Earlier this year, Republicans were under orders from Donald Trump to block and kill any border bill so he would have something to run on in the fall presidential campaign, and it…
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MRC’s Double Standard On Edited Interviews
The Media Research Center’s Jorge Bonilla wrote in a Feb. 18 post: Interviews, especially those of candidates and elected officials with their ability to filibuster and avoid answering questions, are often edited…
MRC’s Limited Defense Of Haley Evolved As GOP Primary Continued
As Nikki Haley eventually became the only real competition for Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary, the Media Research Center’s limited defense of her evolved. A Jan. 15 post by Curtis…
MRC’s Defense Of Haley Started With Complaints Media Was Too Nice To Her
The Media Research Center’s relatively limited defense of Nikki Haley during her presidential run actually started with complaints that non-right-wing media was too nice to her, relative to other Republican candidates. An…
MRC Seizes On Special Counsel Report To Push Biden-Is-Senile Narrative
The Media Research Center — along with its former “news” division CNS — has exploited gaffes by President Biden to forward the right-wing narrative that he is suffering from “cognitive decline” and…
MRC Had Little To Do With This Year’s CPAC, Despite Going All In Last Year
Last year, the Media Research Center got over years of feuding with the conservative political gathering CPAC (including throwing a tantrum over MRC chief Brent Bozell not being graced with a sufficiently…
MRC’s Bonilla Invents Ridiculous ‘Recusal Jihad’ Term To Defend Clarence Thomas
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has an indisputable conflict of interest in judging cases involving Donald Trump’s efforts to stay in office despite losing the 2020 presidential election because his wife, Ginni,…
MRC’s Coverage of N.H. Primary Heavy On Complaining That Trump Wasn’t Being Praised
The Media Research Center led up to its coverage of the New Hampshire primary in the usual way, with a “flashback” post by Rich Noyes complaining about coverage of previous primaries. Nicholas…
MRC Still Deflecting, Playing Whataboutism Over Trump’s Authoritarianism
Donald Trump has kept the Media Research Center busy playing defense for him, what with his authoritarian statements about his opponents being “vermin,” immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of the country and…
MRC Complains About Iowa Caucus Coverage — But Won’t Critique Fox News
The Media Research Center served up some prebutting of media coverage of the Iowa caucuses when contributing writer Stephanie Hamill appeared on Fox News — a channel whose caucus coverage the MRC…