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Matthew Continetti was born in Alexandria, Virginia. He is the son of Cathy (née Finn) and Joseph F. Continetti. Continetti graduated from Columbia University in 2003. While in college he wrote for the Columbia Spectator and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's magazine, CAMPUS. In summer 2002 he did a Collegiate Network internship at the National Review, where he worked as a research assistant for Rich Lowry. He joined The Weekly Standard as an editorial assistant, and later became associate editor. His articles and reviews have also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Financial Times. He has also been an on-camera contributor to Bloggingheads.tv. He has criticized Glenn Beck as "nonsense." He has argued the American media turned on Sarah Palin during the 2008 campaign because they had blind allegiance to Barack Obama. He has criticized American academia as uniformly left wing. He lives in Arlington, Virginia. He is married to Anne Elizabeth Kristol, the daughter of neo-conservative writer William Kristol.

The Washington Free Beacon is an American web site that publishes news and associated content from a U.S. conservative perspective. It states it is "committed to serving the public interest by reporting news and information that currently is not being fully covered by other news organizations." It was founded in February 7, 2012 by Matthew Continetti. It is a project of the 501(c)4 organization Center for American Freedom.