Paul Waldman (born February 27, 1968) is a liberal / progressive American

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columnist and senior writer for ''

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'', as well as a contributor to ''

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'' and a blogger for ''

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''s Plum Line blog.

Career

Waldman was formerly a senior researcher at the

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. From 2004 to 2009, he worked at

Media Matters for America Media Matters for America (MMfA) is a politically left-leaning 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization and media watchdog group. MMfA was founded in 2004 by journalist and political activist David Brock as a counterweight to the conservative Media Res ...

. In 2020, referencing a

Ta-Nehisi Coates Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates ( ; born September 30, 1975) is an American author and journalist. He gained a wide readership during his time as national correspondent at ''The Atlantic'', where he wrote about cultural, social, and political issues, parti ...

article which described

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...

as "the first white president", Waldman has proposed that Trump, drawing on decades of rhetoric which amplifies "whiteness as an identity and locus of oppression", has utilized

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into a foundational aspect of his presidency.

Books

*''The Press Effect: Politicians, Journalists, and the Stories That Shape the Political World'' (2000, with

Kathleen Hall Jamieson Kathleen Hall Jamieson (born November 24, 1946) is an American professor of communication and the director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. She co-founded FactCheck.org, and she is an author, most recently ...

) *''Fraud: The Strategy Behind the Bush Lies and why the Media Didn't Tell You'' (2004) *''Being Right is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success'' (2006) *''Free Ride: John McCain and the Media'' (2008, with

David Brock David Brock (born July 23, 1962) is an American liberal political consultant, author, and commentator who founded the media watchdog group Media Matters for America. He has been described by ''Time'' as "one of the most influential operatives in ...

)

References

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Biography
at ''the Week'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Waldman, Paul 1968 births 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American non-fiction writers Living people American magazine journalists American bloggers Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania faculty