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…
Tag: Nicholas Fondacaro
MRC Whines That Pro-Trump Motivation Behind Effort To Change Neb.’s Electoral Vote System Was Called Out
Nebraska and Maine are the only two states that apportion their Electoral College vote in presidential elections by congressional district rather than the winner-take-all approach used by the other states — arguably…
MRC Whines That Ex-RNC Chair’s Hiring By NBC Was Criticized
In March , NBC caused a bit of controversy when it hired former Republican National Committee chairman Ronna McDaniel to be a commentator — and the Media Research Center was mad that…
MRC’s Resident Liar Falsely Accuses CNN’s Tapper Of Lying About Aaron Rodgers
The Media Research Center’s Nicholas Fondacaro had himself a rant in a March 15 post: But as Mediaite pointed out, Rodgers’ statement is highly parsed and doesn’t actually deny CNN’s original claims:…
MRC Struggling To Attack Hunter Biden In Wake Of Informant’s Lies
Before the right-wing Hunter Biden-bashing narrative got blown up by a dishonest informant, the Media Research Center was getting its usual licks in (read: parroting Biden-bashing narratives). Here are a few we…
MRC Exploits Alabama IVF Ruling To Push Anti-Abortion Narratives
The Media Research Center was unsurprisingly happy about an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization are children under the law and were even more happy to use…
MRC’s Limited Defense Of Haley Evolved As GOP Primary Continued
As Nikki Haley eventually became the only real competition for Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary, the Media Research Center’s limited defense of her evolved. A Jan. 15 post by Curtis…
MRC Had Little To Say About NRA Corruption
When the National Rifle Association first faced scrutiny over its accounting and management practices, the Media Research Center issued its usual kneejerk defenses. Tim Graham complained in a March 2020 post: On…
MRC’s Defense Of Haley Started With Complaints Media Was Too Nice To Her
The Media Research Center’s relatively limited defense of Nikki Haley during her presidential run actually started with complaints that non-right-wing media was too nice to her, relative to other Republican candidates. An…
MRC Seizes On Special Counsel Report To Push Biden-Is-Senile Narrative
The Media Research Center — along with its former “news” division CNS — has exploited gaffes by President Biden to forward the right-wing narrative that he is suffering from “cognitive decline” and…