Mark Halperin

American journalist (born 1965)

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Mark Evan Halperin (born January 11, 1965) is an American journalist, political commentator, author, and founder of the interactive media platform 2WAY.
, newsletter The Note .
Alongside John Heilemann, he co-managed Bloomberg Politics, co-hosted With All Due Respect , and co-authored the bestselling books Game Change and Double Down: Game Change 2012 .
In 2017, Halperin was accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and workplace misconduct during his time at ABC News, leading to his dismissal from NBC News, Showtime, and other media partnerships.
Early life and education Halperin was born to a Jewish family, the son of Morton Halperin, a foreign policy expert and staff member of the National Security Council during the presidential administration of Richard Nixon where he worked for Henry Kissinger; and Ina Weinstein Halperin Young.

Mark Evan Halperin (born January 11, 1965) is an American journalist, political commentator, author, and founder of the interactive media platform 2WAY. He previously was political director for ABC News, where he also edited the Washington, D.C., newsletter The Note. In 2010, Halperin joined MSNBC as a senior political analyst and contributor. Alongside John Heilemann, he co-managed Bloomberg Politics, co-hosted With All Due Respect, and co-authored the bestselling books Game Change and Double Down: Game Change 2012. Halperin also co-produced and appeared with Heilemann and Mark McKinnon in Showtime's The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, covering the 2016 United States Presidential Election.

In 2017, Halperin was accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and workplace misconduct during his time at ABC News, leading to his dismissal from NBC News, Showtime, and other media partnerships. He later returned to broadcasting through independent platforms, launching the digital news network 2WAY, and in 2025 began hosting a program on Megyn Kelly’s MK Media network.

Early life and education

Halperin was born to a Jewish family, the son of Morton Halperin, a foreign policy expert and staff member of the National Security Council during the presidential administration of Richard Nixon where he worked for Henry Kissinger; and Ina Weinstein Halperin Young. He was born in New York City but raised in Bethesda, Maryland.

In 1982, before he began his senior year at Walt Whitman High School, he lived with a family in Japan as part of the Youth for Understanding program. He received his B.A. from Harvard University in 1987.