The Media Research Center was in the midst of pro-Trump damage control over an Atlantic article about President Trump disparaging U.S. troops when it had a new crisis to contend with: Bob…
Tag: Mark Finkelstein
MRC Censors The Fact Trump Won’t Commit To Accepting Election Results
Back In April, NewsBusters blogger Mark Finkelstein complained: Today’s Morning Joe came close to accusing President Trump of plotting a coup d’etat to remain in office if he loses the election in…
Trump Stenographers: MRC Denies Biden Is a Moderate
It’s indisputable that the Media Research Center is the media arm of the Trump campaign and, thus, its aggressively biased “media research” can’t be trusted. One of the many ways it has…
MRC’s Double Standard On Referring To Women As ‘Gals’
Mark Finkelstein ranted in a July 1 NewsBusters post: On her MSNBC show this afternoon, the sexist Nicolle Wallace slighted Kayleigh McEnany, President Trump’s spokesperson, as a “spokesgal.” It actually got worse….
Help, MRC! We’ve Been Censored!
Dear Media Research Center: In your posts on purported attacks on conservatives in social media, you have stated: “If you have been censored, contact us at the Media Research Center contact form…
MRC Learns To Love ‘Harry Potter’ Series Author After They Share Hatred For Transgenders
We’ve documented how the Media Research Center stopping hating Ricky Gervais once he starting mocking transgender people. Now the MRC has flip-flopped on another pop-culture figure — ironically, for similarly going anti-trans. The MRC…
MRC Writer Is Apparently Too Cowardly To Criticize Trump Where It Counts
Media Research Center writer and NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck has been doing a lot of complaining about President Trump’s tweets arguing that MSNBC host Joe Scarborough murdered an intern, Lori Klausutis,…
MRC’s Hypocrisy On Finding Pandemic ‘Silver Lining’ Continues
Last month, we noted that the Media Research Center has been upset that some people claim to have noted silver linings to the coronavirus pandemic — even though its “news” division, CNSNews.com,…
MRC Still Trying To Shield Fox News From Criticism Over Coronavirus Misinfo
We’ve documented how the Media Research Center spent a good part of March rushing to the defense of its favorite news channel, Fox News, against credible accusations that it has misinformed its…
Following Orders, MRC Slavishly Pushed Trump’s ‘Chinese Virus’ Narrative
Like its “news” division CNSNews.com, the Media Research Center proper latched on to President Trump’s insistence (for about a week) on labeling the coronavirus the “Chinese virus.” And like a local Trump…