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Eric Boehlert is the author of Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush (Free Press, 2006) and Bloggers on the Bus: How the Internet Changed Politics and the Press (Free Press, 2009). He worked for five years as a senior writer for Salon.com, where he wrote extensively about media and politics. Prior to that, he worked as a contributing editor for Rolling Stone. Boehlert has a bachelor's degree in Near Eastern studies from the University of Massachusetts and is a Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America.

The media myth of Obama's "falling poll numbers"

March 17, 2010 5:34 am ET | 67 Comments

The Pentagon shooter, insurrectionism, and right-wing bloggers

March 09, 2010 6:31 am ET | 167 Comments

Breitbart confirms he was duped by O'Keefe and the ACORN pimp hoax

March 02, 2010 5:40 am ET | 138 Comments

Will Breitbart, O'Keefe, and Giles come clean about the ACORN pimp hoax?

February 23, 2010 12:54 pm ET | 178 Comments

James O'Keefe and the myth of the ACORN pimp

February 17, 2010 8:48 am ET | 199 Comments

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Why is Gallup hyping negligible movement in Obama's approval rating?

March 19, 2010 4:15 pm ET | 2 Comments

Breitbart's back bashing law enforcement

March 19, 2010 3:25 pm ET | 2 Comments

Why isn't Bill O'Reilly fuming over Glenn Beck's 'War on Easter'?

March 19, 2010 11:46 am ET | 8 Comments

McClatchy Newspapers spotlight right-wing attacks on 11-year-old boy

March 19, 2010 8:51 am ET | 12 Comments

Flashback: When Baier sat down with Bush

March 18, 2010 6:09 pm ET | 23 Comments

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