Monica Crowley
Monica Crowley (born
September 19 1968) is a
conservative radio and
television political commentator based in
New York City.
After obtaining a
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in
Political Science from
Colgate University in
1990, she became Foreign Policy Assistant to former
President Richard Nixon, a post she held from 1990 until his death in
1994. She was an editorial adviser and consultant on his last two books,
Seize the Moment (
1992) and
Beyond Peace (
1994). Crowley used this period to record her conversations and observations about Nixon (she kept a
diary), and she published two subsequent books on the former President in his final years:
Nixon Off the Record: His Candid Commentary on People (
1996), and
Nixon in Winter (
1998).
In the mid-
1990s Crowley wrote a column for the
New York Post and was a commentator for
National Public Radio's "Morning Edition". She has also written for
The New Yorker, the
Wall Street Journal, the
LA Times, and the
Baltimore Sun.
In
1996, she joined
Fox News Channel, where she was a foreign affairs and political analyst. She received her
PhD in International Affairs from
Columbia University in this period.
In
2004, she joined
MSNBC's
Connected: Coast to Coast with co-host
Ron Reagan. After a nine month run, the last show ran on December 9, 2005. She now hosts
MSNBC Live Thursday and Friday from 1-2pm ET.
Since
2002, she also has her own radio show on
WABC Radio in
New York called
The Monica Crowley Show.
In
1999 Crowley allegedly plagiarized part of an article she wrote for the
Wall Street Journal (
August 9,
1999), called "The Day Nixon Said Goodbye". The Journal ran an apology the same week.
Timothy Noah of
Slate Magazine later wrote of the striking similarities in her article to phrases
Paul Johnson used in his
1988 article for
Commentary called "In Praise of Richard Nixon". Criticism was not widespread at the time, but it was repeated in such forums as the TheMediaDrop.com in December
2004 following her decision to join
MSNBC. [
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She is also filling in for
Jay Severin on WTKK in
Boston. Jay Severin is apparently being hired by Infinity Broadcasting and may not appear on his weekday afternoon show,
Extreme Games, anymore. On
October 31,
2005 Crowley appeared on
The Colbert Report. Following the cancellation of
Connected, MSNBC announced that Crowley would anchor a program in the noon hour. That program has yet to debut.
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Monica Crowley, WABC-AM.
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Monica Crowley's website.
