Greta Van Susteren, on FOX News. Greta Van Susteren (born June 11, 1955 in Appleton, Wisconsin) is an American journalist and television presenter. She is most known for her work at CNN, for whom she worked from 1991 to 2002.
She first came to prominence in 1995, covering the O.J. Simpson trial for CNN. She was noticed by the network's programming executives and was given a co-anchor spot alongside political analyst Roger Cossack on the legal affairs news show Burden of Proof, which ran on the channel for several years.
In 2002, the Fox News Channel snagged her in a highly-publicized contract bidding war. With the funds she received from her new contract, Van Susteren treated herself to a facelift, which was highly publicized in the media (she had gotten a reputation as being somewhat plain, a rarity in television journalism). Accusations came from many sides, alleging that Van Susteren only got the facelift at Fox News's urging. She brushed the criticisms aside, saying that she did it for her own self-esteem; she was paraphrased as saying that she couldn't wait to show everyone her new look at her twentieth high school reunion.
Since that time, she has hosted the current affairs show On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, and has become one of the network's more popular personalities, on par with Bill O'Reilly and Hannity & Colmes.
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