Media Research Center labored hard to distract from Donald Trump’s first indictment, and it did the same thing for his second one. Nicholas Fondacaro found a formerly hated TV host joining forces…
Tag: Mark Finkelstein
MRC Lashed Out At E. Jean Carroll (Again) Over Trump Rape Trial
We’ve documented how the Media Research Center mocked and denigrated E. Jean Carroll for claiming that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room more than 20 years ago…
Even Before Twitter Campaign Launch, MRC DeSantis Defense Brigade Was Fully Mobilized
In a May 14 post, the Media Research Center’s Mark Finkelstein complained that “Rick Wilson of the disgraced Lincoln Project” besmirched Ron DeSantis’ chances in a presidential race, and took particular offense…
MRC Continued Fretting Over Tucker Carlson’s Firing, Defending His Extreme Views
The Media Research Center had a sad about Fox News firing Tucker Carlson, but it cheered CNN’s firing of Don Lemon, then falsely tried to conflate the two even though they didn’t…
MRC Flip-Flops Between Musk-Fluffing, Whining That Right-Wing Hate On Twitter Is Still Monitored
When it wasn’t cheering Elon Musk’s own-the-libs stunt of arbitrarily relabeling NPR’s Twitter feed as “state-affiliated media” (which ended up making things worse when Musk ultimately, and just as arbitrarily, dropped the…
MRC Tried To Falsely Conflate Carlson, Lemon Firings
The Media Research Center had a sad when Fox News fired Tucker Carlson, but it rejoiced when CNN fired Don Lemon the same day. But the MRC also wanted to create a…
MRC Takes Tucker Carlson’s Fox News Firing Hard
The Media Research Center — fans of everything Fox News — particularly loved Tucker Carlson, so much so that it would dedicate entire posts to transcribing what he said. Here are a…
MRC’s Whataboutism On Fox News-Dominion Settlement Continued
The Media Research Center found even more ways to minimize and play whataboutism over Fox News paying Dominion $787.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit. An April 22 “flashback” post by Rich…
MRC’s Reaction To Fox News-Dominion Settlement: A Lot Of Whataboutism
As the trial date for Dominion’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News drew ever nearer, the Media Research Center still insisted on playing whataboutism. Tim Graham did exactly that for his April 17…
Going Gobshite: MRC Melts Down Over Biden’s Trip to Ireland
Like its now-defunct “news” division CNSNews.com, the Media Research Center had a meltdown over President Biden’s trip to Ireland and that people said nice things about it. Mark Finkelstein went on a…