Tim Blair (born 1965) is an Australian editor, journalist, political commentator and blogger. He works for ''

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'' in

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. In mid-2001, Blair began blogging on Blogspot. By 2004, he had attracted a significant following, ''

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'' describing him as a "top dog among the new Australian digerati" who "some days draws more than 20,000 readers to his website." In addition to running his blog, Blair was previously a news editor and regular columnist for now-defunct magazine '' The Bulletin''. He also worked as a journalist and senior editor at ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', and has also written for

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. He has contributed a monthly column titled "Sweetness & Light" to '' Quadrant'' since May 2017. Blair has also appeared on 4BC,

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and the ABC programme '' Insiders''.

Politics

Following American president

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's visit to Baghdad during

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in 2003, Blair documented and disproved claims that a roast turkey that Bush was photographed holding up was plastic. The roast turkey was real.

References

External links

Tim Blair Blog – ''The Daily Telegraph''
(May 2008)
Tim Blair's weblog
– archive only since move to ''Daily Telegraph'' site
Right Wing News – The Tim Blair Interview
(April 2002) {{DEFAULTSORT:Blair, Tim 1965 births Living people Australian male bloggers Australian male journalists Quadrant (magazine) people Australian columnists