Erick Stakelbeck (born January 21, 1976) is an American television host and presenter of Stakelbeck Tonight on TBN and The Watchman Newscast on YouTube.
Early life
Stakelbeck had a working-class upbringing in
Philadelphia, with his father, who was a factory electrician by trade, also being "an autodidact who loved to study
biblical history."
Growing up in the Fox Chase neighborhood,
Stakelbeck graduated from the Holy Family University in the same city.
While a long-time supporter of
Israel, he also became increasingly drawn to studying the roots of Islamic terrorism after the September 11 attacks, and began writing articles for
FrontPage Magazine.
Television career
Stakelbeck worked as a senior writer and analyst at the Investigative Project on Terrorism from 2003 to 2005, and his articles appeared in several newspapers.
From 2005 he worked as a television correspondent, host and analyst for
CBN News, where he covered "U.S. national security, the Middle East, Israel-related issues and the growth of radical Islam at home and abroad."
He hosted the show
Stakelbeck on Terror on CBN from 2010,
and
The Watchman from 2013.
He has also been a regular contributor and guest host on The Blaze TV, and a regular guest on several
Fox News shows.
He received the Ben Hecht Award for Outstanding Journalism from the Zionist Organization of America in 2014,
and a media "Truth" award from the Endowment for Middle East Truth in 2015.
Stakelbeck began hosting The Watchman on TBN in 2016.
Stakelbeck recorded an exclusive interview with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2022,
Views
Stakelbeck has addressed several conferences and events of conservative groups such as ACT for America, the David Horowitz Freedom Center and the Family Research Council,
including the Values Voter Summit,
as well as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, the Israel Allies Foundation, the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs,
and has aligned himself with
counter-jihad activists.
He has stated his view that "the American Left sees Islam as an ally and Western Civilization and the Judeo-Christian tradition is the enemy" and that Islam and the Left "have a shared hatred for this country".
Personal life
Stakelbeck is married and has two daughters,
and lived in the Dallas–Fort Worth area as of 2024.
He previously lived outside Washington, D.C.
Bibliography
Stakelbeck has authored the following books:
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