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Crooks and Liars is an United States|American blog founded by John Amato. Journalist Tina Dupuy is the managing editor. Along with John Amato, frequent contributors include Nicole Belle, Logan Murphy, Mike Finnigan , David Neiwert , SilentPatriot, Fran Langum http://crooksandliars.com/blog/29 Bluegal aka Fran's blog. Crooks and Liars. January 30, 2012 http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com/ Blue Gal blog Susie Madrak, Nonny Mouse, Kenneth Quinnell, http://crooksandliars.com/blog/40317 Kenneth Quinnell's blog and Howie Klein.
The blog first appeared on the Internet in August 2004. It was one of the first political blogs to feature vlogs (video blogs) causing Amato to be referred to as "The Vlogfather".Citation needed|date=May 2010. The site contains an audio and video archive of various political events, television, and radio shows. Originally it only retransmitted audio and video of these events; however, in late 2005 it began to cover breaking news stories and distribute their own original audio interviews.
Along with a variety of clips from television news media, the site frequently features clips from cable programs such as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart , The Colbert Report , Hardball with Chris Matthews , The Rachel Maddow Show (TV series) , and Countdown with Keith Olbermann .
Crooks and Liars received the "Best Video Blog" blog award at the Weblog Awards in 2006, http://2006.weblogawards.org/ 2006 Weblog Awards Results. Retrieved May 20, 2007 and a "Best Weblog About Politics" at the 2008 Weblog Awards. http://2008.bloggies.com/ 2008 Weblog Awards Results. Retrieved March 11, 2008
Time (magazine)|Time magazine listed Crooks and Liars as one of the 25 Best Blogs of 2009.McNichol, Tom. (Feb. 18, 2009) http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879276_1879279_1879298,00.html/ 25 Best Blogs of 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
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