David Pakman

David Pakman is an American-Argentine political commentator, media entrepreneur, and author, best known as the host and founder of The David Pakman Show, a progressive political news and commentary program launched in 2005 that has amassed millions of YouTube subscribers.[1][2] Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, he immigrated to the United States at age five and holds degrees in economics and communication from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an MBA from Bentley University.[2][5] In 2025, he published his New York Times bestselling book The Echo Machine: How Right-Wing Extremism Created A Post-Truth America.[1]