Matt Labash

Who is Matt Labash?

Matt Labash is an American journalist and feature writer currently a senior writer at The Weekly Standard, where his articles frequently appear.

Labash has written some in-depth coverage pieces exposing such well-known individuals as presidential candidate Al Gore, who was the Vice President of the United States at the time of the article. The reporter wrote a colorful, personal detailed story about the residences that Gore owned as a landlord in Tennessee. The article covered in-depth anecdotes and perspectives of some of the tenants who complained of inadequate repair and deteriorating conditions of the homes they were renting from Gore In another piece, Labash uncovered a sweetheart loan that George Stephanopoulos obtained.

"Matt Labash of The Weekly Standard is consistently one of the best magazine writers in the country," David Brooks, editorial columnist for The New York Times wrote in his December 25, 2007 column. Brooks named Labash as one of the winners of the "Sidney Awards" — the columnist's annual naming of the articles he considers the best of the year. The writer's profile of Roger Stone played to Labash's strong points, Brooks wrote, because "amoral blackguards bring out his best".