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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Malkin was born in ] to ] parents, Dr. Apolo and Rafaela Maglalang, who were recent immigrants to the United States. <ref name=booknotes>
	, ], '']'', ], ]</ref> Her maternal grandfather fought under ].
	<ref name="JBataan">, '']'', ], ]. Accessed ], ]</ref> She grew up in ],<ref>, ''The Masthead'', Winter 1998. Accessed ], ]. "Malkin, originally from Absecon, New Jersey, is a graduate of Oberlin College."</ref> and attended ]. She graduated from liberal/progressive ], but she describes it as a "radically left-wing, liberal arts college." <ref>, '']'', ], ]. Accessed ], ]. "After graduating from Holy Spirit High School I went to Oberlin College in Ohio, a small, radically left-wing, liberal arts college."</ref> In 1993, she married Jesse Malkin, a ]. As of 2004 Jesse, a former economist for the ]<ref>http://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/m/malkin_jesse_d.html</ref> stays home and raises the two Malkin children. <ref>http://michellemalkin.com/2004/08/27/americas-broken-health-insurance-system ("After my husband quit his job earlier this year (to become a full-time stay-at-home dad).")</ref><ref name="MMabout"/>

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	==Career==
	Malkin began her career at the '']'', working as a columnist from 1992 to 1994. In 1996, she moved to ], where she wrote columns for '']''. She became a nationally ] ] with ] in 1999. She also has been a frequent commentator for ] and has guest-hosted '']''.

	In June 2004 she launched a political ] which quickly became a popular conservative blog, at most times residing among the top five conservative political blogs.<ref>
	at ''The Truth Laid Bear''</ref> After initially allowing reader comments, she disabled them, attributing her decision to an intolerable level of obscene and racist comments.<ref>, MichelleMalkin.com, ], ]</ref> A 2007 memo from the ] described Malkin as one of the five "best-read national conservative bloggers." <ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0607/4483.html
	"GOP issues rules to avoid Macaca moments"], Carrie Budoff, '']'', ], ]</ref> In June 2007, she revamped the blog, moving it to ] and a larger server.<ref>, ] ]</ref> With the new redesign, subscribed readers can once again post comments, but only if they registered before 5 p.m. on June 22, 2007.<ref name="comments"> , ] ], updated ] ]</ref>

	Malkin's blog occasionally highlights ] from other sites, most notably an investigation into financial irregularities at ].<ref>, Michellemalkin.com, ] ]</ref> She is frequently used as an example of the blurred line between bloggers and reporters, given such investigations and her widely distributed columns and appearances on multiple media outlets.

	Her first book, '']'', was published in 2002 and was a ].

	In 2004, she wrote '']'', defending ] by the United States Government during ]. She related the theme to the contemporary ], taking some heat from ] civil rights organizations who had been uniformly opposed to this historical policy. The "Historians' Committee for Fairness," a group of professors, condemned the book for not having undergone ] and argued that its central ] is false.<ref>"Open Letter to Michelle Malkin" from the "Historians' Committee for Fairness"</ref> An attempt to ban the book from the ] National Historic Site failed.<ref>, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]; has links to Malkin's responses to criticisms of ''In Defense of Internment''</ref>

	Malkin's third book, '']'' was released in October 2005.

	=== Hot Air website ===
	On April 24, 2006, ''Hot Air'', a "conservative Internet broadcast network" went into operation, with Malkin as founder/CEO.<ref>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/4/prweb376471.htm
	"Conservative Internet Broadcast Network Debuts"], PRWeb.com, ] ]</ref> Other staffers include "]" and Bryan Preston.

