page_title: Fred Barnes (journalist)
hierarchical_section_title: Fred Barnes (journalist)
caption_attribution_description: English: Fred Barnes speaking at CPAC 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland.
context_page_description: Frederic Wood "Fred" Barnes is an American political commentator. He was the executive editor of the defunct news publication The Weekly Standard and regularly appears on the Fox News Channel program Special Report with Bret Baier. He was previously co-host of The Beltway Boys with Mort Kondracke, which previously aired on the Fox News Channel. The ''Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 states:
  Barnes remains a prolific writer on presidential and many other political topics as well.
context_section_description: Frederic Wood "Fred" Barnes (born February 1, 1943) is an American political commentator. He was the executive editor of the defunct news publication The Weekly Standard and regularly appears on the Fox News Channel program Special Report with Bret Baier. He was previously co-host of The Beltway Boys with Mort Kondracke, which previously aired on the Fox News Channel.  The ''Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 states:
  Barnes remains a prolific writer on presidential and many other political topics as well.
caption: Barnes at CPAC, March 2016
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