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David Aaronovitch (born Prize for political journalism in 1998 and again in 2001. __TOC__ EARLY LIFE Aaronovitch is the son of the late Economist and Communist Sam Aaronovitch, and brother of the actor Owen Aaronovitch and scriptwriter Ben Aaronovitch . He was raised in a secular household. He attended Gospel Oak Primary School until 1965, Holloway County Comprehensive 1965-68, and William Ellis School 1968-72. He studied modern history at Balliol College, Oxford from October 1972 until April 1974, when he was sent down (expelled) for failing the German part of his history exams. He completed his education at the University Of Manchester , graduating in 1978 with an upper second B.A. (Hons) in history. While at Manchester, he was a member of the 1975 University Challenge team that lost in the first round after answering every question with the name of a Revolutionary ("Trotsky" or "Lenin" or "Che"). He was initially a Eurocommunist and active in the Young Communists, where he met fellow YC Peter Mandelson . He was also active in the National Union Of Students (NUS) where he got to know the president at the time, Charles Clarke , who became Home Secretary . Aaronovitch himself was president of the NUS from 1980 to 1982, Clarke's successor-but-two. He then identified with the broad-left, but later moved to a more moderate position. CAREER IN JOURNALISM Aaronovitch started his media career as a television researcher, then became a producer for ITV 's ''Weekend World'', and founding editor of the BBC 's ''On the Record'' in 1988. Aaronovitch moved over to print journalism in 1995, working for '' The Independent '' and '' Independent On Sunday '' as chief leader writer, television critic, and columnist until the end of 2002. At the '' New Statesman '' he wrote a Pseudonym ous column purporting to be the diary of Lynton Charles, MP. Charles and Lynton are Tony Blair 's middle names. He began contributing to ''The Guardian'' and '' The Observer '' in 2003 , where he was a columnist and feature writer. Since June 2005, he has written a regular column for ''The Times''. Simultaneously, Aaronovitch pursued a career as presenter of, and contributor to, radio and television programmes, mainly for the BBC, such as '' Have I Got News For You ''. In addition, he regularly writes columns for the '' Jewish Chronicle ''. In his columns, he tends to support the current New Labour position, although he has opposed them on issues related to the House Of Lords , civil liberties and voting reform. He strongly supported the 2003 Invasion Of Iraq . "NORMAN JOHNSON" Several months after Aaronovitch left ''The Guardian'', they began to run 'Norman Johnson', who is now widely recognized as a satire on Aaronovitch and his new columns for ''The Times''. :So let's get to know one another. I'm Norman Johnson. OK, I'm there before you. You're thinking: would that be the same Norman whose byline once ornamented the '' says -- and I happen to think he's got a point -- history will judge whether it is strictly consistent to have been a proselytising Marxist in 1971 and chair of a New Labour fringe meeting in 2005. And you know what? She'll say that it is. Absolutely. Consistent. {Link without Title} Various people have been identified as the real writer of the Norman Johnson columns, including, principally, Catherine Bennett , a regular Guardian columnist. ACCUSATIONS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA Aaronovitch has been accused by some people within the Muslim community of being Islamophobic, citing his attacks on hardline Muslim organisations such as MPACUK for their anti-gay, anti-feminist and illiberal positions. Aaronovitch has pointed out that he is a consistent defender of Asylum Seeker s and immigrants (a significant number of whom are Muslims) against the charges of the right-wing press, particularly the Daily Mail . WORKS
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