The Media Research Center, it seems, is concerned about prison conditions only when it’s feared a prominent Trump supporter might end up in one. Mark Finkelstein spent a June 10 NewsBusters post…
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MRC Parrots Anti-Omar Narrative — Then Gets Mad When The Narrative Is Pointed Out
The Media Research Center has eagerly parroted the right-wing narrative that Rep. Ilhan Omar insulted America by allegedly describing 9/11 as “some people did something.” For instance, Kristine Marsh huffed that Omar…
NewsBusters Blogger Thinks Roy Cohn Was A Good Guy
In a March 29 NewsBusters post, Mark Finkelstein complained that a “bitter” Joe Scarborough said that President Trump found his “own Roy Cohn” in Attorney General William Barr. Finkelstein then explained what…
NewsBusters Blogger Still Denying Trump-Epstein Link
As we’ve documented, NewsBusters blogger Mark Finkelstein is very much in denial that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has with President Trump and tries to steer the conversation at every opportunity to…
NewsBusters Blogger Insists Clinton’s Link to Epstein Is More Important Than Trump’s
Mark Finkelstein whines in a Feb. 22 MRC NewsBusters post: Court documents show that Bill Clinton took at least 26 trips on convicted sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious “Lolita Express” party plane. There’s…
MRC Frets Over TV Channel’s Anti-Vaccine Past, Forgets Its Own
The Media Research Center’s Scott Whitlock grumbled in a Feb. 14 post: ABC is worried that Hollywood celebrities have been promoting anti-science, anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. Yet, the network seemed to forget that…
MRC Defends Sanders Claiming God Ordained Trump — But Attacked Those Who Claimed God Ordained Obama
The Media Research Center’s Ryan Foley writes in a Feb. 1 post: During Wednesday’s edition of Erin Burnett OutFront, the eponymous host and her panel reacted to White House Press Secretary Sarah…
MRC’s Double Standard on Schadenfreude, Or: Dancing on the Newseum’s Grave
A Jan. 25 NewsBusters post by Mark Finkelstein admonished former Republican aide Rick Tyler against engaging in “schadenfreude” over the arrest of Trump confidante and overall sleaze Roger Stone, because “to take…
At The MRC, Kevin Hart’s Anti-Gay ‘Thought Crimes’ vs. Mika’s ‘Disgusting’ Anti-Gay Remark
When comedian Kevin Hart lost his job as host of next year’s Oscars when old homophobic jokes and Twitter posts resurfaced — one of which called a critic a “FAT FAG” —…
NewsBusters Blogger Doesn’t Know His Political History
NewsBusters has apparently dealt with the departure of the disgraced Tom Blumer by bringing back Mark Finkelstein as a contributing editor. Finkelstein has a shaky history of veracity and insults in his…