Ed Morrissey#Captain's Quarters
{{Short description|American blogger}}
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Edward Morrissey (born April 3, 1963) is an American conservative blogger, columnist, motivational speaker, and talk show host.
[http://premierespeakers.com/ed_morrissey/bio Ed Morrissey], Premiere Motivational Speakers. Published 2008. Accessed May 2, 2009.
He goes by the nickname Captain Ed and he formerly lived in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. He now resides in Texas.
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.
[http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/017170.php I'm So Glad We've Had This Time Together]. Ed Morrissey, CaptainsQuartersBlog.com, February 29, 2008 and writes a column for The Week.
He also participates in Bloggingheads.tv[http://bloggingheads.tv/heads/M Heads: M]. Bloggingheads.tv Accessed May 2, 2009.
His opinion articles have appeared in the New York Sun, the New York Post, and the Daily Standard.
Background
Morrissey was born April 3, 1963.{{cite web |url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ed-Morrissey/101863673199713?sk=info |title=Ed Morrissey |publisher=Facebook |accessdate=October 1, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209085718/https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ed-Morrissey/101863673199713|archivedate=February 9, 2011}} He is based in Texas and is part of the "Northern Alliance Radio Network", with ties to Power Line and Hugh Hewitt. At age seven, Morrissey moved to Cerritos, California in 1970, and he graduated from Cerritos High School in 1980.{{cite web|url=https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/09/15/media-endangers-entire-neighborhood-to-pursue-thoughtcrime-suspect-n201448|title=Media endangers entire neighborhood to pursue thoughtcrime suspect|last=Morrissey|first=Ed|work=Hot Air|date=September 15, 2012|accessdate=October 1, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920080823/http://hotair.com:80/archives/2012/09/15/media-endangers-entire-neighborhood-to-pursue-thoughtcrime-suspect/|archivedate=September 20, 2012|url-status=dead}}
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.
[http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/about.php About Captain Ed]. [http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/ CaptainsQuartersBlog.com] Accessed May 2, 2009.) It focused largely on politics, from a conservative viewpoint. The blog grew in popularity and readership. By 2007, the National Republican Senatorial Committee was calling Captains Quarters one of the five "best-read national conservative bloggers."
{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2007/06/gop-issues-rules-to-avoid-macaca-moments-004483|title=GOP issues rules to avoid Macaca moments|first=Carrie|last=Budoff|work=Politico|date=June 13, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717084343/http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=26DA83A4-3048-5C12-0037463F453C158A|archivedate=July 17, 2007|url-status=live|accessdate=October 1, 2022}}
People who have written "guest posts" on Captain's Quarters include Senator John McCain,[http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/008256.php "Guest Post: Senator John McCain On North Korea"], John McCain, Captain's Quarters, October 10, 2006 Congressman Duncan Hunter,[http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/009441.php "Guest Post: Rep. Duncan Hunter"], Duncan Hunter, Captain's Quarters, March 19, 2007 and Senator James Inhofe.[http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/010303.php "Senator James Inhofe: Secure Borders Now"], James Inhofe, Captain's Quarters, June 21, 2007
=Adscam coverage=
In 2005, a Canadian judge issued a gag order that barred Canadian media from covering the hearings of the Gomery commission, 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.{{cite news |last1=Taber |first1=Jane |title=On-line journal provokes a firestorm |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/on-line-journal-provokes-a-firestorm/article20420913/ |accessdate=October 1, 2022 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=April 5, 2005|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407021732/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050405/GOMBLOG05/TPNational|archivedate=April 7, 2005|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/opinion_columnists/article/0,2777,DRMN_23972_4421942,00.html|title=Did blogosphere influence vote?|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830155621/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/opinion_columnists/article/0,2777,DRMN_23972_4421942,00.html|archivedate=August 30, 2006|authorlink=Dave Kopel|last=Kopel|first=Dave|work=Rocky Mountain News|date=January 28, 2006|accessdate=October 1, 2022|url-status=dead}}
In other media
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."{{Cite web|url=http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/009676.php|title = Captain's Quarters}} 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 the "Worst Person in the World" by Keith Olbermann of MSNBC. He has said in response that he is "very amused."{{Cite web|url=http://hotair.com/archives/2011/01/22/was-olbermann-a-victim-of-his-own-success/|title = Was Olbermann a "victim of his own success"?| date=22 January 2011 }}
Hot Air
On March 1, 2008,[http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/017106.php "The Road Goes Ever On"], Ed Morrissey, Captain's Quarters, February 25, 2008 Morrissey became a full-time blogger, joining the pseudonymous Allahpundit at Hot Air, a group blog founded by Michelle Malkin. He also hosts the daily Ed Morrissey Show.
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External links
- [http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/9144 Video (and audio) interview/conversation with Morrissey] on Bloggingheads.tv
- {{C-SPAN|9264869}}
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