Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american reporter and anchorwoman for cnn who currently covers the capitol hill beat alongside jessica yellin a”. Today it says “american journalist”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Dana Bash (born Dana Ruth Schwartz ; June 15, 1971) is an American journalist and anchorwoman for CNN who currently covers Capitol Hill.1Previous to this assignment, she was a White House correspondent for the network. After completing her undergraduate political communications B.A. degree at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. , she joined CNN as Dana Schwartz. Before becoming an on-air reporter, she was a producer for CNN on Capitol Hill, specializing in coverage of the U.S. Previous to that assignment, she produced for CNN's weekend programs, Late Edition , Evans & Novak , and Inside Politics .2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Dana Bash (born Dana Ruth Schwartz June 15, 1971) is an American reporter and anchorwoman for CNN who currently covers the Capitol Hill beat alongside Jessica Yellin and her husband John King . Previous to this assignment, she was a White House correspondent for the network. After completing her undergraduate political communications B.A. degree at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. , she joined CNN as Dana Schwartz. Before becoming an on-air reporter, she was a producer for CNN on Capitol Hill, specializing in coverage of the U.S.
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The opening as it stood in 2020 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Dana Bash ( / ˈ d æ n ə / DAN -ah ; born Dana Ruth Schwartz ; June 15, 1971) is an American journalist, anchorwoman, and political correspondent for CNN .
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American journalist Dana Ruth Bash (born June 15, 1971; née Schwartz ) is an American journalist , news anchor, host of Inside Politics and co-anchor of State of the Union on CNN .There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American journalist (born 1971) Dana Ruth Bash (née Schwartz ; born June 15, 1971) is an American journalist , news anchor, host of Inside Politics and co-anchor of State of the Union on CNN . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american reporter and anchorwoman for cnn who currently covers the capitol hill beat alongside jessica yellin a”. Today it says “american journalist”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
american reporter and anchorwoman for cnn who currently covers the capitol hill beat alongside jessica yellin a
Now
american journalist
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