Editing Michael Coren (section)

==Life and career==
Coren was born in [[Walthamstow]], [[Essex]], England, of Jewish heritage, and raised secular.<ref>{{Cite Twitter profile|michaelcoren}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/criticizing-israel-not-automatically-anti-semitic-409962305.html|title=Jan 2017: Criticizing Israel not automatically anti-Semitic|first=Michael|last=Coren|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|date=7 January 2017|via=winnipegfreepress.com}}</ref><ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095639305 Michael Coren - Oxford Reference] Retrieved 2016-10-20.</ref> After obtaining a degree in politics from the [[University of Nottingham]], he moved from Britain to Canada in 1987. For several years, he was a columnist for ''[[Frank (magazine)|Frank]]'' and then ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', before he began syndicated columns for the ''[[Financial Post]]'' and [[Sun Media]] in 1995. Following his departure from ''Frank'', he became a favourite target of that publication, culminating in a spoof ad contest to "deflower" Michael Coren (a nod to ''Frank''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s notorious "Deflower Caroline Mulroney" contest, and a satirical jab at Coren's conservative leanings.) Coren had also been a favourite target of ''Frank'' back in the days before he began writing for them. Coren took exception to being labelled a "literary prostitute" during a 1994 interview.<ref name="Ovsenny">{{cite magazine |last=Ovsenny |first=Christopher |date=Spring 1994 |title=Cloak and Dagger |url=http://rrj.ca/cloak-and-dagger/ |magazine=Ryerson Review of Journalism |access-date=31 August 2016}}</ref>

His career as a broadcaster began in the early 1990s when he co-hosted a political debate segment with [[Irshad Manji]] on [[TVOntario]]'s ''[[Studio 2]]''. In 1995, he began an evening talk show on [[CFRB (AM)|CFRB]]. In 1999, Coren briefly moved to [[CFMJ (AM)|Talk 640]] for a short stint as its [[morning man]]. He returned to CFRB, where he hosted a show from 6:30 to 8:00&nbsp;p.m. weekday nights, and regularly filled in for other hosts until November 2005. Coren was dismissed by CFRB as a result of complaints arising from comments ridiculing the weight of an apparent guest. In fact, the guest was an actor and the segment was scripted. According to CFRB's Operations Manager, Steve Kowch, "Pat Holiday, our general manager and myself went through the tape of Monday night's show and were shocked&nbsp;... it was totally out of bounds." Coren argues that it was a satire comparing in his mind public attitude to third world starvation with North America's obsession with slimming and self-indulgence.<ref name="Ovsenny" />

Despite this acrimonious termination, Coren made regular talk show appearances on CFRB in July 2006, at the start of the [[2006 Israel–Lebanon conflict]], as he happened to be in Israel at the time. As of 22 April 2007, the show expanded from its usual one-hour slot at 7–8 pm to 7–9 pm.<ref name=CFRBBio>[http://www.cfrb.com/shows/501333 The Michael Coren Show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011094957/http://www.cfrb.com/shows/501333 |date=11 October 2007 }}, CFRB website, accessed 30 December 2007</ref> In the fall of 2007 he and former [[Liberal Party of Canada]] president [[Stephen LeDrew]] launched a daily hour-long afternoon show on CFRB called ''Two Bald Guys With Strong Opinions'' in which the two argue about the issues of the day.<ref>[http://www.cfrb.com/shows/574885 Two Bald Guys With Strong Opinions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016051512/http://www.cfrb.com/shows/574885 |date=16 October 2007 }}, CFRB website, accessed 30 December 2007</ref> After the departure of LeDrew, Coren was joined by [[Tarek Fatah]] after several on air auditions by potential replacement co-hosts. Coren was again let go by CFRB along with 12 other staff of the Toronto radio station on 27 August 2009.<ref name="otoole">O'Toole, Megan. [http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2009/08/27/the-motts-michael-coren-out-as-cfrb-retools.aspx "The Motts, Michael Coren out as CFRB retools"] {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''National Post'', Toronto, 27 August 2009. <!--accessed 23 January 2010--></ref>

On television, Coren hosted the ''Michael Coren Show'' on the [[Crossroads Television System]] until June 2011 when he left to join the [[Sun News Network]] where he hosted ''The Arena with Michael Coren'' weeknights beginning 30 August 2011. Coren also had a newspaper column published every Saturday in the Sun newspaper chain until February 2015. He has been a columnist for the ''[[Western Standard]]'', ''Catholic Insight'' and ''The Women's Post'' and has contributed to ''[[National Post]]'', ''[[Reader's Digest]]'' and several other publications. A self-professed [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] fan, he has appeared as a guest host on [[The Score Television Network|The Score]]'s ''The Footy Show''.

Following the demise of Sun News Network in February 2015, Coren briefly joined [[Rebel News|The Rebel Media]], an online platform founded by [[Ezra Levant]] originally known as The Rebel Media and since renamed to [[Rebel News]], but left the venture after a week.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/ezra-levant-the-rebels-unrepentant-commander/|title=Ezra Levant: The Rebel's unrepentant commander|date=24 January 2017}}</ref>

Following his conversion to Anglicanism, Coren began to publicly embrace [[social liberalism|socially liberal]] ideas such as support for [[same-sex marriage]]. He stated that it negatively affected his career and that he became the target of personal attacks from former readers, observing that "there is none so angry as a fundamentalist scorned".<ref>{{cite news|title=Michael Coren's change of heart: from moral conservative to social liberal|url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry/a-heart-transformed-1.3307674/michael-coren-s-change-of-heart-from-moral-conservative-to-social-liberal-1.3308474|access-date=4 September 2017|work=Tapestry with Mary Hynes|publisher=CBC Radio|date=3 July 2016|language=en}}</ref> In a 2015 interview Coren estimated that he lost $35,000 a year in income from lost speaking fees and his former recurring columns for [[Sun Media]] newspapers, [[Crossroads Christian Communications]] properties, ''[[The Catholic Register]]'', and other conservative Christian publications.<ref name="UC Observer">{{cite news|last1=Mahoney|first1=Jeff|title=The conversion of Michael Coren|url=http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2015/11/michael_coren/|access-date=4 September 2017|work=The United Church Observer|date=November 2015}}</ref> He also stated that contrition is a major aspect of his conversion and he regrets "so much of what [he] said, especially the tone" in his earlier career.<ref name="UC Observer" /> Coren was ordained a [[transitional deacon]] in the [[Anglican Diocese of Niagara]] on 20 October 2019.<ref>https://twitter.com/NiagaraAnglican/status/1186040284699910144 [[Anglican Diocese of Niagara]] on [[Twitter]]</ref>

Coren is also a public speaker, particularly at religious gatherings.