Ed Morrissey
Encyclopedia
Ed Morrissey is an American
conservative blog
ger, columnist
, motivational speaker
, and talk show host.
He goes by the nickname Captain Ed and he currently lives in the Twin Cities
area of Minnesota
.
He wrote his original blog, "Captain's Quarters", from October 2003 to February 2008. He now works full-time as a blogger for Hot Air
and writes a column for The Week
.
He also participates in Bloggingheads.tv
His opinion articles have appeared in the New York Sun
, the New York Post
, and the Daily Standard. He is married to the Roman Catholic writer Marcia Morrissey, of Patheos
.
's Twin Cities and is part of the "Northern Alliance Radio Network
", with ties to Power Line
and Hugh Hewitt
. He used to live in California
. Morrissey is a devout Roman Catholic.
Morrissey is the cousin of KOIN television reporter Nick Emmons.
was calling Captains Quarters one of the five "best-read national conservative bloggers."
People who have written "guest posts" on Captain's Quarters include Senator John McCain
, Congressman Duncan Hunter
, and Senator James Inhofe.
, which was investigating the "Sponsorship scandal
" (better known as "Adscam"), a scandal involving allegations that the Liberal Party of Canada
had been funneling government funds through Canadian advertising firms.
A source in the Canadian legal media - still publicly unknown - circumvented the gag order, feeding the details of the Gomery hearings to Morrissey, who published them on the blog.
As a result, Morrissey's blog became for a few weeks one of Canada's most-viewed news sources (his traffic rising at the height of the story to 400,000 visitors a day, mostly Canadians, from his usual 30-40,000). Morrissey's coverage was considered by some to have been a key factor in the victory of the Conservative
in the subsequent national elections.
.
Morrissey is also an occasional columnist
with several news outlets, including the New York Sun
and the American Spectator. He is also a co-host of the Northern Alliance Radio Network
.
In April 2007, Morrissey left his job as manager of a call center to take up a "full-time position with Blog Talk Radio as Political Director." Morrissey hosts a daily internet talk show, contributes to one of the company's blogs, and leads outreach and development for the company among politicians, candidates, and political bloggers. He left his full-time position at Blog Talk Radio when he joined Hot Air, in early 2008.
Morrissey is one of the few media pundits to have been named as both the "Best Person in the World" and then, later, the "Worst Person in the World" by Keith Olbermann
of MSNBC
. He has said, in response, that he is "very amused".
Morrissey became a full-time blogger, joining the pseudonymous Allahpundit at Hot Air (news site)
, a group blog founded by Michelle Malkin
. He also hosts the Ed Morrissey Show daily (3 pm ET, Monday-Friday).
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
conservative blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
ger, columnist
Columnist
A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....
, motivational speaker
Motivational speaker
A motivational speaker or inspirational speaker is a speaker who makes speeches intended to motivate or inspire an audience. In a business context, they are employed to communicate company strategy with clarity and help employees to see the future in a positive light and inspire workers to pull...
, and talk show host.
He goes by the nickname Captain Ed and he currently lives in the Twin Cities
Twin cities
Twin cities are a special case of two cities or urban centres which are founded in close geographic proximity and then grow into each other over time...
area of Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
.
He wrote his original blog, "Captain's Quarters", from October 2003 to February 2008. He now works full-time as a blogger for Hot Air
Hot Air (news site)
Hot Air is a U.S. website providing news and commentary from a fiscally conservative and socially centrist point of view. It is written by Ed Morrissey, Tina Korbe and the pseudonymous Allahpundit and Jazz Shaw....
and writes a column for The Week
The Week
The Week, styled as THE WEEK, is a weekly news magazine.-History:It was founded in the United Kingdom by Jolyon Connell in 1995. In April 2001, the magazine began publishing an American edition; an Australian edition followed in October 2008. Dennis Publishing publishes the U.K. and Australian...
.
He also participates in Bloggingheads.tv
Bloggingheads.tv
Bloggingheads.tv is a political, world events, philosophy, and science video blog discussion site in which the participants take part in an active back and forth conversation via webcam which is then broadcast online to viewers...
His opinion articles have appeared in the New York Sun
New York Sun
The New York Sun was a weekday daily newspaper published in New York City from 2002 to 2008. When it debuted on April 16, 2002, adopting the name, motto, and masthead of an otherwise unrelated earlier New York paper, The Sun , it became the first general-interest broadsheet newspaper to be started...
, the New York Post
New York Post
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
, and the Daily Standard. He is married to the Roman Catholic writer Marcia Morrissey, of Patheos
Patheos
- History :Patheos was founded in 2008 by Leo and Cathie Brunnick, both web technology professionals and residents of Denver, Colorado. Leo, a non-practicing Catholic, and Cathie, a Lutheran-turned-Evangelical, started the project the week they were married as they tried to blend their...
.
Background
Morrissey is based in MinnesotaMinnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
's Twin Cities and is part of the "Northern Alliance Radio Network
Northern Alliance Radio Network
The Northern Alliance Radio Network is an American radio talk show, the first in the world hosted entirely by bloggers. The show airs in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul on AM1280 The Patriot.The program is hosted by six bloggers:...
