Douglas Harriman Kennedy (born March 24, 1967) is an American journalist. He is the tenth child of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, named in honor of

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, a family friend and former governor of New York.

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Kennedy was born in Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., a year before his father's

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. He married Molly Elizabeth Stark, daughter of Sharon Ellen Wing and John Sherwood Stark, on August 22, 1998, in

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. They have five children: Riley Elizabeth Kennedy, (born August 1999 in

); Mary McCauley Kennedy, (born August 2001); Rowen Francis Kennedy, (born February 2004); George Skakel Kennedy, (born April 2007); and Anthony Boru Kennedy, (born January 2012). Kennedy graduated from Georgetown Preparatory School and

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and began his career as a print journalist with '' The Nantucket Beacon'' and later ''The

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''. As an investigative reporter for the Post, Kennedy obtained the first interview with the officer who arrested

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suspect Timothy McVeigh and broke numerous other health care and metropolitan area stories. He joined

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as a general assignment reporter in August 1996 and hosts a bi-weekly program on the network, ''Douglas Kennedy's American Stories''. While at Fox News, he covered the Presidential elections of 1996, 2000, and 2004, as well as

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.Fox News Biography of Doug Kennedy
dated July 14, 2006; accessed September 18, 2006. In 2006, while working as a correspondent for the Fox News show '' The Big Story'', he commented on the controversy over whether the film of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's last moments should be shown, noting that he and his siblings "had to grow up with" repeatedly seeing broadcasts and video clips of Kennedy's own father's death. He said that in Irwin's case, it would be really "unnecessary and in very poor taste."Should Video of 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin's Death Be Released?
September 5, 2006 AP report on Fox site; must click "video" link in sidebar to see Kennedy's remarks. Video initially broadcast September 5, 2006. Accessed online September 18, 2006. On November 20, 2012, Kennedy was acquitted of misdemeanor physical harassment and child endangerment charges in connection with a January 7, 2012 altercation with two nurses at Northern Westchester Hospital in

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, two days after his son, Anthony Boru, was born there. Kennedy attempted to take his infant off the maternity ward for some fresh air, which two nurses said was against hospital policy, and who claimed that he physically assaulted them when they tried to stop him from doing so. Kennedy was separately investigated by New York child welfare authorities following the incident, but social workers found no signs of child abuse in his home and declared the allegations unfounded in March 2012.

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