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Fox News star Dana Perino’s love story was just plane luck

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Adams, C. (2026, October 12). Fox News star Dana Perino’s love story was just plane luck. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/11/opinion/fox-news-star-dana-perinos-love-story-was-just-plane-luck/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-12 · by Cindy Adams

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The article focuses on Fox News anchor Dana Perino's personal story and career journey, highlighting her fortuitous meeting with her husband Peter McMahon on a plane over 28 years ago. It details Perino's early aspirations in journalism, influenced by her sister’s encouragement, and her significant professional milestones including her work under President George W. Bush. The piece also touches briefly on her current role at Fox News and her views on balancing optimism with pragmatism in her career.
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Fox News anchor Dana Perino credits a chance encounter on an airplane for her 28-year marriage to Peter McMahon, who was previously married and impressed her with his knowledge of history. Born in Wyoming, Perino attended the University of Southern Colorado before starting her career as a waitress and hosting a campus TV show called "Capitol Journal." Her interest in journalism began when she read newspapers like the Denver Post, inspired by her sister's encouragement to pursue any goal she set her mind to. This led to significant opportunities, including meeting Karl Rove and riding in Marine One with then-President George W. Bush, which solidified her career path in Washington despite initial doubts about working in television there.

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📰 Dana Perino Love Story
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47
sentences that state something as happening or true
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2%
1 of 47 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
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Publisher signals
66/100
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Outlets on this story
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Who wrote this

Cindy Adams
15 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 We may disagree, but at least he makes them.
2026-11-02 · assertive framing · United we stand, divided we vote
🔮 If another country releases evidence first, Washington should explain why Americans may learn about it from some crappy sunken island!
🔮 My own driver knows the place automatically so he could take us to this restaurant blindfolded.
🔮 They would buy out smaller doctors with the least financial futures and tiniest practices and located in the lesser communities.
🔮 With today’s fiscal restraints and wormy little tax-happy mayor, problems with many desperate to earn a living and people moving out of this city, for any tiny brick-and-mortar store to do well is a marvel.
🔮 Nobody could do that now.
🔮 News anchor’s walking on air Fox TV’s Dana Perino might be Fox’s best-looking anchor.
🔮 Opening his political circle is a tactic that is failing Mayor Zohran Mamdani Seems a hole in Crapdammy’s tight — now loosening — circle.
🔮 Yeah, we know would be nice if your pesty neighbor could move.
🔮 Zoos would term them animal trainers.
Also by Cindy Adams
United we stand, divided we vote
2026-11-02 · New York Post
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Topics

Fox Fox TV’s University of Southern Colorado Washington Wyoming

Subjects

Dana PERSON · 2× George Bush PERSON · 2× New York GPE · 2× Washington GPE · 2× Dana Perino PERSON · 1× Fox ORG · 1× Fox TV’s ORG · 1× Peter McMahon PERSON · 1× University of Southern Colorado ORG · 1× Wyoming GPE · 1×

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Route navigated Angelo Vivolo, president of the Columbus Heritage Coalition, says of tomorrow’s parade: “This year we’re 107 different participant groups — floats, students, bands.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-12
🔮 News anchor’s walking on air Fox TV’s Dana Perino might be Fox’s best-looking anchor.
2026-10-12 · New York Post
Fox News star Dana Perino’s love story was just plane luck · assertive framing

Claims (47 extracted, 1 hedged)

News anchor’s walking on air Fox TV’s Dana Perino might be Fox’s best-looking anchor. uncertain
Perino → walk → air
Years ago, there were two strangers — last to board an airplane — “We were the final passengers to get on.” asserted
We → be → airplane
Peter McMahon had been married previously. asserted
McMahon → marry → ?
They talked. asserted
They → talk → ?
Married now 28 years, they’re still happily together. asserted
they → marry → ?
He knew history. asserted
He → know → history
Her birthplace, a state called Wyoming — wherever that is. asserted
that → call → ?
As a child, she read the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News. asserted
she → read → Post
She said, “My sister told me, ‘You can do anything you want to do. asserted
you → say → anything
From then on, I had to pick out two articles before dinner. asserted
I → have → dinner
“I wanted to be in news,” she said. asserted
she → want → news
That jumps to meeting Karl Rove. asserted
That → jump → Rove
That leaps to a Marine One helicopter ride. asserted
That → leap → ride
She said, “I was nervous. asserted
I → say → ?
I figured if I go to Washington, I will never work in television.” asserted
I → figure → television
The ride produced meeting then-President George Bush. asserted
ride → produce → Bush
Dana takes ‘Five’ asserted
Dana → take → Five
All this unfolded while sitting in my home’s library during “The Five” co-host’s lunch break. asserted
this → unfold → break
Over a tuna sandwich, she said: “Peter had traveled. asserted
Peter → say → sandwich
I had not. asserted
I → have → ?
So we spent one year living in his Great Britain birthplace. asserted
we → spend → birthplace
I was bored so we moved. asserted
we → move → ?
“Then came 9/11. asserted
9/11 → come → ?
We were living in San Diego. asserted
We → live → Diego
I was stagnating. asserted
I → stagnate → ?
My DC friends in the Justice Department worked for the younger George Bush and asked would I come back there to work. asserted
I → work → Bush
My husband, involved in handling medical equipment and working from home, then drove cross country with our dog to be with me. asserted
husband → involve → me
“We go out one night a week. asserted
We → go → ?
Look, I was born Lutheran. asserted
I → look → ?
I’m no politician. asserted
I → ’m → ?
I can make no financial contributions. asserted
I → make → contributions
I was just a big reader who lived on a ranch and worried about the future. asserted
who → live → future
Worried would I meet somebody. asserted
I → meet → somebody
And then came indoctrination and left-wing ideology. asserted
indoctrination → come → ?
I thought about big intrusive, oppressive government being corrupt. asserted
government → think → ?
Under press-ure “Then, working as press secretary for the president, came a bad story about him. asserted
story → work → him
Pros told me, ‘It’s OK. asserted
It → tell → me
I was not communicating well. asserted
I → communicate → ?
It went away but it took about four weeks. asserted
it → go → weeks
“What I wanted was to be elegant. asserted
wanted → want → What
…and 7 more, not listed.
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