Matt Welch Explained

Matt Welch
Birthname:Matthew Lee Welch
Birth Date:31 July 1968
Birth Place:Bellflower, California, U.S.[1]
Occupation:Journalist, political commentator
Party:Independent
Spouse:Emmanuelle Richard
Children:2

Matthew Lee Welch (born July 31, 1968) is an American blogger, journalist, author, andlibertarian political pundit.[2] [3]

Early life

Welch was born on July 31, 1968, in Bellflower, California. He was raised in Long Beach, California.[1] He attended UC Santa Barbara as part of the class of 1990, but did not complete a degree. Through his mother, author Mary Bobbitt Townsend, he is the great-great-grandson of Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus.[4] [5]

Career

In the late 1990s, Welch wrote for Tabloid.Net, along with Tim Blair and Ken Layne.[6] In the early 1990s, he was one of the founders of the Prague-based newspaper Prognosis.[7] He researched the effects of UN sanctions against Iraq, often criticizing the reporting of others.[8] [9] [10] Commentator Mike Rosen praised his research as "yeoman's work."[11]

In 2007, he wrote a portrayal of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain from a libertarian perspective. In McCain: The Myth of a Maverick,[12] Welch argued that a McCain presidency would advance a statist agenda.[13] [14] [15] [16] Through a FOIA request, Welch obtained a copy of McCain's National War College thesis which, based on his experience as a POW, argued for the teaching of US foreign policy to military recruits.[17]

From 2008 to 2016, he was editor-in-chief at the monthly libertarian journal, Reason.[18] He now serves as editor-at-large.[19] From 2006 to 2007, he was an editorial page editor for the Los Angeles Times.[19] Welch earned the award for "Best Entertainment Review/Criticism/Column" in the 53rd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards, hosted by the Los Angeles Press Club, for his work, "Bailing Out Big Brother: Media criticism goes from rebelling against media oligarchs to handing them a lifeline."[20]

In 2011, Matt Welch co-wrote The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America with Reason.tv editor-in-chief Nick Gillespie.[21] He has become a frequent commentator on cable news shows, and was co-host of the Fox Business Network current events and political discussion show, The Independents.

Matt Welch is co-host of The Fifth Column podcast along with Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan.

Personal life

Welch lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two daughters.[19]

Publications

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Career Advice. Mediabistro.
  2. Web site: Reason magazine articles . Matt . Welch . 2009-06-11.
  3. Web site: Matt Welch – A Libertarian Critique of John McCain . Matt Welch – A Libertarian Critique of John McCain Video . Mefeedia.com . 2008-02-01 . 2009-06-11.
  4. Book: McCain: The Myth of a Maverick. 9780230608559. Welch. Matt. 16 October 2007. St. Martin's Publishing .
  5. Web site: D.C. Reasonoids: Interested in the Civil War? Come Hear Matt Welch Interview His Mom About Her New Book Yankee Warhorse Tonight at 6 PM, at the German-American Heritage Museum. 28 May 2010.
  6. Web site: Tablod.net . Welch, Matt . https://web.archive.org/web/20130610025218/http://www.mattwelch.com/tabloid.html . June 10, 2013.
  7. Web site: Prague Reverb. Jacques Poitras. Poitras. Jacques. Medium. 12 September 2020.
  8. Web site: Reason Magazine – The Politics of Dead Children . Reason.com . March 2002. 2010-10-11.
  9. Web site: Matt . Welch . Iraqi death toll doesn't add up . . 2002 . 2009-06-10.
  10. Web site: The Iraqi babies scam is still alive . https://web.archive.org/web/20030904174428/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/opinion/03_09_03_c.asp . 2003-09-04 .
  11. News: U.S., U.N. not to blame for deaths of Iraqis . https://web.archive.org/web/20140611123511/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83825927.html . 2014-06-11 . dead . . Mike . Rosen . Mike Rosen . 2002-03-15 . 2014-04-11 .
  12. Book: McCain (0230603963) WELCH – Palgrave Macmillan . Palgrave-usa.com . 2006-11-06 . 2009-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080319032007/http://www.palgrave-usa.com/catalog/product.aspx?isbn=0230603963 . March 19, 2008. Alt URL
  13. Web site: The Myth of a Maverick, by Matt Welch . Ontheissues.org . 2009-06-11.
  14. Web site: BuzzFlash Review: McCain: The Myth of a Maverick (Hardcover) . Buzzflash.com . 2009-06-11.
  15. Web site: W. James Antle III on McCain: The Myth of a Maverick on National Review Online . Article.nationalreview.com . 2007-11-29 . 2009-06-11.
  16. Web site: Bill Moyers Journal . Mickey Edwards and Matt Welch on McCain | PBS . PBS
  17. News: In '74 Thesis, the Seeds of McCain's War Views . 2008-06-15. New York Times . 2009-06-27 . David D. . Kirkpatrick.
  18. Web site: "The Myth of a Maverick": Matt Welch on GOP Frontrunner John McCain . Democracy Now! . 2009-06-11.
  19. Web site: Matt Welch. Reason. 4 November 2023 .
  20. Web site: Radley Balko Named "Journalist of the Year," Reason Wins Three Other First Place Prizes at the Southern California Journalism Awards. 28 June 2011. 7 December 2013.
  21. Web site: Books – Matt Welch. Amazon.com. 7 December 2013.

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