Eric Boehlert, Media Critic and Writer, Dies at 57

After a stint as a media author for the web site Day by day Kos, Mr. Boehlert began Press Run in 2020, which he described as “an unfiltered, passionate and proudly progressive critique of the political press within the age of Trump.”

Ms. Breslin mentioned Mr. Boehlert was an avid athlete and bicycle owner.

“Eric was sensible and humorous and sort,” she mentioned. “He was a tremendous father to Jane and Ben, current their total lives.” Their daughter, Jane Boehlert, remembered him as “a powerful father, an unimaginable individual.”

“We already miss him deeply,” she mentioned.

In Mr. Boehlert’s final article on Press Run, revealed the day he died, he questioned journalists’ protection of the Biden administration, saying the information media was enjoying down the president’s achievements.

“The obtrusive disconnect between actuality and the way the press depicts White Home accomplishments means a key query lingers: Why is the press rooting towards Biden?”

A press release from Mr. Boehlert’s household, offered to The New York Instances by Richard Abate, Mr. Boehlert’s literary agent, described him as “a fierce defender of democracy, social justice and fact in media.”

“He was fearless and sensible in his investigation of hypocrisies and double requirements within the media, and his contribution was priceless,” the household mentioned. “Eric was full of vibrant enthusiasms and pursuits in life as a loving husband, father, sibling, uncle and pal.”

Mr. Abate mentioned that they had been pals for 45 years, after assembly within the eighth grade. “He was probably the most kindest, gentlest, warmest, lovingest individual I’ve identified, and on the similar time he was an absolute fierce warrior when it got here to preventing injustice,” he mentioned.