	After ''Hot Air'''s first year of operation, Malkin wrote:
	:hanks to all of you for making the first year of Hot Air a phenomenal success. ... One of the primary goals in starting this site was to give you content and analysis you can’t get anywhere else on a daily basis–both on the blog and in our original video features. Another chief goal: having fun. <ref>[http://hotair.com/archives/2007/04/24/hot-air-turns-one
	"Hot Air turns One"], Michelle Malkin, HotAir.com, ] ]</ref>

	After Malkin criticized hip hop artist ] for "degrading women" in a ''Vent'' episode, Akon's ], ], forced ] to remove the video by issuing a ] takedown notice <ref>
	, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]</ref> but backed down <ref>
	, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]</ref> after the ] joined Malkin and ''Hot Air'' in contesting the removal as a misuse of copyright law.<ref>
	, ] press release, ] ]</ref>

	==Controversies==
	Bronwyn Lance Chester, an editorial writer at '']'', stated in November 2004 when the newspaper dropped Malkin's column that Malkin "habitually mistakes shrill for thought-provoking and substitutes screaming for discussion. She’s an Asian ]. ... She’s the worst of what’s wrong with punditry today. She adds absolutely nothing to genuine political discourse." <ref>
	, '']'', ] ]</ref> Malkin responded "I'm not Asian, I'm American, for goodness' sake. I would take the comparison to Ann Coulter as somewhat of a compliment. I have a lot of respect for Ann Coulter."<ref name=NewsMax2004>
	, ], ] ]</ref>

	Malkin has been criticized for defending the forced ] during ].<ref>http://www.reason.com/news/show/36412.html</ref><ref>http://mediamatters.org/items/200408110001</ref> While promoting her book "'']''", Malkin was asked whether she believed internment was "the right thing to do". Malkin responded:

	<blockquote>"Well, I think that, based on the military intelligence and legal assessments at the time, the Roosevelt administration did the best that it could do."<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5662098/</ref></blockquote>

	John Tateishi, the executive director of the ] issued a media release on ], ] stating:

	<blockquote>"Michelle Malkin's book In Defense of Internment: The Case for Racial Profiling in World War II and the War on Terror is a desperate attempt to impugn the loyalty of Japanese Americans during World War II to justify harsher governmental policies today in the treatment of Arab and Muslim Americans."</blockquote>

	As a result of the controversy, ]-based newspaper '']'' dropped her column. Midweek editor, Don Chapman stated:

	<blockquote>"In light of her new book and guest column in the Star-Bulletin justifying the internment of Japanese-American families in WWII, we felt she had become a detriment to our reputation and to our business."<ref>http://michellemalkin.com/2004/08/27/book-buzz-2/</ref>
	</blockquote>

	In April 2006, Students Against War, a campus group at ], staged a protest against the presence of military recruiters on campus, and sent out a ] containing contact details (names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses) of their three-person "] press team" for use by reporters. Malkin included these contact details in a blog post criticizing SAW and UCSC.<ref name=MM04974>
	, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]</ref>
	Malkin claims the contact information was originally taken from SAW's own website, but that later SAW had removed the information and had "wiped the info from the cached version."<ref>
	, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]</ref>
	SAW "politely asked"<ref name=SAW51>
	, UCSC Students Against War, ] ]</ref>
	her to remove the contact details; Malkin refused, writing in her blog "I am leaving it up. If you are contacting them, I do not condone death threats or foul language. As for SAW, my message is this: You are responsible for your individual actions. Other individuals are responsible for theirs. Grow up and take responsibility."<ref name=MM04974/> Malkin noted that none of the three students contacted her with that request, and posted a screenshot from one of several ] websites where the complete press release was still available.<ref>
	The contact details were removed after Malkin posted this.</ref>
	After Malkin's post, the three SAW contacts received abusive emails and phone calls, including death threats.<ref name=SAW51/> Malkin also received hostile e-mails.<ref>, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]</ref>
	Subsequently, people opposed to Malkin published her private home address, phone number, photos of her neighborhood and maps to her house on several websites. Malkin has stated that this forced her to remove one of her children from school and move her family.<ref>
	, '']'', ] ]</ref>

	In July 2006, Malkin noted that the '']'' had printed photos and other details of the summer homes of ] and ], and alleged that "here is a concerted, organized effort to dig up and publicize the private home information of prominent conservatives in the media and blogosphere to intimidate them."<ref>
	, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]</ref>
	Two days later, the ] reported that Rumsfeld's office had given permission for the ''Times'' story and that the Secret Service said there was no security threat.<ref>
	, ''The Horses Mouth'' blog, ] website, ] ]</ref>

