Drew Griffin is a reporter on the American

United States

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 cable news

News broadcasting

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 channel CNN

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.

Career

Griffin worked as an investigative reporter for CBS 2 News in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 for 10 years. He joined CNN in May 2004. In September 2005, Griffin covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

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. Griffin's reports about the looting by some New Orleans police officers led to a police investigation. He also broke stories about nursing home deaths after Katrina.

Controversy

During the 2012 presidential race, Griffin was called out by Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart

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 for deliberately ignoring presidential candidate Ron Paul

Ron Paul

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 despite his second-place result in the Iowa straw poll

Straw poll

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 by less than one percent of the votes -- 152 votes. He was criticized by Stewart for unprofessionally joking to a colleague on air, "And guess what Paul; if you get video of Sarah Palin or get a soundbite of her, bring that back to us. You can hold that Ron Paul stuff.(chuckles)" despite the fact that Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin

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 had not even declared her candidacy at the time.

Awards

Griffin won a business and financial reporting Emmy Award in 2005 for his reports on a fault in Ford vehicles which caused them to catch fire. He earned his second Emmy in 2006 for the CNN Presents

CNN Presents

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 documentary "How to Rob a Bank" and a third in 2007 for "Hidden Spending," an Anderson Cooper 360°

Anderson Cooper 360°

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segment about congressional spending.