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Atrios ( Full name: Duncan Bowen Black) is an American liberal blogger who currently resides in Philadelphia. He serves as a Senior Fellow at the media research group Media Matters for America. Duncan launched his own weblog called Eschaton. Also, he serves as a regular guest economics expert on Air America Radio’s The Majority Report.
In addition to that, the blogger is an op-ed contributor to USA Today and regular commentator on Sam Seder’s internet radio (Majority. fm) Majority Report. Duncan has worked in different places since his graduation such as the University of California, the London School of Economics, Irvine, the Université catholique de Louvain, and, most recently, the blogger worked at Bryn Mawr College.
Atrios Age
He was born on February 18, 1972, in Australia. Duncan is 50 years old.
Atrios Height
He is a man of average stature.Duncan stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in ( Approx 1.73m).
Atrios Family
He was born and raised by his parents in Australia. According to him, the name “Atrios” is actually a (misspelled) that is a reference to a character named Antrios in the Yasmina Reza play ‘Art’. The character paints the play’s key “white painting on white canvas”.
Atrios Wife
The 50-year-old American liberal blogger has always maintained a low profile about his personal life. Its therefore not publicly known if Duncan is single, dating, engaged, or married.
Atrios Education
After his high school education, the blogger proceeded to join the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree before proceeding to Brown University. In 1999, Duncan earned his Ph.D. in economics from Brown University.
Atrios Blog
He started his online political life in Salon magazine’s Tabletalk messageboards under the pseudonym of Kurt Foster. Later, Duncan started blogging and remained pseudonymous for several years. He even joked that he was actually a high school gym teacher. Prior to starting Eschaton, he wrote for the current defunctioning webzine Media Whores Online as Atrios.
In 2004, he revealed during the Democratic National Convention in Boston, that he had accepted a job at Media Matters for America. He allowed his name and photograph to be published as well. Later, Duncan said that he blogged pseudonymously as an academic to avoid attacks such as those later unleashed on Timothy Shortell. His blogging has been characterized as encouraging discourse as well as public deliberation.
Atrios Eschaton
His weblog called Eschaton generally features short entries on different topics ranging from policy commentary to breaking news as well as links. Posts on this weblog are frequent on the order of ten every day. The majority of posts in this blog are authored by Duncan himself. However, there are occasional guest bloggers. On June 29, 2005, Duncan described Eschaton as not a blog but an “Online Magazine of News, Commentary, and Editorial.”
This was a satirical reaction to Federal Election Commission hearings[6] on the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act following a similar announcement from The Talent Show. Previously, the blogger had expressed frustration that the FEC might not apply the act’s “media exemption” to blogs. He regarded this as equivalent to other forms of media such as online magazines.
Atrios Net Worth
He is an American liberal blogger with an estimated net worth of $2,586,782.
How Old Is Atrios
Duncan is 50 years old. He was born on February 18, 1972, in Australia.
Who Is Atrios
Duncan is an American liberal blogger who currently resides in Philadelphia. He serves as a Senior Fellow at the media research group Media Matters for America. He launched his own weblog called Eschaton. Also, he serves as a regular guest economics expert on Air America Radio’s The Majority Report.