in an article published in "salon", brock describes his involvement in a “republican noise machine", by recounting that “[f]rom the "washington times", to a stint as a 'research fellow' at the heritage foundation (the right’s premier think tank), to a position as an 'investigative writer' at the muckraking magazine "the american spectator", and as the author of a best-selling right-wing book, i forwarded the right-wing agenda not as an open political operative or advocate but under the guise of journalism and punditry, fueled by huge sums of money from right-wing billionaires, foundations, and self-interested corporations.”