Erik Wemple

One of three sons of longtime Schenectady, New York–based Republican–Conservative New York State Assemblyman Clark C. Wemple,{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/newyorkredbook0000unse_q7h5/mode/1up?q=%22wemple%22 |title=the new york red book |date=September 1, 1975 |publisher=williams press, inc. |via=Internet Archive}} he was raised in nearby Niskayuna, New York,{{cite news |url=https://dailygazette.com/article/2014/09/21/niskayuna-native-dc-fixture?print |title=Niskayuna native Wemple now a D.C. fixture |last=McGuire |first=Mark |date=2014-09-21 |newspaper=Daily Gazette |language=en-US |access-date=2016-12-21}} and attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, from which he graduated in 1986.{{cite web |last=Denoon |first=Maggie |title=TEDxHamiltonCollege Tackles Political Divide |url=https://www.hamilton.edu/news/story/tedx-political-divide-wemple-bromberg |website=Hamilton College |date=2020-02-17 |access-date=2020-05-26}}

Wemple began contributing articles to the Washington City Paper in the late 1990s. From January 1999 to November 2000 he wrote the paper's political column, "Loose Lips", before becoming editor.{{cite web|url=http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewPerson?oid=oid%3A7408|title=Erik Wemple|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194254/http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewPerson?oid=oid%3A7408|archive-date=September 27, 2007}} Brief biography in the People Directory of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) (incl. hyperlinked archive to "In the News" articles by and about Wemple and his AAN award and honorable mention.) Previously, he was Washington correspondent for Inside.com and CableWorld magazine.

In 2004, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies awarded Wemple and Josh Levin an Alternative Newsweekly Award for their article "Off Target", published in Washington City Paper.{{cite news|url=http://aan.org/aan/alternative-newsweekly-award-winners-announced/|title=Alternative Newsweekly Award Winners Announced|date=2004-06-27|work=Association of Alternative Newsmedia|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en-US}}

In June 2006, Wemple accepted the editor-in-chief position at The Village Voice. A month later, he announced he would not assume the position, stating that "the paper's ownership and I have failed to come to terms in our many discussions about moving forward, particularly with respect to newsroom management."Motoko Rich, [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/16/nyregion/16voice.html "Before He Moves In, The Village Voice's Editor Moves On"], The New York Times, June 16, 2006, accessed April 11, 2008.

In February 2010, Wemple informed the staff of the Washington City Paper that he was leaving to be the new editor of TBD.com.{{cite web|url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/washington-city-paper-editor-erik-wemple-is-leaving-the-paper/Article?oid=1833775|title=Washington City Paper Editor Erik Wemple is Leaving the Paper|access-date=5 November 2014}}

In 2013, J. K. Trotter of Gawker Media declared Wemple a "hero", and that "like a deeply embedded anthropologist, Wemple scours Washington media (and, not infrequently, their New York counterparts) for hypocrisy, excess, and corruption. He's the anti-Mike Allen, frequently piercing the Politico's madman's self-inflating bubble of hype at the moment it threatens to blot out the sun."{{cite web|url=http://trotter.kinja.com/gawker-heroes-erik-wemple-1487165883|title=Gawker Heroes: Erik Wemple|author=J.K. Trotter|work=J.K. Trotter|access-date=5 November 2014}}

In February 2017, Wemple appeared on Tucker Carlson's show to discuss media bias. Carlson criticized Wemple in this interview for not covering mistakes made by The Washington Post.{{cite web |title=Tucker Carlson Accuses Washington Post of Running 'Russian Propaganda' as News (Video) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/tucker-carlson-accuses-washington-post-of-running-russian-propaganda-as-news-video/ |date=2017-02-15 |access-date=2022-10-05 |language=en-US}}{{cite web |title=Tucker Carlson Accuses Washington Post of Running 'Russian Propaganda' as News (Video) |url=https://sg.style.yahoo.com/tucker-carlson-accuses-washington-post-running-russian-propaganda-142807265.html |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=sg.style.yahoo.com |date=15 February 2017 |language=en-SG}} In 2021, Carlson criticized Wemple for contacting several of his college classmates and attempting to find "naughty" things he had done when he was 19. Carlson compared Wemple's investigation into him to politicians investigating their opponents' past scandals.{{cite web |last=Moore |first=Thomas |date=2021-04-21 |title=Tucker Carlson blasts Washington Post columnist |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/549438-tucker-carlson-blasts-washington-post-columnist/ |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}} In 2022, Wemple wrote an opinion column about the allegations of nepotism against Carlson's son, Buckley Carlson. When reached for comment, Tucker Carlson responded: "normal people understand it’s wrong to go after a man's family, but you don't because you're a soulless ghoul who literally works for Jeff Bezos. Go fuck yourself".{{cite web |date=2022-10-25 |title=Tucker Carlson Tells Washington Post Writer To 'F**k Yourself' For Buckley Carlson Question |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/tucker-carlson-tells-washington-post-111619923.html?src=rss |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-CA}}{{cite news |last=Wemple |first=Erik |date=2022-10-24 |title=Opinion {{!}} Tucker Carlson, megalomaniac |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/24/tucker-carlson-emmer-anonymous-quote-overreach/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}

Wemple is married to Stephanie Mencimer, who, as of 2018, worked as a staff reporter in the Washington office of Mother Jones.{{cite news|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-mark-judge-high-school-drunk-allegation-alcohol/|title=Brett Kavanaugh's high school friend isn't helping the nominee's case|work=Mother Jones|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en-US}}

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