Michael C. Moynihan

Michael Christopher Moynihan (born August 24, 1974) is an American journalist. A former national correspondent for Vice News, he co-hosts The Fifth Column podcast and hosts The Moynihan Report. He was previously the cultural news editor for The Daily Beast, the managing editor of Vice magazine, and a senior editor of the libertarian magazine Reason. He has been a contributor to The Wall Street Journal's book review and produced content for The Free Press until resigning in 2025. Moynihan was also a resident fellow of the free-market think tank Timbro in Sweden, where he lived and wrote articles about politics in the country, contributing to Swedish-language publications, including Expressen, Aftonbladet, Sveriges Television, Neo and Göteborgs-Tidningen. According to Media Bistro, "Moynihan is perhaps best known for breaking the story on Jonah Lehrer's fabrications."