Margaret Wente

Quick Facts

Full Name	Margaret Wente
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Feb 15, 1950(1950-02-15)
Age	74
Birthplace	Evanston
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Aquarius

Margaret Wente Biography

Margaret Wente is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on February 15, 1950 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Margaret Wente, a Canadian-American born on 15 February 1950, is a Canadian. She was a columnist in Canada’s biggest daily newspaper, The Globe and Mail, from February 1950 to August 2019 and was also a director at the Energy Probe Research Foundation. In 2000 and 2001, she was awarded the National Newspaper Award in column writing. Wente was caught plagiarising on several occasions in 2012. Wente was initially suspended for writing the column but was later reinstated. In 2016, however, she was found to not have met the newspaper’s attribution standards for two additional columns.

Due to the 2009 incident, she was also removed from CBC Radio’s biweekly media panelist role on Q. She had not met the CBC’s journalistic standards.

In September 2012, Wente was found to have committed plagiarism by Carol Wainio, a blogger and artist who accused Wente of lifting quotes and rewording passages from published sources without credit. Wainio documents on her blog, Media Culpa, a series of columns and articles published from 2009 to 2012, which plagiarize sources including the Ottawa Citizen, the New York Times and Foreign Affairs. On 21 September 2012, the Globe and Mail’ s public editor addressed the allegations, conceding that “there appears to be some truth to the accusations but not on every charge”.

In her Globe and Mail column, on Saturday, 1 March 2014, Wente criticized Canadian universities for their response to the Saint Mary’s rape chant controversy, in particular their view that all drunken sex is rape. She went on to argue that rape culture is a fiction and that the concept of affirmative consent is part of the “war on men”. Wente’s column was subsequently referred to as “irresponsible nonsense” by fellow journalists Toula Drimonis and Ethan Cox.

The Globe and Mail hired Wente in 1986. Wente was editor for a while of The Globe and Mail’s business section, as well as the ROB (Report on Business) and managing editor. She became a regular columnist in The Globe and Mail in 1992. She is a regular commentator on radio and television, and has been awarded several journalism awards.

Margaret Wente Net Worth

Margaret Wente is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Margaret Wente 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Wente was born Evanston, Illinois. Her mother, a Canadian, married her in Toronto in 1964. Since then, she has been a naturalized Canadian citizen. She has a BA in English and MA in English from The University of Toronto. Margaret Wente published Accidental Canada in 2004. It is her autobiographical account about becoming a columnist for The Globe & Mail.

Wente was hired right out of university as a book publicist (p 20). Her first assignment was to write a book about the Summit Series, an encounter between Russian and Canadian ice hockey teams in 1972. While she did her job well and was able to spend time with the coach during her training, her memoir reveals her opinions.

The Globe and Mail subsequently took unspecified punitive actions against Wente for a column written in 2009. Editor John Stackhouse acknowledged that “the journalism in this instance did not meet the standards of The Globe and Mail”, noting that the work in question was “unacceptable”. However, Wente continued to write for the Globe and Mail. Wente herself wrote a column to defend herself against accusations of being a “serial plagiarist” but acknowledged she was “extremely careless”. She took a break from writing her column for a week. On 11 October she resumed with a column explaining her actions and offered an apology.

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Facts & Trivia

Margaret Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Margaret Wente celebrates birthday on February 15 of every year.

Top Facts about Margaret Wente

1. Margaret Wente is a Canadian journalist and columnist.
2. She worked for The Globe and Mail for over 20 years.
3. Wente has been accused of plagiarism multiple times.
4. In 2016, she was found guilty of plagiarism by the National Post.
5. Wente’s controversial opinions have sparked backlash from readers.
6. She has written about topics such as climate change and feminism.
7. Wente has won several awards for her journalism work.
8. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of Michigan.
9. Wente was born in Chicago but grew up in Toronto, Canada.
10. She retired from The Globe and Mail in 2020 amid controversy over her columns.