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David Brock

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The Resume

    (July 23, 1962- )
    Born in Paramus, New Jersey
    Former columnist for 'American Spectator' (1992-97)
    Author of 'The Real Anita Hill' (1993), 'The Seduction of Hillary Rodham' (1996), 'Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative' (2001) and 'The Republican Noise Machine' (2004)
    Founded Media Matters (2004)

Why he might be annoying:

    He went from liberal to conservative back to liberal.
    He said he attended the University of California at Berkeley to piss off his conservative father.
    Former colleagues at UC Berkeley's 'Daily Californian' noted he was prone to error and embellishment even then.
    Much of his reporting on Anita Hill and Bill Clinton had been discredited even before he repudiated the stories in 'Blinded by the Right.'
    He called Hill 'a bit nutty and a bit slutty.'
    His repudiation of the right seems to have less to do with conscience and more to do with conservatives snubbing him after 'The Seduction of Hillary Rodham' failed to reveal any new dirt on the Clintons.
    In reviewing 'Blinded by the RIght,' Slate noted 'The further one gets into Brock's book, the more one starts to suspect that Brock wasn't a liar for any larger cause, but simply a liar.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    Thanks to his reporting, circulation for the American Spectator quickly rose from 70,000 to 300,000.
    He claimed that homophobia forced him to leave to conservative movement.
    He apologized to Hill and the Clintons.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 73 Votes: 58.90% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 120 Votes: 49.17% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 298 Votes: 54.03% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1988 Votes: 64.13% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 869 Votes: 64.10% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1866 Votes: 85.10% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 413 Votes: 90.56% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 164 Votes: 51.22% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 57 Votes: 54.39% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 270 Votes: 67.04% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 737 Votes: 71.78% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 142 Votes: 75.35% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 53 Votes: 54.72% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 44 Votes: 61.36% Annoying