	Malkin created a "Conservative YouTubers" group at the ] website in July 2006.<ref>
	, youtube.com</ref>
	In October 2006, she stated that "nti-] YouTube users have reported having their videos yanked and accounts suspended" as a result of a campaign by "members of the Religion of Perpetual Outrage".<ref>
	, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]</ref>
	Later she noted reports that YouTube had failed to remove recruitment videos for street gangs<ref>
	, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]</ref>
	and "jihadi propaganda."<ref>
	, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]</ref>

	In February 2007, Malkin accused YouTube of double standards after Nick Gisburne, an atheistic YouTuber who had posted videos critical of ] without any difficulty, was supposedly suspended for posting material critical of ].<ref>
	, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]</ref> Gisburne later said that the suspension had nothing to do with politics and everything to do with his use of copyrighted music in one of his videos. <ref>
	, Gisburne.com, ] ]</ref>

	Malkin occasionally posts ] she received, which often consists of racist or sexist epithets.<ref>
	, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]</ref> <ref>
	, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]</ref>. Malkin says she has been "attacked as an 'Aunt Thomasina and a sellout and a race traitor' by liberals of Asian background" <ref name=NewsMax2004/>

	===The O'Reilly Factor===
	While filling in for Bill O'Reilly on '']'', Malkin interviewed ] leader Malik Zulu Shabazz about the ].<ref>, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]</ref> When Malkin challenged Shabazz to apologize about a NBPP calling ] a "dead man walking", Shabazz said, "Will you apologize for being a political prostitute for Bill O'Reilly, a white male ] racist, as a woman of color?". In response, Malkin said, "There's only one whore on this split-screen, and it's you, Mr. Shabazz. You should be ashamed of yourself for profiting off of your racial poison." To which Mr. Shabazz replied, "You should be ashamed of yourself for defending and being a spokesman for Bill O'Reilly." <ref>, '']'', ] ]</ref>

	===Jamil Hussein===
	{{main\|Jamil Hussein controversy}}
	Malkin was one of the conservatives who questioned the existence and credibility of Iraqi policeman Jamil Hussein, who has been used as a source by the ] in over 60 news stories about Baghdad. The controversy started in November 2006, when Malkin and others expressed doubt about a "shocking received massive, global coverage"<ref>
	, MichelleMalkin.com, ] ]</ref> that six Sunni civilians had been burned alive as they left Friday worship services as part of an attack that destroyed several ]s. <ref>
	, ], ], ]</ref>
	] of '']'' concluded that subsequent events in Baghdad contradicted the AP's claim that "that six Sunni civilians had been burned to death with kerosene." <ref>, Tom Zeller Jr., ''The Lede'', '']'' website, ] ]</ref> On ] ], ] wrote that "the AP's handling of call into question credibility, integrity, and smarts."<ref name=EJ20070101>, ], ] ]</ref> On ] ], the Iraqi Interior Ministry confirmed Jamil Gholaiem Hussein does exist. <ref name=AP20070104>
	, Steven R. Hurst, ], ] ]</ref> Malkin responded:<ref>, ] ]</ref>.
	:As I noted on the 4th, the AP reported that the Ministry of Interior in Iraq has now said a Captain Jamil Hussein does work in the al Khadra police station. I regret the error. But no blogger should apologize for raising legitimate questions about AP's transparency, its reliance on local foreign stringers of dubious origins, and information that sources such as Hussein have provided the AP.

	Later that month, Malkin visited Baghdad herself. She found the four mosques that AP claimed terrorists had "burned and blew up" still standing. She noted that the AP's only corroborating witness has recanted and that no-one else has found any evidence of the claim about people being burned alive.<ref>, Michelle Malkin, '']'', ] ]</ref> The Associated Press has not retracted the story about six men being burned alive, but now says that the mosques were not "burned or blown up." <ref>, ], ] ]</ref> No other journalists have been able to speak with Hussein, and the AP has stopped using him as a source.<ref name=EJ20070101/>

