Kurt Eichenwald
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Kurt Eichenwald is an American journalist and author known for his investigative reporting and nonfiction books on corporate crime and financial scandals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kurt Eichenwald canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1805920 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kurt Eichenwald Context triple: [The Informant!, basedOnAuthor, Kurt Eichenwald]
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A.
Arnie Risen
Arnie Risen was an American professional basketball center and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer who starred in the early NBA, winning championships with the Rochester Royals and Boston Celtics.
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B.
Howard Kurtz
Howard Kurtz is an American journalist and media critic best known for hosting media analysis programs on Fox News and CNN and for his long-running media column in The Washington Post.
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C.
Jeffrey Kluger
Jeffrey Kluger is an American science and technology journalist and author best known for co-writing the book about the Apollo 13 mission that inspired the film adaptation.
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D.
John Nichols
John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
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E.
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kurt Eichenwald Target entity description: Kurt Eichenwald is an American journalist and author known for his investigative reporting and nonfiction books on corporate crime and financial scandals.
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A.
Arnie Risen
Arnie Risen was an American professional basketball center and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer who starred in the early NBA, winning championships with the Rochester Royals and Boston Celtics.
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B.
Howard Kurtz
Howard Kurtz is an American journalist and media critic best known for hosting media analysis programs on Fox News and CNN and for his long-running media column in The Washington Post.
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C.
Jeffrey Kluger
Jeffrey Kluger is an American science and technology journalist and author best known for co-writing the book about the Apollo 13 mission that inspired the film adaptation.
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D.
John Nichols
John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
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E.
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ nonfiction writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
George Polk Award
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Gerald Loeb Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1961-06-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St. Mark's School of Texas
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Swarthmore College ⓘ |
| employer |
Newsweek magazine
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surface form:
Newsweek
The New York Times ⓘ Vanity Fair ⓘ |
| familyName | Eichenwald ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
business journalism
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corporate crime ⓘ financial scandals ⓘ |
| genre |
investigative journalism
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nonfiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Kurt ⓘ |
| hasAppearedIn |
MSNBC
ⓘ
surface form:
MSNBC programs
|
| hasEthnicity |
Jewish Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish American
|
| hasMedicalCondition | epilepsy ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | television commentator ⓘ |
| hasWrittenAbout |
ADM lysine price-fixing conspiracy
ⓘ
Enron accounting scandal ⓘ
surface form:
Enron scandal
Wall Street ⓘ religious extremism ⓘ terrorism and national security ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| name | Kurt Eichenwald self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
books on financial scandals
ⓘ
investigative reporting on corporate fraud ⓘ |
| notableWork |
(500) Days of Summer
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surface form:
500 Days
A Mind Unraveled ⓘ Conspiracy of Fools ⓘ Conspiracy of Fools ⓘ
surface form:
Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story
Serpent on the Rock ⓘ The Informant! ⓘ
surface form:
The Informant
The Informant! ⓘ
surface form:
The Informant: A True Story
|
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
columnist ⓘ investigative reporter ⓘ journalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| residence | Dallas ⓘ |
| spouse | Theresa Eichenwald ⓘ |
| twitterUsername | kurteichenwald ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kurt Eichenwald Description of subject: Kurt Eichenwald is an American journalist and author known for his investigative reporting and nonfiction books on corporate crime and financial scandals.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.