David Brock

David Brock was a prominent conservative journalist of the 1990s who in 1998 became a liberal and now works to dismantle the conservative media "machine" of which he was once a part. He tells his personal story in his memoir Blinded by the Right and describes how it operates in The Republican Noise Machine. His work on the latter book led him to found Media Matters for America, a non-profit organization that describes itself as a "progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media."http://mediamatters.org/etc/about.html

Liberal

Writing again for Esquire in April 1998, Brock apologized to Clinton for his contributions to Troopergate, calling it simply part of an anti-Clinton crusade. He told a more detailed story of his time inside the right wing in his 2001 memoir, Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative, in which he settled old scores and provided inside details about the Arkansas Project's efforts to bring down Clinton. Later, he also apologized to Anita Hill.

Related Topics:
Esquire - 1998 - Troopergate - 2001 - Arkansas Project - Anita Hill

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He went further in his 2004 book, The Republican Noise Machine, detailing an alleged massive, interconnected, concerted effort to raise the profile of conservative opinions in the press through false accusations of liberal media bias, dishonest and highly-partisan columnists, partisan news organizations and academic studies, and other methods.

Related Topics:
2004 - Liberal media bias - Partisan

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He also founded Media Matters for America, an Internet-based progressive political organization "dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media." MMFA employees have previously worked for the presidential campaigns of Democrats Al Gore, Sen. John Edwards, and Gen. Wesley Clark, the National Organization for Women, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic National Committee, the Alliance for Justice, and Greenpeace. MMFA also receives significant funding from pro-Democratic foundations.

Related Topics:
Media Matters for America - Progressive - Political - Conservative - Sen. John Edwards - Gen. Wesley Clark - National Organization for Women - Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Greenpeace - Democratic

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A number of commentators have attacked Brock's veracity since his "transformation": their common claim is that Brock has often lied in the past, regardless of his professed political motivations, even when he is admitting his past errors. (See the section Sites critical of David Brock in External links.)

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