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Phil AmmannAugust 11, 2015

Few people will argue that good political reporting should be objective; readers expect professional journalists to give accurate and unbiased information – despite personal opinion or alliances. David Sirota, one of the leading writers for the International Business Times, makes little pretense of either accuracy or objectivity. IBT and Sirota – who is a thinly […]

Peter SchorschJuly 28, 2015

David Sirota, as reported in Florida Politics this week, is a Democratic operative turned political reporter for the International Business Times. Among his various political campaign roles, Sirota, 39, also was an aide to current Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. But few readers of the Times would know that, even though Sirota has penned or co-written […]

Peter SchorschJuly 26, 2015

The medium is the message. Media theorist Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase in 1964, one that is just as effective a half-century later. In the 2016 presidential race, recent criticism of Jeb Bush’s tenure as Florida governor leads to a compelling question – when does a messenger overshadow his or her message? The answer is when the […]

Tag: David Sirota

David Sirota’s inaccurate reporting history proves partisan Democratic slant

Hillary Clinton critic David Sirota’s ties to Bernie Sanders not properly disclosed to IBT readers

For David Sirota and Andrew Perez — fierce critics of Jeb Bush — partisan attacks negate the message