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…
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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…
MRC Gushes Over Bret Baier (Who Fed The MRC Fake News)
The Media Research Center’s Curtis Houck did some serious fanboying over Fox News’ Bret Baier in an April 26 post: Former FBI Director and new author James Comey has spent the past…
MRC’s Houck Pretends He Doesn’t Want To Destroy The ‘Liberal Media’
Following a March 18 appearance by conservative Ben Shapiro on the CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” hosted by Brian Stelter, Media Research Center employee and NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck tweeted, “We need MORE…
MRC’s Houck Viciously Maims the Art of Headline-Writing
Curtis Houck is the Media Research Center’s new king of nonsensically hyperbolic headlines. Last September, Houck huffed: “Ben Shapiro Eviscerates Jimmy Kimmel’s Health Care Tirades; ‘Egregious’ to Exploit His Son.” Houck used…
MRC Writer Resorts to Victimization, Generalization To Justify Attacks on ‘Liberal Media’
In a Nov. 17 post, the Media Research Center’s Curtis Houck tries to justify his employer’s existence in the face of a podcast discussion by CNN nemesis Brian Stelter, who accurately complained…
Yes, The MRC Is Anti-Media
In an Aug. 29 post, the Media Research Center’s Curtis Houck denounces the whole minor imbroglio over Melania Trump wearing stilettoes on her way to a presidential trip to visit victims of…
MRC’s Double Standard on Typos
After President Trump’s “covfefe” tweet, the Media Research Center fired off indignant post after indignant post about all the coverage it got: The author of that last post, Curtis Houck, complained: “If…
MRC Pretends Trump’s (And Its Own) Rhetoric Didn’t Play Role In GOP Pol’s Attack on Reporter
While the Media Research Center’s Brent Bozell and Tim Graham were providing wink-and-a-nod approval to Montana Republican candidate Greg Gianforte’s assault of reporter Ben Jacobs, their MRC minions were assigned a different…
MRC Won’t Tell Readers How Reporter Who Exposed Trump Won His Pulitzer
The Media Research Center’s Curtis Houck rants in an April 12 post: Speaking to a packed audience at Washington’s The Newseum, Washington Post reporter and new Pulitzer Prize winner David Fahrenthold proclaimed…