The Media Research Center despises public broadcasting, so it was wildly giddy when Elon Musk arbitrarily labeled the Twitter accounts of NPR and PBS as “state-affiliated media,” even though it violated Twitter’s…
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MRC Rehashed Praise For Unabomber — But Censored That Musk Did Too
The death of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski prompted a June 11 flashback-style post by Tim Graham: The apparent death by suicide of “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski might come as a “who’s that” from younger…
MRC Elon Musk PR Watch
There’s lots of bad news about Elon Musk that the Media Research Center won’t tell its readers. It has censored continuing criticism of Musk for bowing to censorship demands from foreign countries….
MRC’s Whining Campaign Succeeds In Forcing Musk To Allow More Anti-Trans Hate On Twitter
The Media Research Center has been complaining for a while now that even though Elon Musk has given right-wing hate more exposure on Twitter, the platform has continued to flag anti-transgender hate…
MRC Flip-Flops On Twitter’s Community Notes Under Musk
The Media Research Center has generally approved of Twitter’s “Community Notes” feature , which allowed people to append fact-checks to tweets — especially when non-conservatives get fact-checked. In April, for example, Curtis…
MRC Ignores Bad News About Twitter, Stays In Musk-Fluffing Mode
The Media Research Center doesn’t care about bad things happening on Elon Musk’s Twitter unless it directly affects them and their fellow right-wingers. Thus, you will never hear the MRC complain about,…
NEW ARTICLE — The MRC Flips Over Elon Musk, Part 11: The Wavering
The Media Research Center continued to promote “Twitter files” releases — but it also fretted that Elon Musk wasn’t doing enough to help right-wingers escape accountability for their hate and misinformation on…
NEW ARTICLE: CNS Flips For Elon Musk, Part 2
CNSNews.com stuck close to the Musk-fluffing agenda of its Media Research Center parent in serving as the billionaire’s PR agent, with only its shutdown interfering with that mission. Read more >>
MRC Helps Musk Frame Soros As The Jew Right-Wingers Are Allowed To Hate
The Media Research Center got rather touchy when it was pointed out that Elon Musk’s attacks on George Soros leaned into anti-Semitism. Tom Olohan helped Musk pivot away from that in a…
MRC Hates Twitter’s New CEO For Not Being Far-Right Enough
Twitter’s newly appointed CEO, Linda Yaccarino, has indisputable right-wing bona fides: President Trump appointed her to serve on a White House commission and she follows numerous right-wing and far-right Twitter accounts. But…