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William Alfred Whittle (born April 7, 1959) is an American
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political commentator and
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. He has made videos for
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as the presenter of ''
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'', ''The Firewall'', ''
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'', and as co-host of ''Right Angle'' with Stephen Green and Scott Ott, his former fellow co-hosts of ''
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''. Whittle has also produced videos and writing for other outlets, such as the
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and ''Truth Revolt''. He is a former ''
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'' contributor and has been a guest on the
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, ''
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'', Sun TV, and national radio programs. His first book, ''Silent America: Essays from a Democracy at War'', was published in 2004. Since 2009, Whittle has been a featured speaker at universities and a number of Republican and Tea Party events throughout the United States. He is also the co-founder of the
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Declaration Entertainment, and is a narrator for
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.


Early life

Whittle was born in New York City to William Joseph Whittle, a hotel manager. He is the oldest of four children. Whittle spent his youth in
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, where he attended
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and
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, and later moved with his family to
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in the early 1970s. At age 13, he began working at the Miami Space Transit Planetarium and was made a console operator by its director
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after a few months. As a teenager he wrote and directed the planetarium's light shows. He had intended to become a
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for the
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. At age 17, he applied to the
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, but was rejected due to a failed preliminary medical eye examination. He developed an interest in filmmaking while helping friends make
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short films and formed a short-lived studio, Mindfire Films, Inc., in the late 1970s. He named
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'' as one of his early influences. In 1979, Whittle began attending the
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as a theater major. While there, he wrote and directed the short film ''The Pigeon Hole'' which became a national finalist in the
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competition. Whittle did not maintain the required grade point average and dropped out of college after losing his
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. In the summer of 1983, Whittle was part of a volunteer company of actors, directors and set designers which put on stage performances to sponsor a fundraiser for the Boca Raton Hotel's Caldwell Playhouse.


Career

After leaving the University of Florida, Whittle moved to
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where he worked various jobs. He started working as a freelance film editor during the late-1980s and 1990s on television series and specials for
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,
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, and
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. Whittle briefly ran a video editing company during this period which closed down in 1998. He continued working in the TV industry as an editor on the
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special ''Movie Monsters Revealed'' (1999), ''House Calls'' (2000), ''Ed McMahon's Next Big Star'' (2002), ''Movie Obsessions'' (2002),
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's '' Sunday Morning Shoot-Out'' (2007–2008), and
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(2008). On July 4, 2010, Whittle announced the creation of Declaration Entertainment, an independent film studio, which used
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to finance its projects. Co-founded with Jeremy Boreing, the two had guest hosted for Larry O'Connor's
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''The Stage Right Show'' earlier that year. Its first feature film, ''The Arroyo'', completed filming in August 2012, and is awaiting an official release date. On January 31, 2017, Whittle began writing for ''
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''. Also in January 2017, Whittle began producing video content for the
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's
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network. Whittle's show for the NRA, titled ''Hot Mic'', was a critique of "left-wing pop culture's war on our freedom and rights". On July 11, 2019, Whittle announced that he would host a four-part
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about the Apollo 11 Moon landing, titled ''Apollo 11: What We Saw''. The first episode aired on July 13, 2019 and the second aired on July 15, 2019. In March 2023, he released a second season of ''What We Saw'' about the
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, entitled ''The Cold War: What We Saw''. In March 2024, he released a third season of ''What We Saw'' about the
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and the history of the
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, entitled ''An Empire of Terror: What We Saw''. In July 2021, he released a history-focused podcast through ''The Daily Wire'' called ''America's Forgotten Heroes''.


Blogging


EjectEjectEject.com

In December 2002, Whittle started his first blog, Eject! Eject! Eject!, writing personal narratives and long format essays which discussed current events and political philosophy. He was inspired to start writing following the death of his father earlier that year. He soon developed friendships with fellow bloggers Frank J. Fleming,
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, and
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who praised his unique writing style. Whittle has credited O'Rourke, in particular, for "bringing me home to conservatism". Initially, much of the blog's content was focused on Whittle's support for the
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. In 2004, a collection of his essays was published in ''Silent America: A Democracy at War''. They were also quoted in several newspapers across the country. Six years after starting Eject! Eject! Eject!, Whittle began writing as a guest columnist for the
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. Both his original essays and National Review columns have been cited by authors William DeMersseman,
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, and Frank Miniter. Crime fiction author
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used an excerpt from Whittle's essay "The Undefended City" for the introduction of his 2009 novel ''Heart of the Assassin''.


