Early life and education
Miranda Devine was born on July 1, 1961 in New York City, where her father, Frank Devine, was working as a journalist. She is the eldest of four children and has dual citizenship of Australia and the US
Devine attended school in Sydney and Tokyo, where she developed an interest in mathematics and architecture. She graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and studied first-year architecture at the University of Sydney. She also worked briefly at the CSIRO’s Division of Textile Physics
However, Devine decided to follow her father’s footsteps and pursue a career in journalism. She obtained a Master of Science in journalism from Northwestern University in the US, where she honed her skills as a reporter and feature writer
Career in Australia
Devine returned to Australia in 1989 and joined The Daily Telegraph as an assistant editor, police reporter, and columnist. She quickly gained a reputation for her conservative and provocative views on a range of social and political issues, such as immigration, crime, feminism, and climate change
Devine also wrote columns for Fairfax Media newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald, and for News Limited newspapers Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Herald Sun, and Sunday Times. She hosted The Miranda Devine Show on Sydney radio station 2GB until it ended in 2015
Devine was often criticized for her controversial and divisive opinions, which sometimes sparked public outrage and legal disputes. For example, in 2002, she claimed that the racial element of the Sydney gang rapes had been “airbrushed” out of the media coverage, and that the victims alleged that prosecutors had intentionally “censored” their statements to remove any mention of racially sensitive material
Devine was also accused of promoting the white genocide conspiracy theory, which alleges that there is a deliberate plan to exterminate the white race through mass immigration and multiculturalism. She was described as pivotal in popularising the concept within Australian politics
Career in the US
In 2020, Devine moved to New York City to write for the New York Post, a conservative tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch. She focused on US politics and became an avid supporter of former President Donald Trump, whom she praised for his “courage” and “patriotism”
Devine also became a frequent guest on Fox News, another Murdoch-owned media outlet, where she defended Trump’s policies and actions, and attacked his opponents and critics. She often clashed with other journalists and commentators, who accused her of spreading misinformation and propaganda
Devine’s most notable work in the US was her investigation into the laptop of Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden. She claimed that the laptop contained evidence of corruption, fraud, and foreign influence involving the Biden family. She wrote a series of articles based on the laptop’s contents, and later published a book titled Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide.
Devine’s coverage of the laptop scandal was widely disputed and denounced by other media outlets, who questioned the authenticity and relevance of the laptop’s data. They also accused Devine of being part of a smear campaign orchestrated by Trump and his allies to undermine Biden’s presidential campaign.
Conclusion
Miranda Devine is one of the most influential and controversial columnists in the US media today. She has a loyal following of conservative readers and viewers, who admire her for her outspoken and fearless stance on various issues. She also has a large number of detractors, who criticize her for her biased and sensationalist reporting, and for her promotion of conspiracy theories and divisive rhetoric.
Devine’s career as a journalist has spanned over three decades and two continents, and has been marked by both success and controversy. She has risen from a young reporter in Sydney to a star columnist in New York, where she has become a key player in the US political landscape.