Max Blumenthal

Max Blumenthal
Blumenthal in 2012
Blumenthal in 2012
Born (1977-12-18) December 18, 1977 (age 46)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • author
  • blogger
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA)
Subject
Years active2002–present
Notable works
  • Republican Gomorrah (2009)
  • Goliath (2013)
  • The 51 Day War (2015)
  • The Management of Savagery (2019)
Spouse
Anya Parampil
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(m. 2020)​
[1]
Parents

Max Blumenthal (born December 18, 1977) is an American journalist, author, blogger, and filmmaker. He was a writer for The Nation, AlterNet,[2] The Daily Beast, Al Akhbar, Mondoweiss,[3] and Media Matters for America,[4][5] and has contributed to Al Jazeera English, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.[4] He has been a writing fellow of the Nation Institute.[6] He is a regular contributor to Sputnik and RT.[7][8][9]

Blumenthal is the editor of the fringe[10][11][12][13] The Grayzone website, known for its criticism of US foreign policy and its positive, often apologetic coverage of the Chinese, Russian, Syrian, and Venezuelan governments, including its denial of chemical attacks by the Syrian government and of human rights abuses against Uyghurs.[14][15][16] He has written extensively about Israel, and is sharply critical of the conduct of its government.

Blumenthal has written four books. His first, Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party (2009), made the Los Angeles Times and New York Times bestsellers lists.[17] He was awarded the 2014 Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Award for an Especially Notable Book for Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, which was published in 2013.[18][19]

  1. ^ @MaxBlumenthal (March 18, 2020). "No one I'd rather self-quarantine with than my queen @anyaparampil A huge thank you to everyone who's shown ♥" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference JoinsAlterNet was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Max Blumenthal". Mondoweiss. July 29, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Max Blumenthal". The Nation. April 2, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "Dershowitz warns Democrats to drop Media Matters". Fox News. February 13, 2012. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  6. ^ "Max Blumenthal". The Daily Beast. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  7. ^ Hurst, Sarah (July 12, 2018). "Russia's UN Mission tags friends on Twitter to spread message". Stop Fake. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  8. ^ Carroll, Oliver (February 24, 2021). "Anger after Amnesty strips Navalny of 'prisoner of conscience' status". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Davis2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Davis, Charles R. (November 1, 2021). "Facebook says it just uncovered one of the largest troll farms ever — run by the government of Nicaragua". Markets Insider. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  11. ^ Chan, John (March 6, 2021). "Campaign to Discredit BBC Revealed as Media Conditions Inside China Continue to Deteriorate". China Digital Times (CDT). Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  12. ^ Zhang, Albert; Wallis, Jacob; Meers, Zoe. "Strange bedfellows on Xinjiang: The CCP, fringe media and US social media platforms" (PDF). Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  13. ^ Thompson, Caitlin (July 30, 2020). "Enter the Grayzone: fringe leftists deny the scale of China's Uyghur oppression". Coda Story. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  14. ^ Foresta, Matthew (April 29, 2022). "Meet the Sneakiest Defenders of Putin's Invasion of Ukraine". The Daily Beast. Retrieved June 17, 2022. At a recent similar event in New York he [Blumenthal] praised the people in the [anti-vax] movement, spun conspiracy theories, stated the issue wasn't one of left versus right. ...One of his [Blumenthal's] past assertions was that the White Helmets, famed for their rescue efforts on behalf of innocents, were nothing more than al Qaeda—a conspiracy theory that has been thoroughly exposed and refuted.
  15. ^ Ross, Alexander Reid (November 8, 2019). "Fooling the Nation: Extremism and the Pro-Russia Disinformation Ecosystem". Boundary 2. Duke University Press. Retrieved June 13, 2022. Max Blumenthal, who has been criticized for promoting conspiracy theories about Syria's White Helmets. ... The GrayZone Project, which spreads conspiracy theory narratives about Venezuela, Xinjiang, and Syria, among other places. The source Ross cites is: Blumenthal, Max (January 6, 2018). "How 'Russiagate' Helped Secure a Dangerous Arms Deal". Truthdig. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference Katerji was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  17. ^ "Max Blumenthal". The Guardian. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  18. ^ "Max Blumenthal awarded 2014 Cultural Freedom Award for An Especially Notable Book". Lannan Foundation. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  19. ^ "Max Blumenthal". Los Angeles Review of Books. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Goliath, winner of the Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Notable Book Award.