David Weiner is a Contributing Editor at the Huffington Post. He was formerly the New York Editor and Blog Editor for the site.[1]
As a Huffington Post blogger, Weiner broke the "Recipegate" scandal in which Senator John McCain's wife, Cindy McCain, was found to have plagiarized "family recipes" for the McCain campaign website during the 2008 United States presidential election.[2][3][4]
Cindy McCain would later go on The View to defend herself.[5]
In 2009, Weiner and Sarah Greenwalt launched National Fist Bump Day.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Editor of Huffington Post's New York Site Quits Role Three Weeks After Launch; David Weiner to Take over | the Awl". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ Bumiller, Elisabeth (16 April 2008). "Family Recipes, Passed Down from One Site to Another". The New York Times.
- ^ "McCain "Family Recipes" Lifted from the Food Network". HuffPost. 22 April 2008.
- ^ Shear, Michael D. (April 16, 2008). "Bloggers Find Something Fishy In McCain Site's 'Family Recipes'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ^ "After Recipegate, Cindy McCain Heads to 'The View' - Screen Shots". Archived from the original on 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ "FOX 32 Chicago". 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Celebrate National Fist Bump Day!". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - NBC.com". Latenightwithjimmyfallon.com. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
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