Media Matters for America and Media Matters Action Network on November 16 announced that their Boards of Directors have named Angelo Carusone as Chairman. Carusone fills the board positions previously held by David Brock who founded Media Matters for America in 2004 and is leaving both organizations effective immediately.
Brock first announced via Twitter that he was leaving the organization, as well as American Bridge, which he co-founded.
In 2004, David Brock founded Media Matters for America following the publication of Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative, a 2002 New York Times best-selling political memoir, in which he chronicled his years as a conservative media insider.