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10 Facts About Matt Labash

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Matthew John "Matt" Labash was born on 1970 or 1971 and is an American author and journalist who writes the Slack Tide newsletter.

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Matt Labash was a senior writer, and later a national correspondent at The Weekly Standard, where his articles frequently appeared.

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Matt Labash's father was an officer in the US Air Force, and Labash lived some of his childhood years in Germany.

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Matt Labash attended Mount Olive Lutheran School in San Antonio from 1974 to 1979; Hahn Elementary School on Hahn Air Force Base from 1979 to 1980; and Gateway Christian High School in San Antonio from 1982 to 1986.

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Matt Labash studied journalism at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico, graduating in 1993.

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Matt Labash wrote for the Weekly Standard since its founding in 1995.

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Matt Labash has occasionally departed from the Weekly Standard's perceived political positions.

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Matt Labash has written for the Wall Street Journal, Salon, and Slate.

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Matt Labash was sued by New Age author Deepak Chopra, after Matt Labash wrote an article in the July 1,1996 issue of the Standard exposing alleged inconsistencies between the healthy, moral lifestyle advocated by Chopra and his real-life conduct.

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Some court records brought out the fact that Matt Labash had tape recorded some interviewees without telling them, sometimes from his home in Maryland, where surreptitious taping is a felony.