Karl Frisch is a columnist and Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America

Karl Frisch is a Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, the nation's premier progressive media watchdog, research, and information center. A fixture on the progressive talk radio circuit, Frisch has also appeared on major news outlets, including ABC News, MSNBC, and CNN. His weekly column has run in newspapers around the country.

Over the past dozen years, Frisch has worked for numerous candidates and political organizations at the local, state, and national level. After leaving his post as deputy communications director for the California Democratic Party in 2003, Frisch served as the multimedia communications director on the renowned Web team of Howard Deans 2004 presidential campaign.

In 2005, he was press secretary for Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY) on the House Rules Committee helping to expose Republican ethics abuses in Congress. The following year, he served as communications director for Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett in his short-lived bid for a U.S. Senate in Ohio, then as national press secretary for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in an election cycle that saw Democrats regain the Senate majority.

Prior to his work in progressive politics, Frisch worked for Republicans for several years, including for former Congressman Jim Nussle (R-IA) and on the 2000 presidential campaigns of Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

A media critic, experienced political operative and technology enthusiast, Frisch speaks regularly about the modern media landscape, political issues of the day and the intersection of technology, media and politics.