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,…
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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…
MRC’s CNN Gotcha Was Kind Of A Fail
Curtis Houck thought he had the goods on CNN in an Oct. 31 post: On Sunday night, Justin Baragona at Mediaite caught CNN red-handed nine days before the election in the highly…
MRC’s War on Fact-Checking Continues
The Media Research Center remains as anti-fact as ever. Witness Curtis Houck’s whining about fact-checking after the Oct. 9 presidential debate: NewsBusters has documented extensively over the past year Politifact’s blatant bias…
MRC: CNN’s Amanpour ‘Angrily Maim[s]’ Hillary Critics
The Media Research Center’s Curtis Houck goes a little too far into hyperbolic-rhetoric territory in his Sept. 13 post: CNN International host Christiane Amanpour was at it again on Monday night in…
MRC Mocked Matt Lauer Before Candidate Forum, Lauds Him Afterward For Furthering Its Agenda
Prior to last week’s “Commander in Chief Summit,” the Media Research Center mocked moderator Matt Lauer, with Kyle Drennen asserting that “one wonders if NBC couldn’t find someone with a little more…
Shocker: MRC Finds Bias At Fox News! (Actually, Just Shep Smith Reporting Facts.)
Fox News normally gets a pass from the bias-hunters at the Media Research Center because Fox’s bias — right-wing — is something the MRC can get behind. (Also, it doesn’t want to…
MRC Mocks Burkinis, Forgets Some Christians Like Modest Swimwear Too
The Media Research Center’s Curtis Houck sneers in an Aug. 20 post: The New York Times on Friday offered a one-two punch when it came to defending French Muslims and particularly women…
MRC Dances On The Grave of ‘The Nightly Show’
Comedy Central canceled “The Nightly Show,” and the Media Research Center couldn’t be happier. The MRC never liked the Larry Wilmore-hosted show, of course, since it was not a regurgitator of right-wing…
MRC Bashes Pretty Much Anyone Who Praised Michelle Obama’s DNC Speech
The idea that Michelle Obama’s universally loved speech at the Democratic National Convention must not be praised apparently wasn’t limited to CNSNews.com — it was apparently a companywide edict at the Media…