Charlie Sykes Biography

Charles Jay Sykes is a renonwed American political commentator who is presently editor-in-chief of the website The Bulwark. He hosted a conservative talk show on WTMJ in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1993 to 2016. Additionally, he was also the editor of Right Wisconsin which was co-owned with WTMJ’s then-parent company E. W. Scripps.

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10 Quick Facts About Charles Jay Sykes

1. Name: Charles Jay Sykes
2. Age: 67 Years (2021)
3. Birthday: 11 November
4. Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
5. Height: Average
6. Nationality: American
7. Occupation: Political commentator
8. Marital Status: Married
9. Salary: $167,467
10. Net worth: $35.8 million

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Charlie Sykes Age

Sykes is 67 years old as of 2021, he was born on 11 November 1954, in Seattle, Washington, United States. He celebrates his birthday on 11 November every year, and his birth sign is Scorpio.

Charlie Sykes Height

Sykes stands at an average height. He appears to be quite tall in stature if his photos, relative to his surroundings, are anything to go by. Nonetheless, details concerning his actual height and other body measurements are presently not publicly available. We will update this section when the information is available.

Charlie Sykes Education

Sykes studied and graduated from Nicolet High School. Sykes then joined the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where in 1975 he graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in English.

Charlie Sykes Family

Sykes was born in Seattle, Washington, and brought up in New York and Fox Point, Wisconsin. He is the son of Katherine “Kay” Border(mother) and Jay G. Sykes(father)a lawyer who subsequently served as a journalist for several small newspapers in New York prior to settling with the Milwaukee Sentinel in the year 1962.

Jay later became a board member of the American Civil Liberties Union Wisconsin chapter and ran for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin unsuccessfully against Martin J. Schreiber in the year 1970 primary.

Charlie Sykes Wife

Sykes is married to Janet Riordan. The couple married in 2000. ​He was previously married to Christine Libbey. The couple married in 1975 and divorced in 1978.

Sykes was also married to Diane S. Sykes in 1980 who went on to become a Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice and then Chief United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The pair had two children together and divorced in the year 1999.

Charlie Sykes Salary

Sykes receives an average annual salary of $167,467. This is Per our average wage estimates for a journalist in the United States. However, these figures may vary substantially according to the level of seniority of the employee. At the moment, we do not have the exact salary but we will update this section when the information is available.

Charlie Sykes Net Worth

Sykes has an estimated net worth of $35.8 million dollars as of 2022. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as a Political Commentator. Through his various sources of income, Charlie has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

Charlie Sykes Measurements and Facts

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Charlie Sykes Wiki

• Full Names: Charles Jay Sykes
• Popular As: Political commentator
• Gender: Male
• Occupation / Profession: Commentator
• Nationality: American
• Race / Ethnicity: White
• Religion: Not Known
• Sexual Orientation: Straight

Charlie Syke Birthday

• Age / How Old?: 67 Years (2022)
• Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
• Date of Birth: 11 November 1954
• Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, United States.
• Birthday: 11 November 

Charlie Syke Body Measurements

• Body Measurements: To be updated
• Height / How Tall?: Average
• Weight: Moderate
• Eye Color: To be updated
• Hair Color: To be updated
• Shoe Size: To be updated

Charlie Syke Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad): Jay G. Sykes
• Mother: Katherine “Kay” Border
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Known
• Marital Status: Married
• Wife/Spouse: Married to Janet Riordan (m. 2000), Diane S. Sykes (m. 1980–1999)
• Dating / Girlfriend: Not Applicable
• Children: Three

Charlie Syke Net Worth and Salary

• Net Worth: $35.8 million
• Salary: $167,467
• Source of Income: Political commentator

Charlie Sykes Podcast

Sykes became the new host of The Daily Standard, the revived podcast of The Weekly Standard magazine in February 2018. Currently, he serves as the host of a recurring podcast from The Bulwark.

Charlie Sykes Msnbc

Sykes, MSNBC columnist is the founder as well as an editor-at-large of the Bulwark and host of “The Bulwark Podcast.”

Charlie Sykes New York Times

Sykes has, also composed commentary for Imprimis, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal and has edited WI Interest, the magazine of the Badger Institute (formerly the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute) as well as the website Right Wisconsin.

Since December 2018, Sykes has been editor-in-chief of The Bulwark. In October 2016, Sykes reported that he had decided late in the year 2015 to quit his radio show for unspecified personal reasons.

Sykes wrote, in December 2016 an op-ed for The New York Times suggesting that the conservative movement had lost its way during the year 2016 campaign, saying “…as we learned this year, we had succeeded in persuading our audiences to ignore and discount any information from the mainstream media. Over time, we’d succeeded in delegitimizing the media altogether — all the normal guideposts were down, the referees discredited.”

Charlie Sykes How The Right Lost Its Mind

In October 2017, his most recent book, “How the Right Lost Its Mind,” was published.

Charlie Sykes Radio Show

Sykes began hosting talk radio in the year 1989 as a substitute host for Mark Belling at WISN in Milwaukee. Sykes got his own show on WISN by the year 1992. Lacking a contract with WISN, Sykes joined to WTMJ within a year and hosted a morning show there until 19 December 2016.

In the year 2002, Sykes and fellow WTMJ host Jeff Wagner gained prominence in leading a campaign to recall Milwaukee County Executive Tom Ament, who was embroiled in scandal for changing the county pension policy to give himself as well as close aides large payouts; Ament controversially retired at the end of February 2002, rather than resign, to retain his pension.

In the year 2005 speech, Jay Heck, executive director of the Wisconsin branch of the liberal political advocacy group Common Cause referred to Sykes’s influence on local politicians. “The Sykes Republicans from southeastern Wisconsin are worried that he will castigate them by calling them RINOs, ‘Republicans in name only.’ So (he makes it) very difficult for Republicans to be independent of the party line on any issue.”

On 26 July 2005, WTMJ settled a libel lawsuit against Sykes for $5,000 along with Spanish Journal editor Robert Miranda, over a November 2004 blog post by Sykes that alleged that Miranda in the year 1991 organized a protest that became violent in opposition to a “pro-American” rally at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, information that Sykes later retracted.

Sykes did not support the Donald Trump presidency in the year 2016 bid, campaigning against him and instead choosing to cast a write-in vote for independent conservative candidate Evan McMullin.Sykes reaved that he had decided late in 2015 to quit his radio show for unspecified personal reasons in October 2016.

Charlie Sykes Books

• How the Right Lost Its Mind 2017
• Fail U.: The False Promise of Higher Education 2016
• A Nation of Moochers: America’s Addiction to Getting Something for Nothing 2012
• 50 Rules Kids Won’t Learn in School: Real-World Antidotes to Feel-Good Education 2007

• The End of Privacy: The Attack on Personal Rights at Home, at Work, On-Line, and in Court 1999
• Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can’t Read, Write, Or
• Add 1995 A Nation of Victims: The Decay of the American Character 1992

• The Hollow Men: Politics and Corruption in Higher Education 1990
• Profscam: Professors and the Demise of Higher Education 1988
• Medical Nightmares: German Doctors-American Doctors 1988

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