1. Lee Hu Fang was born on October 31,1986 and is an American journalist.
10 Facts About Lee Fang
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Lee Fang was previously an investigative reporter at The Intercept, a contributing writer at The Nation, and a writer at the Republic Report.
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Lee Fang began his career as an investigative blogger for ThinkProgress.
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In college, Lee Fang served as President of the Federation of Maryland College Democrats, editor of the Maryland College Democrat blog, and on the Campus Progress Advisory Board.
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Lee Fang interned with ThinkProgress and served as a researcher for Progressive Accountability.
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In 2011, Lee Fang published several articles alleging that special interests manipulated the media reaction to the Occupy Wall Street protests.
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Lee Fang had previously written about Charles and David Koch, and he was involved with a Robert Greenwald documentary titled Koch Brothers Exposed.
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Lee Fang started working with The Intercept as an investigative reporter in February 2015.
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In June 2020, Lee Fang was accused of racism by Akela Lacy, a colleague at The Intercept.
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Lee Fang's tweets set off a "firestorm" on Twitter and he issued a lengthy apology.