from the 1970's on the eve of the 2000 Presidential Election.

On October 1, 2004, he was the center of controversy, when a parody he wrote, mocking John Kerry with fabricated quotes, was posted publicly to the FOX News web site.

Quotes in his story included, "Women should like me! I do manicures," "Didn't my nails and cuticles look great? What a good debate!" and "I'm metrosexual — [Bush's] a cowboy." FOX News management apologized for the "error" saying it was the result of "fatigue and bad judgment." Cameron, however, was not suspended or fired for the incident, although FOX did say that he had been reprimanded, without providing further details.

Cameron's wife worked for the presidential campaign of George Bush in 2000. In spite of that, FOX News allowed Cameron to cover the Presidential campaign without telling the audience about the link. Cameron interviewed Bush at least once during the 2000 campaign.

He attended Bates College and Boston University.

External link

• FOX News - Carl Cameron bio