We’ve noted the Media Research Center’s creeping WorldNetDaily-ization over the past few years. Now it’s emulating WND in resurrecting a bogus Obama scandal. Nicholas Fondacaro huffed in an April 8 MRC post:…
Tag: Curtis Houck
MRC’s Houck Still In Throes of Acosta Derangement Syndrome
It seems there’s no end in sight for Media Research Center writer Curtis Houck’s ongoing tirade of Acosta Derangement Syndrome. In a March 18 post, Houck sneered that Acosta was an “armchair…
Acosta Derangement Syndrome Watch, MRC Edition
The Media Research Center is not satisfied with merely criticizing CNN’s Jim Acosta (though it absolutely loves doing that); the MRC feels it must dunk on Acosta at every opportunity, and doubly…
Acosta Derangement Syndrome Watch, MRC Edition
The Media Research Center has had a raging case of Acosta Derangement Syndrome for a while now, and it seems to be only getting worse. The MRC’s chief Acosta-hater, Curtis Houck, spent…
CNN Derangement Syndrome: MRC Feeds Conspiracy Theory Over Roger Stone’s Arrest
We were a bit surprised to see CNSNews.com latch onto the conspiracy theory that CNN cameras were present at Roger Stone’s arrest because they were tipped off by Robert Mueller instead of,…
Curtis Houck’s Jim Acosta Derangement Syndrome
Media Research Center writer Curtis Houck — who’s also the managing editor of NewsBusters, the MRC’s main vehicle for disseminating the “sober, substantial” media criticism he claims the MRC issues — has…
MRC: It’s ‘Self-Centered’ for Journalists To Be Concerned About Their Safety
The Media Research Center is so intent on refusing to acknowledge the humanity of journalists that it mocks and belittles them every time they express concerns about their safety in an era…
MRC’s Double Standard on Threats to Reporters
The Media Research Center’s Curtis Houck was in high dudgeon in a July 9 post on Fox News correspondent Shannon Bream feeling threatened at a protest outside the Supreme Court. “This Is…
After Newspaper Shooting, MRC Plays Down Trump’s Anti-Media Rhetoric, Fears Right-Wing Media Criticism Is Threatened
The first reaction of the Media Research Center to the shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper offices in Maryland was damage control — for President Trump as well as for the MRC’s…
MRC Demands Trump’s ‘Animal’ Insult Be Put Into Context — But It Mocked CNN Reporter for Demanding Context Of His Words
Following President Trump’s remarks that appeared to smear at least some undocumented immigrants as “animals,” the Media Research Center does what it’s paid to do and rushed to Trump’s defense, insisting despite…