	Those working with Malkin have since quoted sources in Iraq as saying that Jamil Gholaiem Hussein denies being the AP's source, that the Iraqi official quoted by the AP denies saying Hussein existed, and that there is still no evidence of six people being burned alive.<ref>
	, Curt, 'Flopping Aces' blog, ] ]</ref><ref>
	, Bob Owens, 'Confederate Yankee' blog, ] ]</ref><ref>, Bob Owens, ], ] ]</ref>

	===Leaving ''The O'Reilly Factor''===
	On September 1st 2007, ] attacked ] contributor and substitute host Malkin when he was quoted in a ''Boston Globe'' interview as saying,
	<ref></ref>
	<blockquote>"Michelle Malkin is the most vile, hateful commentator I've ever met in my life," he says. "She actually believes that neighbors should start snitching out neighbors, and we should be deporting people.
	It’s good she’s in D.C. and I’m in NY. I’d spit on her if I saw her.” <ref></ref>
	</blockquote>
	Rivera would later apologize for his words explaining that he was overcome with emotion at the time.<ref></ref> Michelle Malkin stated that she felt that ''The O'Reilly Factor'' mishandled the situation, the apology was staged and that she had decided not to return to the show. <ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/15/stiiiiill-going/
	Michelle Malkin » Stiiiiill going<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

	==Viewpoints==
	Malkin was born to immigrant parents who she claims were in the United States on legal visas <ref name=booknotes/> but nonetheless gave birth to her soon after arriving in the US. She opposes the granting of automatic U.S. citizenship to babies born to illegal aliens, tourists, and temporary workers. Malkin discussed her position on these so called "]" in a 2003 '']'' column, which ended, "Citizenship is too precious to squander on accidental Americans in Name Only."<ref>, Michelle Malkin, '']'', ] ]</ref>

	She also opposes ], in which local authorities do not enforce ], such as the ] (IIRIRA) or coordinate with agencies such as ] (ICE). In light of the August 2007 execution-style murder of three college students in ], she has repeated her criticisms of politicians' posture towards sanctuary cities. (The prime suspect in the murders is an illegal immigrant with a history of violent felonies.) In particular, she criticized former New York City mayor, ], then a Republican candidate for the 2008 presidential election. She responded to his proposal for a tamper-proof identification card with this comment:
	<blockquote>
	"What Rudy-come-lately fails to comprehend is that there are already multiple alien tracking databases mandated by federal law that have yet to be fully implemented, integrated and used."
	</blockquote>
	She contended that the databases have not been successful because politicians opposed funding them. She further noted that the 1996 immigration law prohibited local governments from barring employees from coordinating with the INS (the predecessor to the ICE).<ref>Michelle Malkin, "Sanctuary Nation or Sovereign Nation: It's Your Choice," Cybercast News Service, August 15, 2007 http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/15/sanctuary-nation-or-sovereign-nation-its-your-choice/</ref> She supports coordination with federal authorities through the use of ] of the IIRIRA.<ref></ref><ref></ref>

	==Notes and references==
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	==Books==
	*'']'', ], 2005, ISBN 0-89526-030-1
	*'']'', Regnery Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-89526-051-4
	*'']'', Regnery Publishing, 2002, ISBN 0-89526-075-1
	==External links==
	{{sisterlinks\|Michelle Malkin}}
	===Malkin's sites===
	*
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	* of Malkin's columns at ]
	* which is hosted at Malkin's official site
	* by Malkin and other ''Hot Air'' staff on ]
	* at '']''
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	===Critiques of Malkin===
	* by professors ] and Greg Robinson critiquing Malkin's ''In Defense of Internment''
	* - a journalist, blogger and critic of Malkin argues that Malkin is not a journalist.
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Michelle Malkin

Born	(1970-10-20) October 20, 1970 (age 54) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Occupation(s)	Author, syndicated columnist, television personality and blogger
Spouse	Jesse Malkin
Website	Michelle Malkin, Hot Air

Michelle Malkin (née Maglalang) (born October 20, 1970) is a socially and politically conservative American columnist, blogger, author and political commentator. She has made frequent guest appearances on national syndicated radio programs and on television networks such as MSNBC, Fox News Channel, and C-SPAN. As well as her written blog, she posts regular video blogs. Her syndicated column "appears in nearly 200 newspapers nationwide" .

Biography

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