Max Blumenthal

Max Blumenthal (born December 18, 1977) is an American author and blogger. He was a writer for ''The Nation'', AlterNet, ''The Daily Beast'', ''Al Akhbar'', ''Mondoweiss'', and Media Matters for America, and has contributed to Al Jazeera English, ''The New York Times'' and the ''Los Angeles Times''. He has been a writing fellow of the Nation Institute. He is a regular contributor to Russian state-owned Sputnik and RT.

Blumenthal is the editor of ''The Grayzone'' website, which is known for its apologetic coverage of authoritarian regimes such as the Chinese, Russian, Syrian, and Venezuelan governments, including its denial of chemical attacks by the Syrian government and of human rights abuses against Uyghurs.

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. 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. Provided by Wikipedia