Daily Cal flashback time!

Right, blast from the past. David Brock is the most prominent Daily Cal alum that I know of. Back in 91 he was a leader in the Conservative push to get Clarence Thomas on the bench, and in doing helped to attack Anita Hill. Recently, he's recanted his Conservative days and written a book about the experience. (So basically, he's prominent as a bit of a dip who's easily led at best and a complete liar at worst.) Here's an excerpt about his days as a Daily Cal guy from a longer piece in Slate about his untrustworthiness:

While campaigning to be editor in chief of the Daily Cal at Berkeley, Brock was "caught in an embarrassing lie" about an editor he didn't like. He told the Daily Cal's outgoing editor in chief that the university's vice chancellor had phoned to complain about a story that the enemy editor had presumably mangled. It wasn't true, and Brock got caught.

Great.

So my question is: who's the most prominent and respectable alum of the Daily Cal? I know you Daily Cal guys read this. Now's your chance to slam back against the constant barrages of Daily Cal criticism. E-mail today!

Thanks to ASUC Senator Sajid A. Khan for reminding me what X calls the Daily Cal: the Shady Cal. Heh heh.

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