Matthew Joseph Continetti (born June 24, 1981) is an American journalist and a senior fellow in Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute.

Life and career

Continetti was born in Alexandria, Virginia. He is the son of Cathy (née Finn) and Joseph F. Continetti. Continetti graduated from Columbia University in 2003.Matthew Continetti , National Review
/ref> While in college he wrote for the '' Columbia Spectator,'' the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's magazine, ''CAMPUS,'' and the '' Columbia Political Review''. In summer 2002, he did a

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internship at '' National Review'', where he worked as a research assistant for Rich Lowry. He joined '' The Weekly Standard'' as an editorial assistant, and later became associate editor. He is now a contributing editor to ''National Review''.Matthew Continetti on Twitter
April 13, 2016. "Fact-check: I converted to Judaism in 2011." His articles and reviews have also appeared in '' The New York Times'', '' The Wall Street Journal'', ''National Review'', '' The Washington Post'', '' The Los Angeles Times'', and '' The Financial Times''.Weekly Standard biography
/ref> He has also been an on-camera contributor to Bloggingheads.tv and has criticized

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as "nonsense." He has argued the American media turned on

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during the 2008 campaign because they had blind allegiance to Barack Obama. He has criticized American academia as uniformly left-wing. From October 2015 to May 2016, the '' Washington Free Beacon'', under Continetti's stewardship, hired

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to conduct opposition research on "multiple candidates" during the

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, including Donald Trump. The ''Free Beacon'' stopped funding his research when Trump was selected as the

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nominee.

Personal life

Continetti lives in Arlington, Virginia. He is married to Anne Elizabeth Kristol, the daughter of William Kristol, Vice President Dan Quayle's

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to Judaism in 2011, prior to his marriage to Kristol.

Bibliography

* ''The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine'', Doubleday (2006) * ''The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star'', Sentinel (2009) * ''The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism'', Basic Books (2022)

References

External links

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The Weekly Standard , Matthew Continetti
(articles from '' The Weekly Standard'', now kept by '' Washington Examiner'')
Matthew Continetti , National Review
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Matthew Continetti (@continetti) · Twitter
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