Erick Erickson

==Political commentator==
===RedState===
Before starting his own blog called The Resurgent, Erickson was a blogger on another right-wing website called RedState. In 2015, he served as its editor-in-chief and chief executive before resigning from the website later that year.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/magazine/how-donald-trump-set-off-a-civil-war-within-the-right-wing-media.html], ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> <ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title = Erick Erickson to leave RedState|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2015/10/erik-erickson-to-leave-redstate-214444|website=POLITICO|access-date=2015-12-10|last=Gold|first=Hadas|date=5 October 2015 |author-link=Hadas Gold}}</ref><ref name="Atlantic-2015Jan">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/is-the-most-powerful-conservative-in-america-losing-his-edge/383503/|title=Is the Most Powerful Conservative in America Losing His Edge?|last=Ball|first=Molly|author-link=Molly Ball|date=January–February 2015|work=[[The Atlantic]]|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en-US}}</ref> Erickson's "Morning Briefing" e-mails grew from 498 subscribers when they began in February 2009 to nearly 70,000 by January 2010. ''[[The Washington Post]]'' noted that "The ability of a single e-mail to shape a message illustrates the power of the conservative network." The article described Erickson as one of the American conservative movement's "key national players".<ref>Markon, Jerry, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/31/AR2010013102860.html "New media help conservatives get their anti-Obama message out"], washingtonpost.com, February 1, 2010; retrieved May 30, 2010.</ref>

Erickson wrote the "Confessions of a Political Junkie" blog and is former editor-in-chief of the "Peach Pundit" blog. In 2010, he co-authored a book called ''Red State Uprising: How to Take Back America'' with Lew Uhler.<ref name=":4">Hanlon, Chip. [http://www.redcounty.com/content/red-state-uprising Red State Uprising!]. ''Red County'', October 5, 2010; accessed November 8, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Catalog|url=http://www.regnery.com/catalogOR.html|work=regnery.com|access-date=October 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001001821/http://www.regnery.com/catalogOR.html|archive-date=October 1, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later that month, Erickson said that growing up his parents refused to serve "Asian food" on December 7, the anniversary of the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/erick-erickson-pearl-harbor-asian-food|title=Erick Erickson Marks Pearl Harbor Day With Anti-Asian Tweet|website=TPM|date=7 December 2015 |access-date=2015-12-10}}</ref> Erickson's mother appeared to deny the claim to a journalist.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://newrepublic.com/minutes/125433/erick-ericksons-mom-denies-family-boycotted-asian-food-anniversary-pearl-harbor|title=Erick Erickson's own mom denies the family boycotted Asian food on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor.|last=Reeve|first=Elspeth|date=2015-12-09|magazine=New Republic|access-date=2015-12-10}}</ref> Erickson criticized the report, citing his mother's age.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://buzz.blog.ajc.com/2015/12/09/days-after-shooting-new-york-times-erick-erickson-blasts-gawker|title=Days after shooting New York Times, Erick Erickson blasts Gawker|website=Atlantic Journal Constitution|access-date=2015-12-10|archive-date=2015-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211140455/http://buzz.blog.ajc.com/2015/12/09/days-after-shooting-new-york-times-erick-erickson-blasts-gawker/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2014, RedState was sold to [[Salem Media Group]], who replaced Erickson.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title = RedState Names Leon Wolf Managing Editor As Erick Erickson Prepares Exit|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/redstate-leon-wolf-erick-erickson_5612acdce4b0dd85030cb569|website = The Huffington Post| date=5 October 2015 |access-date = 2015-12-10}}</ref> In December 2015, Erickson left his position at the site to focus on his radio show.<ref name=":2"/>

===Television and radio===
From 2010 to January 2013, Erickson was a political contributor at CNN.<ref>Martel, Francis, [http://www.mediaite.com/online/red-states-erick-erickson-relocating-to-john-king-usa/], March 16, 2010, "Mediaite.com", retrieved August 28, 2010</ref> Erickson was a contributor to [[FOX News]] from 2013 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ho |first=Rodney |title=Erick Erickson leaving Fox News as contributor after five years |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/erick-erickson-leaving-fox-news-contributor-after-five-years/NsRpbk4b7JX72gXB72YJ3N/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Radio & TV Talk Blog (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) |language=English}}</ref> Erickson later alleged that [[Roger Ailes]] terminated his affiliation with the network because of his criticism of Senator [[Mitch McConnell]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Concha |first=Joe |date=2018-03-19 |title=Erick Erickson: Ailes took me off Fox News because of McConnell criticism |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/379092-erick-erickson-fox-news-took-me-off-the-air-because-of-mcconnell-criticism/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn-political-contributors-carville-matalin-and-erickson-leaving_b164597], "TVNewser.com", January 29, 2013.</ref>

In January 2011, Erickson began hosting a local evening radio show on [[WSB (AM)|WSB Radio 95.5/750]], replacing [[Michael Savage]]. Erickson moved to the slot vacated by [[Herman Cain]] when he announced his [[Herman Cain 2012 presidential campaign|2012 presidential bid]]. In 2014 and 2015, Erickson guest-hosted the national broadcast of ''[[The Rush Limbaugh Show]]'' numerous times.  [[Rush Limbaugh]] died on February 17, 2021, and Erickson took over the late host’s three-hour midday time slot in the Atlanta radio market in March 2021. Toward the end of Erickson's career at ''RedState'', he began to increase his focus on his radio show, which is now [[radio syndication|syndicated]] by the [[Cox Media Group]] to other conservative [[talk radio]] stations around the U.S.<ref name=":3" /> He eventually quit the site to work on the radio program full-time.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

===The Resurgent===
In January 2016, Erickson launched the conservative website ''The Resurgent''.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Inside the Beltway: The unconstitutionality index: 3,408 new federal regulations, 87 laws|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jan/4/inside-the-beltway-the-tally-3408-new-federal-regu/?page=1|website = The Washington Times|access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref>