David Brody (journalist)

{{Short description|American journalist}}

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David Philip Brody is an American commentator for the Christian Broadcasting Network. Brody is also known for his vocal support of Donald Trump.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Brody was born in New Jersey on February 13, 1965,{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} and grew up in New York City.{{cite web|last1=Graham|first1=Ruth|title=Bless His Heart|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/life/faithbased/2018/01/david_brody_christian_broadcasting_network_s_chief_political_correspondent.html|website=Slate|date=January 4, 2018}} He was raised Reform Jewish, with his sister Karen Rachel but he notes neither of his parents were very religious.{{cite news|last1=Banks|first1=Adelle M.|title=Trump interview throws spotlight on Christian broadcaster|url=https://www.deseret.com/2017/2/7/20605655/trump-interview-throws-spotlight-on-christian-broadcaster/|work=DeseretNews.com|date=February 7, 2017|language=en}} He converted to Evangelical Christianity in his 20s.

Brody graduated from Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY) in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in communications. He was News Director at ABC affiliate KRDO-TV, Colorado Springs, Colorado.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

David Brody is married to Lisette Dorianne Bassett-Brody. Together, they have three children.{{Cite web|title=Etched in Stone|url=https://www.drjamesdobson.org/broadcasts/etched-stone|access-date=September 22, 2021|website=Family Talk|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Elina Arielle Brody b. Private: Bassett Family Association|url=http://www.bassettbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I28321&tree=1A&sitever=standard|access-date=September 22, 2021|website=www.bassettbranches.org}}

Brody wrote the 2012 book The Teavangelicals: The Inside Story of How the Evangelicals and the Tea Party are Taking Back America.{{cite news|title=Romney and 'Teavangelicals': Gaining Trust with Conservative Voters|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec12/evangelical_07-10.html|newspaper=PBS NewsHour|date=July 10, 2012}} Brody co-authored the book The Faith of Donald J. Trump: A Spiritual Biography, with Scott Lamb of The Washington Times, and it was published in early 2018.{{Cite news|last=Dias|first=Elizabeth|date=May 14, 2018|title=An Evangelical Journalist Finds His Calling at the White House (Published 2018)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/us/politics/david-brody-cbn-news-evangelical.html|access-date=January 11, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|url=https://weeklystandard.com/erick-w-erickson/the-apotheosis-of-donald-j-trump-2011600|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716053930/https://www.weeklystandard.com/erick-w-erickson/the-apotheosis-of-donald-j-trump-2011600|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2018|title=The Apotheosis of Donald J. Trump|date=February 15, 2018|work=The Weekly Standard|access-date=July 16, 2018|language=en}}