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| Born | (1977-12-18) December 18, 1977 (age 47)  New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | blogger, columnist, political commentator |
| Website | http://maxblumenthal.com |
Max Blumenthal is an American investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker. His work has been featured in NPR, MSNBC, The Nation,, the Washington Monthly, The American Prospect, The Huffington Post,, Salon, and Media Matters. He is the son of former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal.
He is a fellow at the New York-based Nation Institute and research fellow for Media Matters for America as well as a contributor to The Daily Beast.
Investigative journalism
In 2003, Blumenthal won the Online News Association Independent Feature Award for his investigative article in Salon.com, "Day of the Dead". The piece examined the mysterious killing of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and the connection between these killings and the policies of the corporations with factories in the border city.
Blumenthal covered the 2007 CPAC convention. It featured impromptu interviews with Michelle Malkin, David Horowitz, and Ann Coulter. Additionally, in July 2007, Blumenthal covered the 2007 College Republican National Convention in Washington, DC. He created a video titled "Generation Chickenhawk" featuring interviews with convention attendees, focusing on why they, as Iraq War supporters, had not or refused to enlist in the armed services. It also featured Tom Delay's address to the attendees, where he asked the conventioners to think about how unnecessary immigrant workers would be, in the sense that had 40 million American children not been aborted in the last thirty years, the nation would not require outside labor. In addition, Max Blumenthal released the documentary "Rapture Ready" in 2007, which examined the link between American Christian fundamentalists and their support of the State of Israel.
In 2008 he investigated and reported on the religious background of Alaskan governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin.
References
- Max Blumenthal
- Max Blumenthal - Politics on The Huffington Post
- Media Matters - Our Mission - Staff/Advisors
- The Nation
- ONA 2003 Conference and Awards Banquet
- Birkey, Andy (October 2, 2008). "God's Army: A short guide to Sarah Palin's extreme religious worldview". Center for Independent Media.