Bob Somerby, the one-man “team” behind the influential media criticism outpost, The Daily Howler, launched a new site today. Called, How He Got There, Somerby's addition will detail the pivotal 2000 campaign.

Writes Somerby, via introduction:

In the coming months, this site will present a book about one of the most consequential elections in American history–the 2000 White House campaign between George W. Bush and Al Gore. At issue is an historical question:

How did George W. Bush reach the White House? How in the world did he get there?

More specifically, How He Got There will explore the mainstream press corps' poisonous coverage of this history-changing campaign. This book thus discusses a remarkable episode in modern press history–an episode the liberal world has generally failed to explore.

Also, for the first time, Somerby is accepting reader donations to support The Daily Howler, his ground-breaking, 11-year-old site, which helped cultivate a new generation of left-leaning, online media critics.