Laura Flanders

Laura Flanders is the founder and host of GRITtv with Laura Flanders. She is the author of Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians; the bestselling book Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species, an investigation into the women in George W. Bush’s Cabinet, described as “fierce, funny and intelligent” by Publisher’s Weekly; and is the editor of At the Tea Party.
She writes regularly for The Nation, AlterNet, Ms. Magazine, and Znet, and is a frequent panelist on television news programs including MSNBC, Real Time with Bill Maher and The Tavis Smiley Show. She also founded Women’s Desk at the media watch group, FAIR, and for more than ten years she produced and hosted CounterSpin, FAIR’s nationally syndicated radio program.