David Sirota is leaving his role as senior investigations editor at the International Business Times to lead True Blue, which bills itself as a left-leaning news alternative to Breitbart.
Paul McLeod of BuzzFeed writes, “Sirota’s hire suggests that the site is moving beyond partisan argument and advocacy into combative reporting. Sirota is an award-winning investigative journalist whose work has often taken him into the intersection of corporate influence and government policy. His work raised questions about the handling of pension funds by Republican governors in New Jersey and Massachusetts. His investigation of the health care industry’s influence on the Democratic Connecticut state government prompted an official ethics probe into a massive merger.
“He also has a history in the progressive wing of Democratic politics, and once worked as press secretary to then-Rep. Bernie Sanders.
“Brock has been a key fundraiser for Clinton through super PACs like American Bridge and Correct the Record, as well as Media Matters, which he also founded. Earlier this month Brock posted a public letter to Bernie Sanders calling for all factions of the Democratic Party to ‘unify in resistance’ to Trump.”
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