Max Blumenthal
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| Max Blumenthal | |
| Born | December 18, 1977   New York City, U.S. |
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| Occupation | blogger, columnist, political commentator |
| Website http://maxblumenthal.com |
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Max Blumenthal is a blogger and journalist whose work has appeared in The Nation,[1] The Huffington Post,[2] and Media Matters.[3] He is the son of former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal.
In 2003, Blumenthal won the Online News Association independent feature award for his investigative article in Salon.com, "Day of the Dead". "Day of the Dead" examined the mysterious killing of hundreds of women in Juarez, Mexico and the connection between these killings and the policies of the corporations with factories in the border city.[4]
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[edit] Investigative journalism
Blumenthal gained some notoriety for his documentary covering the 2007 CPAC convention. It featured impromptu interviews with Michelle Malkin, David Horowitz, and Ann Coulter. Additionally, in July of 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.
[edit] Threats of Violence
Hal Turner made this threat to Max: "Another big difference is that I am perfectly willing to use force and violence against my enemies while Sean Hannity and others are not. Those using me as a prop to attack Sean Hannity would do well to remember this fact. Rest assured I will remember them when the opportunity presents itself; especially as it pertains to that douche bag sodomite Max Blumenthal for the falsehoods and total trash he wrote about me in 'The Nation' magazine."[citation needed]