PJ Media

In December 2008, Whittle moved to
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where he continued blogging and hosted several of its video segments: *
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(2009–): A weekly three-minute editorial challenging conventional wisdom about politics and society from a conservative perspective. *
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(2009–2016): A weekly program, co-hosted with Stephen Green and Scott Ott, which offers political commentary on current events. * The Firewall (2010–): A series of independently produced video essays based on his early political writing. * Klavan & Whittle (2011–): A Q&A video series with Whittle and author
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discussing various political and social topics. His first Afterburner segment was broadcast on May 7, 2009, as a rebuttal to
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's assertion on ''
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'' that the
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in
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was a
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. A June 2009 essay entitled "The Michael Jackson Effect" was criticized by the ''
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'' for Whittle's suggestion that the federal government used the coverage of Michael Jackson's death to push through cap-and-trade legislation. In October 2010, Joe Newby of the '' Spokane Examiner'' called his "What We Believe" series "a must-see for anyone who does not understand what the Tea Party is all about". In February 2011, Laura Baxley of the '' Atlanta Examiner'' wrote that Whittle's "The Narrative" was "a brilliant discourse on this
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underpinning of
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". Whittle's video "Eat the Rich", presenting his position on the consequences of high taxation on the wealthy, was played on
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's
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in April 2011. He was also on '' The Rusty Humphries Show'' that month and has filled in as a guest host for Rusty Humphries multiple times since his first appearance. His politically themed videos have been released via YouTube through PJ Media and
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. Later that year, Whittle was hired by
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to narrate a series of animated "whiteboard" videos featured on
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. In November 2011, the ''Spokane Examiner'' reviewed one of these videos, based on the 2010 book "The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth, and Power" by
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, which purported to present the reasoning behind
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, Islamist and
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support of the Occupy Wall Street protests. The newspaper complimented the video stating that it "ties the groups together rather nicely". In his role as a commentator for PJTV, Whittle interviewed personalities including Ed Klein,
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Don Watkins,
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founder Stewart Rhodes,
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,
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,
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,
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editor Terry Jones,
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, and Arizona Governor
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. Other PJTV segments featuring Whittle included: * Finding Common Ground (2009): A panelist show filmed at CPAC 2009: Conservatism 2.0 with guests
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,
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, Scott Ott, Alonzo Rachel, and moderated by Whittle. He also conducted interviews with Amil Amani and
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, founders of Former Muslims United, and activist
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at CPAC 2010. * LunarPalooza (2009): A 3-part video series celebrating the 40th-anniversary of the
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. * The Islamic Infiltration (2010): A 3-part investigative report examining the influence of
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in the federal government and accessibility to classified information as claimed by two anonymous
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s. * PJ Pop Quiz (2012): A light-hearted quiz show which has occasionally featured Whittle and other PJTV personalities. * Election Hot Seat (2012): Official coverage of the
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. Whittle was friends with
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.


The Stratosphere Lounge

In May 2012, Whittle started his own weekly podcast, "The Stratosphere Lounge", in which Whittle takes questions from his
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followers. It airs live on Thursday evenings via
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and is later uploaded on his official YouTube channel. The show is still running and episodes typically last between 1 and 2 hours.


Public speaking

Whittle is a frequent guest speaker at political rallies and other public events. Whittle's appearance at the Orange County Republicans' annual
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dinner in June 2011 inadvertently found him opposing co-speaker
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who advocated that
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should be focusing its efforts on winning over
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voters.


Personal life

Whittle is married to Russian photographer Natasha Melnikova.


Aviation

Whittle is an instrument-rated pilot of glider and
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. He studied aviation as a teenager with the intention of entering the U.S. Air Force Academy. Author and screenwriter Michael Walsh, in his 2009 novel ''Hostile Intent'', credited Whittle for teaching him the
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. On July 9, 2005, Whittle was involved in an incident while attempting to land at
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when the front landing gear failed. The airport's runway was closed for an hour; however, neither Whittle nor the other passenger was injured. Whittle has described similar incidents in his flying career.


Filmography


Editor


Himself


References


Further reading

* Meckler, Mark and Jenny Beth Martin. ''Tea Party Patriots: The Second American Revolution''. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2012.


External links

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