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Ken Auletta
American writer, journalist, and media critic
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Born | (1942-04-23) April 23, 1942 (age 82) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | writer, journalist |
Spouse | Amanda Urban |
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Auletta (born April 23, 1942) [1] is an American author, a political columnist for the New York Daily News,[2] and media critic for The New Yorker.
Early life and education
The son of an Italian American father and a Jewish American mother, Auletta grew up in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York.
His father Pat was a sporting goods store owner and founder of the Coney Island Sports League who was responsible for discovering Sandy Koufax, a young baseball pitcher playing in the league who went on to have a Hall of Fame career with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers after Pat urged the team to take a "look at this kid Koufax."[3]
Auletta attended Abraham Lincoln High School in Coney Island.[4]