David Dayen
David Dayen is an investigative journalist whose work has appeared in the American Prospect,[1] Huffington Post,[2] The Intercept, [3] The Nation[4] and The New Republic.[5] He is the author of Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud, which won New Republic's Studs and Ida Terkel Prize in 2016.[6]
Contents
News and Controversies
2018
A 2018 Dayen piece explained that employees at the Mercatus Center used a private email server, protecting emails from being searched as public records. In this piece Dayen discussed the connections between the Koch brothers, the Institute for Humane Studies, and George Mason University.[7]
2016
A 2016 article pointed out the fact that the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget was repeatedly cited during 2016 presidential and vice presidential debates. The piece ran down the list of billionaire Peter Peterson's various faux-grassroots attempts to cut social programs in the name of deficit reduction. Dayen highlighted America Speaks, one such attempt which organized town hall meetings and videos in an effort to frighten Americans into reducing social programs to curb the debt.[8]
A second 2016 piece discussed the links between George Mason University, right-wing nonprofits, and corporate money. Dayen reported on the ties between American Legislative Exchange Council and Mercatus Center to the Koch brothers, George Mason University, academic research favorable to corporate interests, and right-wing legislation.[9]
Education
Dayen studied at the University of Michigan.[10]
Career
Dayen is the executive editor of the American Prospect.[1]
Awards
- 2016 Dayen's book, Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud, won The New Republic's Studs and Ida Terkel Prize for exploring aspects of America that are underrepresented by mainstream media.[6]
Books
- Fat Cat: The Steve Mnuchin Story (with Rebecca Burns)(2018, Strong Arm Press) ISBN 1947492217
- Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud(2016, The New Republic) ISBN 1620971585
Contact
Website: www.davedayen.com
Email: dave.dayen@gmail.com
Facebook: @DaveDayen
Twitter: @ddayen
Articles and Resources
Related SourceWatch
- America Speaks
- American Legislative Exchange Council
- American Prospect
- Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
- George Mason University
- Huffington Post
- Institute for Humane Studies
- The Intercept
- Koch brothers
- Mercatus Center
- The Nation
- The New Republic
- Peter Peterson
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 American Prospect, David Dayen, organizational website, accessed September 12, 2019.
- ↑ HuffPost, David Dayen, organizational website, accessed September 12, 2019.
- ↑ The Intercept, David Dayen, organizational website, accessed September 12, 2019.
- ↑ The Nation, David Dayen, organizational website, accessed September 12, 2019.
- ↑ The New Republic, David Dayen, organizational website, accessed September 12, 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 New Republic, Journalist David Dayen’s forthcoming Chain of Title named the latest winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize, organizational website, September 24, 2015, accessed September 12, 2019.
- ↑ David Dayen, "Koch-Funded Think Tank at Public University Uses Private Email Server, Because of Course it Does", Intercept, September 22, 2018, accessed March 25, 2020.
- ↑ David Dayen, ["Debate Moderators Under the Spell of Deficit-Obsessed Billionaire Pete Peterson", Intercept, October 20, 2016, accessed March 25, 2020.
- ↑ David Dayen, ["Law School Sells Naming Rights to Secretive Antonin Scalia Fan", Intercept, April 1, 2016, accessed March 25, 2020.
- ↑ David Dayen, About, Facebook, accessed September 12, 2019.
