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Jacob Weisberg è presidente del gruppo Slate, una unità del Washington Post Co. dedicato allo sviluppo di pubblicazioni dal web. Weisberg si è unito al gruppo poco dopo la sua fondazione nel 1996 come capo corrispondente politico. Weisberg ha scritto di politica per molte riviste tra cui il New Republic, Newsweek, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair e il New York Times Magazine. Ha scritto il libro In Defense of Government (1996) e un ebook dal titolo The Road to Chadville (2000); è inoltre co-autore, insieme a Robert E. Rubin, di In an Uncertain World (2003). Il suo libro più recente, The Bush Tragedy, è stato un bestseller per il New York Times nel 2008.

Jacob Weisberg is chairman and editor-in-chief of the Slate Group, a unit of the Washington Post Co. devoted to developing web-based publications. Weisberg joined Slate shortly after its founding in 1996 as chief political correspondent. He succeeded Michael Kinsley to become Slate's second editor from 2002 until 2008, when he handed the job over to David Plotz. Before joining Slate, Weisberg wrote about politics for magazines including the New Republic, Newsweek, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair and the New York Times Magazine. His most recent book, The Bush Tragedy, was a New York Times bestseller in 2008. He is the co-author, with Robert E. Rubin, of In an Uncertain World (2003). He is also the author of the 1996 book In Defense of Government, the 2000 eBook The Road to Chadville, and the Bushisms series.