David Weiner (editor) explained

David Weiner is a Contributing Editor at the Huffington Post. He was formerly the New York Editor and Blog Editor for the site.^[1]

As a Huffington Post blogger, Weiner broke the "Recipegate" scandal in which Senator John McCain's wife, Cindy McCain, was found to have plagiarized "family recipes" for the McCain campaign website during the 2008 United States presidential election.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Cindy McCain would later go on The View to defend herself.^[5]

In 2009, Weiner and Sarah Greenwalt launched National Fist Bump Day.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Editor of Huffington Post's New York Site Quits Role Three Weeks After Launch; David Weiner to Take over | the Awl . 2011-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716221718/http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/editor-of-huffington-posts-new-york-site-quits-three-weeks-in . 2011-07-16 . dead .
2. News: Family Recipes, Passed Down from One Site to Another. The New York Times. 16 April 2008. Bumiller. Elisabeth.
3. Web site: McCain "Family Recipes" Lifted from the Food Network. HuffPost. 22 April 2008.
4. News: Bloggers Find Something Fishy In McCain Site's 'Family Recipes' . Michael D. . Shear . April 16, 2008 . . 2022-07-03.
5. Web site: After Recipegate, Cindy McCain Heads to 'The View' - Screen Shots . 2011-02-15 . 2009-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090618064049/http://blogs.abcnews.com/screenshots/2008/04/after-recipegat.html . dead .
6. Web site: FOX 32 Chicago. 27 January 2022.
7. Web site: Celebrate National Fist Bump Day! . 2011-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717024937/http://www.theroot.com/views/bump-heard-round-world . 2011-07-17 . dead .
8. Web site: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - NBC.com . Latenightwithjimmyfallon.com . 2022-07-03.