Ed Morrissey

Ed Morrissey: Biography in Details

Who is Ed Morrissey?

Ed Morrissey is an American political blogger with international outreach. His nick “Captain Ed” is something he ever tires of hearing.

He lives in the suburbs of the Twin City of Minnesota and works for the tri-state of 1.Hot Air as a full-time blogger, 2. at The Week as a columnist, and 3. appears on Bloggingheads.tv., a part of “Northern Alliance Radio Network”.

This network is tied up with another conservative blog, Power Line, and also a Conservative Attorney, Hugh Hewitt, a talk show host with the Salem Radio Network.

Ed is the Chief of Blog-o-sphere and writes on the blog-o-column about issues that are related to the First Amendment.

He is also one of the first signatories of the non-partisan Online Coalition which questions unequal treatment meted out to New Media citizen journalists.

His nick “Captain Ed” is something he never tires of hearing.

Who are the parents of Ed Morrissey?

Ed Morrissey was born on 3rd April 1963 and before coming to Minnesota’s Twin Cities, he lived in California, USA.

Details about his father and mother are not disclosed. His ethnicity is Caucasian and has attended Cerritos High School.

He is America’s conservative blogger, columnist, motivational speaker, and talk show host.

In 2003, Ed launched his original blog, “Captain’s Quarters”, and operated it from October 2003 to February 2008. It had far-reaching implications on media and debate that he just couldn’t have envisioned at the time.

He wrote about national foreign policy, the presidential election, and the failings of the mainstream media to vanguard the New Media movement.

Captain Ed was the one who revealed a scandal that could’ve otherwise toppled the Liberal Party in Canada. He is instrumental in bringing accountability in conventional media such as CNN in connection with ethical journalism and reporting.

Chief Blogger is at the forefront of the international blog-o-scene and has successfully expanded this blogosphere into other communication channels.

By 2007, even the members of the National Republican Senatorial Committee were on friendly terms with the Conservative Captains Quarters and reported them as one of the five “best-read national conservative bloggers.”

Guest Post-
The Guest Post of ‘Captain’s Quarters reads like a Who Said What? on this blog-o-chart. Some of them include Senator John McCain, Congressman Duncan Hunter, and Senator James Inhofe.

Ed Morrissey & Responsible Reporting

#1.Adscam or Sponsorgate

Adscam is a scandal involving the Federal Government Sponsorship Programs in the province of Quebec in Canada, and the Liberal Party.

This program was initiated in order to raise awareness of the Government of Canada’s contributions to Quebec industries and other activities. In the same vein, this program would counter the separatist activities of the Parti Québécois.

In 2005, a Canadian judge issued a gag order and banned Canadian media from the hearings of the Gomery Commission.

A source in the Canadian legal media, publicly unknown yet circumvented the gag order, feeding the details of the Gomery hearings to Morrissey, who in turn published them on the blog.

Consequently, the Captain’s Quarters became one of the most-visited news sources, sometimes with as high as 400k views in a day. Since the majority of the viewers were Canadians, it was key in the Conservative victory during the national elections.

Chief Blog-o-Media

From April 2007 up to 2008, Morrissey worked in a call center as a Manager. Thereafter, he became the full-time Political Director with Blog Talk Radio.

His job responsibilities were to host daily internet talk shows, write for one of the company’s blogs, and lead outreach and development for the company among politicians, candidates, and political bloggers.

Early on the 1st March of 2008, Captain Ed joined HotAir and began blogging as a full-time blogger. He joined the pseudonymous Allahpundit at the Hot Air News website. This was a blog created by Michelle Malkin.

Later Captain Ed also became the host for the daily Ed Morrissey Show.

Captain Blog-o-spheric Achievements

-Chief Blogosphere, Ed Morrissey is one of the prime speakers on the Premiere Speakers Bureau located in New York, USA.

-Edward writes essays that appear regularly in the New York Sun, the New York Post, and The Daily Standard.

-He appears regularly on television and radio in the United States and Canada as a commentator on breaking news stories.

-In the Chat-a-sphere, Ed Morrissey is Chat-a-saur- the new blog-o-dinosaur on the blog-o-sphere. Tune in to Captain Ed and start chattin’ at crankytrex.com/chatasaur.

NB. This weekly talk show is aired in Minneapolis with the Twin City bloggers.

-The Ed Morrissey Show usually airs on Tuesdays and Thursdays- 4-5:30 ET. Its hot politics as usual with news movers and shakers like Andrew Malcolm, the Crown Prince of Twitter, and Duane “Generalissimo”, along with guests you gotta hear and see to believe!

Ed Morrissey – Mistaken Identity

Ed Morrissey is considered by some as one of the few media celebrities with the reputation of “Best Person in the World” and also the “Worst Person in the World”, as Keith Olbermann of MSNBC put it. When he read about it, Captain Ed grunted with “I am amused”!

In his profile, Ed described himself as the ‘Undisputed Grand Master of the Sistine Selfie’! Now, is that right?

What is Ed Morrissey’s net worth?

Ed’s net worth is $5m US as of 2023. As a full-time blogger, his earnings are $30k and more.

Body Stats: Height, Weight

Ed Morrissey has a clean-shaven head and blue eyes. His height is 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 80kg.

Is Ed Morrissey active on social media?

Edward has 61.7k followers and 186.5k tweets on Twitter, 2.3k followers on Facebook, and more than 1.5k views on his YouTube.

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