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 Fixated On Harris’ Teen Job At McDonald’s, Cheered Trump’s Stunt
As apparently instructed by the Trump campaign, the Media Research Center spent no small part of the presidential campaign obsessing on an extremely minor issue: whether Kamala Harris worked at McDonald’s as…
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 Still Complaining That Non-Right-Wing Outlets Won’t Lay Right-Wing Blame On Biden For Inflation
The Media Research Center loves to talk down the economy when a Democrat is president, and one of its key missions in this election year as an adjunct of Donald Trump’s presidential…
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 Labors To Make Biden The Scapegoat For Inflation
For the past year and change, the Media Research Center has been doing the bidding of its right-wing supporters by insisting that President Biden is the sole cause of inflation in the…
MRC Trots Out Right-Wing Economists To Spout Talking Points Without Disclosing Their Bias, olo
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…