For much of the 2016 campaign, the Media Research Center — despite a nonprofit tax status that prohibits it from explicit involvement in politics — repeatedly attacked Hillary Clinton for not holding…
Tag: Brent Bozell
MRC’s Bozell Trying to Make Political Hay Over Facebook’s Fake-News Fight
The Media Research Center has long endeavored to make Facebook’s fight against fake news a politically charged one, and is not interested at all in having an honest discussion about it. So…
Did Rich MRC Donor Drive Bozell’s Trump Flip?
During the presidential campaign, Media Research Center chief Brent Bozell flip-flopped from opposing Donald Trump to leading his MRC in advocating for his candidacy. And since Trump won the election, Bozell has…
NEW ARTICLE: Faking It At the MRC
The Media Research Center does everything it can to avoid discussing the problem of “fake news” — and certainly not how Brent Bozell’s attack on purported bias at Facebook helped create it….
Mission Accomplished: Facebook Too Intimidated By Right-Wingers To Stop Fake News
Earlier this year, we detailed how Media Research Center chief Brent Bozell joined other conservatives in attacking Facebook for alleged bias on its “trending topics” feed, even taking part in a right-wing…
Bozell’s Trump Sellout Is Complete
Brent Bozell wrote in the National Review in February: Longtime conservative leader Richard Viguerie has a simple test for credentialing a conservative: Does he walk with us? For the simple reason that…
Bozell’s Empty Post-Election Media-Bashing Rant
Brent Bozell’s post-election rant was his usual anti-media bashing: This is why the pundits got it all wrong. They believed the media and their spin, not just on the coronation of Hillary…
MRC Binges on Schadenfreude Over Trump Win, Forgets How It Acted in 2012
The Media Research Center was in full schadenfreude mode, detailing critical media reaction from others to Donald Trump’s win. “Meltdown” was a pretty heavily used word. Curtis Houck wrote: “By Wednesday morning,…
MRC’s Bozell & Graham Cheer The Death of Facts
As we’ve documented, the MRC protected Trump from the torrent of falsehoods he spouted on a regular basis by attacking the fact-checkers who caught him as biased. Brent Bozell and Tim Graham’s…
Where’s the MRC’s ‘Every Hour’ Post Admitting Fox News’ Anti-Hillary Story Is Wrong?
When Media Research Center chief Brent Bozell ranted about the alleged lack of coverage of a Fox News report claiming that an FBI indictment of Hillary Clinton was imminent, he said, “We…