The Media Research Center’s Alex Christy and Brent Baker began a Dec. 15 post this way: The following is an excerpt from chapter six of A Future for the News: What’s Wrong with…
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MRC Tried To Whitewash Alleged Shady Criminal Witness Against Hunter Biden
The Media Research Center was a big fan of Gal Luft in 2008, mainly because of his objection to importing oil. The next time Luft popped up at the MRC was in…
MRC’s Graham Otherizes SCOTUS Nominee By Using Just Her (Non-Mainstream) First Name
A Feb. 26 post by Media Research Center executive Tim Graham sought to reinforce the right-wing narrative of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson as a wild radical: Naturally, the PBS NewsHour…
MRC Attacks Reagan Film It Hasn’t Seen
The Media Research Center has a long tradition of attacking the alleged content of TV shows or movies it hasn’t actually seen. A new Showtime documentary about Ronald Reagan is another example….
MRC Melts Down When Truth Is Told About Herman Cain And Coronavirus
When right-wing activist Herman Cain died July 30 from coronavirus, there was one truth the Media Research Center didn’t want to hear: Cain was not a fan of wearing masks, and he…
MRC Demands That Trump Briefings Be Aired In Full, Without Comment Or Correction
The Media Research Center has long complained that certain TV channels won’t air President Trump’s coronavirus briefings in full or that it will cut away to offer commentary. Kathleen Krumhansl summed up…
MRC Mourns Right-Wing Financier, Doesn’t Disclose He’s An MRC Benefactor
The Media Research Center’s Brent Baker somberly wrote in a Sept. 15 post: Business tycoon T. Boone Pickens passed away this past week at age 91. In 2005, he took part in…
The Worst Hot Take Ever on Michelle Wolf, Courtesy of the MRC
Needless to say, the Media Research Center was incensed by Michelle Wolf’s comedy routine at the White House Press Association Dinner, cranking out post after outraged post about it. But it was…
MRC Still Fighting Idea Reagan May Have Had Alzheimer’s Symptoms While President
The Media Research Center’s weird sensitivity to the idea that Ronald Reagan may have had symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease while president continues in an April 11 post by Brent Baker: Last week’s…
MRC Mocks Idea That Transgenders For Cruz Is Like ‘Jews For Hitler,’ Ignores Cruz Hung Out With Pastor Who Wants To Kill Gays
The Media Research Center got a bit of mileage out of “The View’s” Joy Behar declaring that “Transgenders for Cruz is like Jews for Hitler”: Kristine Marsh complained that “The media’s attacks…