John Aravosis
John Aravosis | |
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Born | United States | November 27, 1963
Education | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Georgetown University (JD) |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Known for | www.AMERICAblog.com |
John Aravosis (born November 27, 1963) is an American
Early life and education
Aravosis grew up in what he describes as an "
Career
Aravosis worked on
AMERICAblog
In 2004, Aravosis launched AMERICAblog, a progressive news blog dealing in politics (because, according to its masthead, "a great nation deserves the truth").[7] In March 2015, Aravosis announced that he was leaving blogging, taking a new job at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and relinquishing his role at AMERICAblog.[8] In 2016, Aravosis returned to his role as executive editor of AMERICAblog.
The Aravosis Report
In March 2022, Aravosis began The Aravosis Report, a nightly social media news show devoted to the war in Ukraine. He also launched a Discord community.
Ranking
A study of blogs and the
Notable coverage
In 2006, Aravosis learned that a number of commercial websites were selling people's private cell phone records, and that the practice was legal. To publicize what he considered a problem, Aravosis purchased the call records of former presidential candidate and Supreme Allied Commander of NATO General Wesley Clark for $89.95, and then published the records (with the numbers blacked out) on AMERICAblog, bringing the issue widespread attention.[15][16][17] In September 2006, California passed a state law banning the practice of pretexting, or pretending to be someone else, used by the websites, with the bill's sponsor specifically citing the AMERICAblog coverage.[18] Clark became an advocate of cell record privacy bills in Congress.[19] Within months, Congress passed a law restricting these records.[20]
In 2011, Aravosis received a tip that British oil giant BP (British Petroleum) was posting falsified photos to its website during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He analyzed the photos, then published an article on AMERICAblog proving that the images were doctored electronically.[21] The story received widespread coverage in the media.[22][23][24][25][26][27]
Television appearances
In 2005, Aravosis began hosting his own
Aravosis was a sometime TV pundit, having appeared on CNN's Reliable Sources[30] and Larry King Live, ABC's World News Tonight and Nightline, MSNBC's Hardball,[31] and Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, among others.
Personal life
Aravosis is a first-generation Greek-American,
In addition to English, Aravosis speaks French,[35] Spanish, Italian,[36] and Greek. He is openly gay[37] and has written frequently on gay rights.
References
- ^ Aravosis, John (March 31, 2019). "The Insanity of Democrats Attacking Buttigieg—for Not Being Gay Enough". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ Aravosis, John. "About Us". AMERICAblog.
- ^ a b John Aravosis bio at LinkedIn
- ^ Aravosis, John (December 9, 1999). "Beyond the law's reach?". The Economist (via LinkedIn).
- ^ Aravosis, John (February 3, 2000). "They know how you'll vote". The Economist (via LinkedIn).
- ^ Aravosis, John (November 11, 1999). "Downloading hate". The Economist (via LinkedIn).
- ^ Quoted in The Advocate 2009
- ^ "Why I'm leaving blogging". AMERICAblog. March 12, 2015.
- ^ Adamic, Lada and Glance, Natalie, The Political Blogosphere and the 2004 U.S. Election: Divided They Blog Archived March 10, 2005, at the Wayback Machine(March 4, 2005)
- ^ "Partisan, Political Blogosphere Traffic Rankings s". MyDD. February 27, 2005. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
- ^ The 20 Best Political Web Sites | PCMag.com
- ^ Top 50 blogs | Personal Democracy Forum
- ^ "WordPress increases its domination of the top 100 blogs". Pingdom. May 7, 2013.
- ^ Meislin, Rich. "Blogs 101". The New York Times.
- Common Dreams NewsCenter.
- ^ Bob Sullivan (June 20, 2006). "Who's buying cell phone records online? Cops". NBC News.
- FOX News. Associated Press. February 9, 2006.
- ^ "Governor Signs Simitian Bill to Outlaw 'Pretexting,' Prohibit Purchase and Sale of Phone Records". Joe Simitian. September 29, 2006.
- TIME magazine. Archived from the originalon May 12, 2006. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
- ^ Jennifer Granick (December 20, 2006). "The Bush Era Draws to a Close". Wired.
- ^ John Aravosis (July 19, 2010). "BP photoshops fake photo of oil spill crisis command center to make it look busy". AMERICAblog.
- ^ Jason Hanna (July 22, 2010). "BP acknowledges another altered photo, posts originals". CNN.
- Washington Post.
- ^ Wilson Rothman (July 20, 2010). "BP digitally alters press photo, confesses it's fake". NBC News.
- ^ Kirsten Korosec (July 30, 2010). "BP and the Gulf Oil Spill: Misadventures in Photoshop". CBS News.
- ^ Anjli Raval (July 21, 2010). "Erasing the mistakes: BP's lessons in Photoshop". Financial Times.
- ^ "Quand BP truque les photos de sa communication de crise". Le Monde. July 21, 2010.
- ^ "DemsTV.com Launches". March 11, 2005.
- ^ Gupta, Shankar (March 7, 2006). "Left-Wing PoliticsTV.com Debuts Online". Online Media Daily. Archived from the original on March 13, 2006. Retrieved December 10, 2007.
- ^ John Aravosis discusses the Obama budget on CNN's "Reliable Sources," February 20, 2011
- ^ John Aravosis discusses President Obama's evolving position on marriage equality, on MSNBC's "Harball," June 23, 2011
- ^ "Greeks Gone West". Kathimerini. July 22, 2014.
- ^ "Theio Yianni". AMERICAblog. September 3, 2007.
- ^ Ano Dorio, Wikipedia.
- ^ "John Aravosis interviewed by French daily Marianne about blogging". Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
- ^ John Aravosis talks about online fundraising with journalists and students at the US Embassy in Rome, Italy
- ^ Aravosis, John (August 24, 2016). "16) as a gay man, I've been particularly intrigued that every single voice calling for the Clinton foundation to close has been straight". @aravosis. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
External links
- AMERICAblog Archived May 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- Politics TV
- Geek Philosophy (Aravosis named "Geek of the Week")