For one of the more self-unaware rantings we’ve seen, here’s an Aug. 12 NewsBusters post:
Media Research Center President Brent Bozell on Thursday slammed journalists who are trying to remind people of Andrew Cuomo’s supposed larger legacy — not just the sex abuse scandal that toppled him from power. Appearing on Varney and Co. to reply to CBS reporter Ed O’Keefe hailing the Democrat’s “masterful job” in handling Covid, Bozell marveled, “’Masterful.’ It’s like saying, ‘Bill Cosby did a masterful job entertaining millions except for the women he abused.’”
Or, say, lavishing praise Fox News founder Roger Ailes upon his death for creating the biased right-wing channel and declaring that “the good Roger did for America is immeasurable,” without mentioning the women he sexually harassed.
Bozell added: “When they listen to a reporter, they’re listening to a press release from the Democratic National Committee. This is what — I don’t like the phrase mainstream media. There is nothing mainstream of the media today. The news media are on a mission, to destroy the conservative movement and advance socialism.” This from a guy who’s essentially a walking press release from the Republican National Committee who’s on a mission to destroy all media that doesn’t have a right-wing bias.