Anthony DiMaggio is the co-author, with Paul Street, of the newly released "The Rise of the Tea Party: Corporate Media and Political Discontent in the Age of Obama" (Monthly Review Press, 2011) and "Crashing the Tea Party" (Paradigm Publishers, 2011). He is also the author of "When Media Goes to War" (2010) and "Mass Media, Mass Propaganda" (2008). He has taught US and global politics at Illinois State University. He can be reached via email.