Like its “news” division CNSNews.com, the Media Research Center’s coverage of — or, more accurately, whining about — the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot began a few days earlier. A Jan….
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MRC Embraces Woodward Book … To Accuse Milley of Treason
A new year, a new Bob Woodward book exposing the highly dysfunctional inner workings of the Trump White House — and, just like last year, another round of tirades and ranting from…
MRC Rushes To Defend DeSantis Over COVID — Again
Last year, the Media Research Center fawned all over Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his hands-off approach to the coronavirus epidemic in his state — then had to switch to defense…
MRC Tries To Deflect Blame From Conservatives, Fox News For Vaccine Hesitancy
The Media Research Center has tried various strategies to deflect from the fact that refusal to get the coronavirus vaccine is largely the domain of conservative white people — from blaming Kamala…
MRC Again Whines About Babylon Bee Getting Fact-Checked … While It Fact-Checks A Satirical Headline
The Media Research Center loves to complain that fact-checkers look askance at right-wing satire site Babylon Bee even though it fact-checks jokes. And it can’t stop doing either. A Feb. 18 post…
MRC Back To Hiding Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Far-Right Extremism
The last time we checked in, the Media Research Center was finally forced to stop hiding the extreme far-right views of QAnon adherent and newly minted U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after…
Sore Losers: MRC Is Bitter About Trump’s Loss
The Media Research Center has not taken Donald Trump’s election loss well as Joe Biden’s victory became more apparent. That bitterness was demonstrated in a Nov. 6 post by Alex Christy in which he…
MRC Censors The Fact Trump Won’t Commit To Accepting Election Results
Back In April, NewsBusters blogger Mark Finkelstein complained: Today’s Morning Joe came close to accusing President Trump of plotting a coup d’etat to remain in office if he loses the election in…
MRC Learns To Love ‘Harry Potter’ Series Author After They Share Hatred For Transgenders
We’ve documented how the Media Research Center stopping hating Ricky Gervais once he starting mocking transgender people. Now the MRC has flip-flopped on another pop-culture figure — ironically, for similarly going anti-trans. The MRC…
Following Orders, MRC Slavishly Pushed Trump’s ‘Chinese Virus’ Narrative
Like its “news” division CNSNews.com, the Media Research Center proper latched on to President Trump’s insistence (for about a week) on labeling the coronavirus the “Chinese virus.” And like a local Trump…