Article in The Guardian by Rachel Savage, 3/26/25
Headline: “Trump names pro-Israel media activist as US ambassador to South Africa”
Subhead: “Leo Brent Bozell III, founder of a conservative media group, is president’s nomination amid rising diplomatic tensions”
“Donald Trump has nominated a conservative, pro-Israel media activist as US ambassador to South Africa, at a time when the relationship between the two countries is at a nadir.
“Leo Brent Bozell III founded the Media Research Center – whose website states it is ‘a blog site designed to broadcast conservative values, culture, and politics [and] to expose liberal media bias’ – in 1987.
“His son Leo Brent Bozell IV was sentenced to 45 months in prison in May 2024 for assaulting police and smashing windows in the 6 January 2021 Capitol riots. He was released in January as part of Trump’s mass pardon.”