Brendan Nyhan is an American political scientist and professor at Dartmouth College.
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Brendan Nyhan is a liberal to moderate political blogger, author, and political columnist.
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Brendan Nyhan was born in Mountain View, California and now lives in Hanover, New Hampshire.
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In 2000, Nyhan served as the Deputy Communications Director for the failed "Edward M Bernstein for US Senate campaign" in Nevada.
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From 2001 to 2003, Brendan Nyhan managed new projects and then marketing and fundraising for Benetech, a Silicon Valley technology nonprofit.
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From 2001 to 2004, Brendan Nyhan co-edited Spinsanity, a non-partisan watchdog of political spin that was syndicated in Salon.
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Brendan Nyhan has written for other political and news publications which are on-line such as American Prospect, Time, and others.
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In 2018 Nyhan joined the University of Michigan as Professor of Public Policy in the Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy.
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Brendan Nyhan has co-authored studies on the subject of fake news.
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In late 2006 Brendan Nyhan was again tapped to write about "media criticism" for The American Prospect.