We got so caught up in covering how the ConWeb applied its right-wing bias to the 2024 election that we set aside our monitoring of the Media Research Center’s dirty war on…
Tag: Joseph Vazquez
MRC Gives Out More Gimmicky Awards
Last year, the Media Research Center started giving out “Bulldog Awards” that are simply resume-padding rewards for its fellow right-wing activists for advancing the movement’s preferred narratives — including anti-LGBTQ hate. This…
MRC Whines That Media Responsibly Stuck To Known Facts Immediately After Trump Shooting
The Media Research Center’s first, bizarre reaction to the attempted assassination attempt on Donald Trump is to rage at the media for … reporting only what it knew in the immediate aftermath….
MRC Blames Soros For Consequences Over Spreading Lies And Misinformation
The Media Research Center loves to dish out guilt-by-association attacks on George Soros, and it’s mainly mad that the organizations he funds call out right-wing lies and misinformation. Joseph Vazquez complained in…
MRC Loves TV Celebrity Kevin O’Leary’s Right-Wing Narratives
The Media Research Center has long been a fan of “Shark Tank” celebrity Kevin O’Leary because of his penchant for spouting right-wing talking points. For instance: The MRC really ramped up its…
The MRC’s Year of Paul Krugman Derangement Syndrome
The Media Research Center has a bizarrely deep animus toward New York Times economics columnist Paul Krugman, which showed itself repeatedly over the past year. Joseph Vazquez, the MRC’s biggest victim of…
MRC Trots Out Right-Wing Economists To Spout Talking Points Without Disclosing Their Bias
One of the things the Media Research Center loves to do when talking down the economy for partisan gain is to call on economists to repeat those right-wing talking points without explaining…
MRC Continues to Play Lame, Dishonest Gotcha Games Against NewsGuard
The Media Research Center’s loud and lame war against NewsGuard got an assist from its favorite social media-ruining multibillionaire, as Joseph Vazquez gushed in an Oct. 19 post: X owner Elon Musk…
MRC Keeps Up Attacks On Soros On Purported Hamas Links, Other Things
While the Media Research Center was taking George Soros out of context to falsely portray him as a supporter of Hamas terrorism, it was attacking him on other fronts. Tom Olohan used…
Dirty War: MRC Takes Soros Quote Out Of Context To Claim He Supports Hamas Terrorists
One of the Media Research Center’s initial reactions to the attack on Israel by Hamas appears to have been: How can we exploit it to attack George Soros? That’s what it did…