Curtis Houck is the Media Research Center’s new king of nonsensically hyperbolic headlines.
Last September, Houck huffed: “Ben Shapiro Eviscerates Jimmy Kimmel’s Health Care Tirades; ‘Egregious’ to Exploit His Son.”
Houck used the word “deranged” in a headline twice in three days, broken up by the use of the word “nutso.”
Houck’s headline on Jan. 17 was “Limbaugh Torpedoes ‘Childish,’ ‘Unstable’ Liberal Media as ‘Unfit’ for ‘Their Constitutional Duties’.”
In a Jan. 26 item, Houck declared, “Haley Obliterates Sexist Michael Wolff’s ‘Disgusting,’ ‘Highly Offensive’ Rumors About Sleeping With Trump.” Haley strongly rebutting the rumors is hardly an “obliteration,” given that Wolff was still alive the last time we checked.
For a Feb. 2 item, Houck’s headline blared: “Blitzer Viciously Maims GOP Congressman Over Memo; It’s Your Fault ‘Putin Has Succeeded’.” Yet that congressman was appearing from Salt Lake City, not in CNN’s studio, so he could not possibly have been “viciously maimed” by Wolf Blitzer.
Apparently, a conservative politician being asked challenging questions by a reporter is tantamount to “vicious maiming” in Houck’s world.
And on Feb. 8, Houck asserts, “Limbaugh Torpedoes CNN’s Brownstein, Lemon Over Their Supposed ‘Objective Journalism’.” Apparently Limbaugh is Houck’s go-to torpedoer.
Houck is starting to sound like liberals who overenthusiastically touted clips from the Jon Stewart-era “Daily Show.” But even Stewart made fun of that.