 The logo of Hot Air | |
Type of site | Political blog |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Salem Communications |
| Created by | Michelle Malkin |
| URL | hotair |
| Registration | Optional, required to comment |
| Launched | 2006 |
| Current status | Online |
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| Conservatism in the United States |
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Hot Air is a conservative American political blog.[1] It is written by Ed Morrissey, John Sexton, and David Strom. Karen Townsend and Jazz Shaw wrote for the blog until their deaths in 2024.[2][3] The pseudonymous Allahpundit was a major contributor until September 2022.[4]
Hot Air was founded by Michelle Malkin, a conservative author and blogger, in 2006, taking over hotair.com from a defunct personal website. Although Malkin served as the publisher and CEO of Hot Air, she exercised little editorial control over the site's various commentators. Morrissey, a Roman Catholic, is the more socially conservative (though gay-friendly) of the current bloggers, whereas Allahpundit is more libertarian and an atheist. Hot Air carried posts from a selection of conservative and libertarian bloggers in its "Green Room", which closed in May 2014.[5][6] In February 2010, Salem Communications purchased Hot Air.[7]
- ^ "About - Hot Air". hotair.com. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
- ^ Shaw, Jazz (July 17, 2024). "R.I.P. Karen Townsend, 1955-2024". hotair.com.
- ^ Morrisey, Ed (October 31, 2024). "RIP, Jazz Shaw, 1959-2024". hotair.com.
- ^ ""My Farewell to Hot Air Reader"". September 2, 2022.
- ^ "Greenroom Posts - Hot Air". Hot Air. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
- ^ Portnoy, Howard (March 23, 2014). "End of an era: The Hot Air Green Room is no more". Liberty Unyielding.
- ^ "Exclusive: Hot Air Acquired By Salem Communications". Mediaite. February 17, 2010.