", with ties to Power Line
Power Line
Power Line is an American political blog, providing news and commentary from a conservative point-of-view. It was originally written by three lawyers who attended Dartmouth College together: John H. Hinderaker, Scott W. Johnson, and Paul Mirengoff...
and Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt is an American radio talk show host with the Salem Radio Network, lawyer, academic, and author. An outspoken Republican, evangelical Christian, he comments on society, politics, and media bias in the United States. Hewitt is also a law professor at Chapman University School of Law.-...
. He used to live in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Morrissey is a devout Roman Catholic.
Morrissey is the cousin of KOIN television reporter Nick Emmons.
Captain's Quarters
Morrissey started his blog in October 2003, basing its name on his nickname "Captain" Ed. ("Captain" is "just a nickname", not a rank.) It focused largely on politics, from a conservative viewpoint. The blog grew in popularity and readership. By 2007, the National Republican Senatorial CommitteeNational Republican Senatorial Committee
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is the Republican Hill committee for the United States Senate, working to elect Republicans to that body. The NRSC was founded in 1916 as the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee...
was calling Captains Quarters one of the five "best-read national conservative bloggers."
People who have written "guest posts" on Captain's Quarters include Senator John McCain
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
, Congressman Duncan Hunter
Duncan Hunter
Duncan Lee Hunter is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives from California's 52nd, 45th and 42nd districts from 1981 to 2009....
, and Senator James Inhofe.
Adscam coverage
In 2005, a Canadian judge issued a gag order that barred Canadian media from covering the hearings of the Gomery commissionGomery Commission
The Gomery Commission, formally the Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities, was a federal Canadian Royal Commission headed by the retired Justice John Gomery for the purpose of investigating the sponsorship scandal, which involved allegations of corruption...
, which was investigating the "Sponsorship scandal
Sponsorship scandal
The sponsorship scandal, "AdScam", "Sponsorship" or Sponsorgate, is a scandal that came as a result of a Canadian federal government "sponsorship program" in the province of Quebec and involving the Liberal Party of Canada, which was in power from 1993 to 2006...
" (better known as "Adscam"), a scandal involving allegations that the Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
had been funneling government funds through Canadian advertising firms.
A source in the Canadian legal media - still publicly unknown - circumvented the gag order, feeding the details of the Gomery hearings to Morrissey, who published them on the blog.
As a result, Morrissey's blog became for a few weeks one of Canada's most-viewed news sources (his traffic rising at the height of the story to 400,000 visitors a day, mostly Canadians, from his usual 30-40,000). Morrissey's coverage was considered by some to have been a key factor in the victory of the Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
in the subsequent national elections.
Ed Morrissey in other media
In July 2006, Morrissey began writing for the Heritage Policy Blog, which is hosted by the Heritage FoundationHeritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation is a conservative American think tank based in Washington, D.C. Heritage's stated mission is to "formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong...
.
Morrissey is also an occasional columnist
Columnist
A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....
with several news outlets, including the New York Sun
New York Sun
The New York Sun was a weekday daily newspaper published in New York City from 2002 to 2008. When it debuted on April 16, 2002, adopting the name, motto, and masthead of an otherwise unrelated earlier New York paper, The Sun , it became the first general-interest broadsheet newspaper to be started...
and the American Spectator. He is also a co-host of the Northern Alliance Radio Network
Northern Alliance Radio Network
The Northern Alliance Radio Network is an American radio talk show, the first in the world hosted entirely by bloggers. The show airs in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul on AM1280 The Patriot.The program is hosted by six bloggers:...
.
In April 2007, Morrissey left his job as manager of a call center to take up a "full-time position with Blog Talk Radio as Political Director." Morrissey hosts a daily internet talk show, contributes to one of the company's blogs, and leads outreach and development for the company among politicians, candidates, and political bloggers. He left his full-time position at Blog Talk Radio when he joined Hot Air, in early 2008.
Morrissey is one of the few media pundits to have been named as both the "Best Person in the World" and then, later, the "Worst Person in the World" by Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
Keith Theodore Olbermann is an American political commentator and writer. He has been the chief news officer of the Current TV network and the host of Current TV's weeknight political commentary program, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, since June 20, 2011...
of MSNBC
MSNBC
MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
. He has said, in response, that he is "very amused".
Hot Air
On March 1, 2008,Morrissey became a full-time blogger, joining the pseudonymous Allahpundit at Hot Air (news site)
Hot Air (news site)
Hot Air is a U.S. website providing news and commentary from a fiscally conservative and socially centrist point of view. It is written by Ed Morrissey, Tina Korbe and the pseudonymous Allahpundit and Jazz Shaw....
, a group blog founded by Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin is an American conservative blogger, political commentator, and author. Her weekly syndicated column appears in a number of newspapers and websites. She is a Fox News Channel contributor and has been a guest on MSNBC, C-SPAN, and national radio programs...
. He also hosts the Ed Morrissey Show daily (3 pm ET, Monday-Friday).
External links
- The main page at HotAir.com
- Video (and audio) interview/conversation with Morrissey on Bloggingheads.tvBloggingheads.tvBloggingheads.tv is a political, world events, philosophy, and science video blog discussion site in which the participants take part in an active back and forth conversation via webcam which is then broadcast online to viewers...