Editing Ed Schultz (section)

{{Short description|American political commentator}}
{{About|commentator Ed Schultz|his national radio show|The Ed Schultz Show}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Ed Schultz
| image        = Sanders presidential campaign kickoff, May 2015 Bernie Sanders (24830006642).jpg
| caption      = Schultz in May 2015
| birthname    = Edward Andrew Schultz
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1954|01|27}}
| birth_place  = [[Norfolk, Virginia]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2018|07|05|1954|01|27}}
| death_place  = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| party        = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| alma_mater   = [[Minnesota State University Moorhead]]
| occupation   = {{hlist|[[Talk radio]] and television host|[[Pundit|political commentator]]|author}}
| years_active = 1980–2018<ref name="About Ed" />
| credits      = ''News with Ed Schultz''<br />''Ed Schultz News and Commentary''<br />''[[The Ed Schultz Show]]''<br />''[[The Ed Show]]''
| spouse       = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Maureen Zimmerman|1993}}
* {{marriage|Wendy Noack|1998}}
}}
| children     = 6
| awards       = Three Eric Sevareid Awards, and as leader of a broadcast team – two [[NAB Marconi Radio Awards|Marconis]] and one [[Peabody Award]]<ref name="About Ed">{{Cite web |year=2010 |title=About Ed |url=http://www.wegoted.com/about/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604015439/http://www.wegoted.com/about/ |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |access-date=May 26, 2011 |publisher=Wegoted.com}}</ref>
| website      = [http://wegoted.com The Ed Schultz Show] <br/> [http://trofire.com/ The Ring of Fire Network]
}}

'''Edward Andrew Schultz''' (January 27, 1954&nbsp;– July 5, 2018) was an American television and radio host, [[Pundit|political commentator]], news anchor and sports broadcaster.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ed Schultz, former Fargo radio personality, has died |url=http://www.inforum.com/news/4468792-ed-schultz-former-fargo-radio-personality-has-died |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824173638/https://www.inforum.com/news/4468792-ed-schultz-former-fargo-radio-personality-has-died |archive-date=August 24, 2019 |access-date=July 5, 2018 |work=Inforum.com |language=en}}</ref>

He was the host of ''[[The Ed Show]]'', a weekday news talk program on [[MSNBC]] from 2009 to 2015, and ''[[The Ed Schultz Show]]'', a [[talk radio]] show, nationally [[Broadcast syndication#Radio syndication|syndicated]] by [[Westwood One|Dial Global]] from 2004 to 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=April 1, 2009 |title=MSNBC Expands Its Liberal Lineup |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/business/media/02host.html |access-date=October 3, 2010 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> The radio show ended on May 23, 2014, and was replaced by a one-hour podcast, ''Ed Schultz News and Commentary'', which ran from 2015 until his death.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 22, 2014 |title=Ed Schultz Ends Syndicated Show – RadioInsight |url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/88722/ed-schultz-ends-syndicated-show/ |access-date=July 7, 2018 |website=Radioinsight.com}}</ref> Schultz also hosted a daily primetime weekday show, ''News with Ed Schultz'', on [[RT America]] TV channel based in Washington, D.C., that is part of the [[RT (TV network)|RT network]].