We’ve previously noted that the Media Research Center — mostly Curtis Houck — has a bizarre propensity for labeling “CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil as a “socialist,” the only justification for which…
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FLASHBACK: How MRC Falsely Smeared Anti-Disinfo Board As ‘Ministry of Truth’
When the Biden administration set out to create a “Disinformation Governance Board” last year with the goal of identifying false or misleading information that harms national security, the Media Research Center joined…
MRC-Fox News Revolving Door Watch
The parade of staffers leaving the Media Research Center to work for Fox News has increased in recent months. Jeffrey Clark, who spent less than a year at the MRC as a…
MRC Leaps To Hang Democratic Tag On Racist LA Council Member
As further evidence that it’s a partisan attack organization than any sort of legitimate “media research” outfit, the Media Research Center loves to link random bad people to Democrats (even as it…
The MRC’s Double Standard on Election Mandates
As part of the Media Research Center’s bitterness that Democrats did much better than expected in the midterm elections, Nicholas Fondacaro complained in a Nov. 8 post: Needless to say, the MRC…
MRC Obsessed Over Paul Pelosi DUI — Then Used It To Bash Him After Attack
Earlier this year, the MRC was obsessed with Paul Pelosi, husband of hated Democratic House speaker Nancy Pelosi, getting arrested on a DUI charge, repeatedly demanding that it be treated as a…
Gaslighting: MRC Pretends Dems Are The Real ‘Extremists’ On Abortion
Through this election season, the Media Research Center has been trying to gaslight readers by pretending that Democrats are the real “extremists” on abortion, not those on the right — even though…
MRC Obsesses Over Biden Gaffe
The Media Research Center M.O. is to cherry-pick an issue (or follow orders to cherry-pick one), flood the zone with outraged posts about it, with the goal of forcing the story up…
MRC Exploits Fetterman’s Stroke For Partisan (And Oz’s) Gain
The Media Research Center largely ignored Democrat John Fetterman in his race for a Pennsylvania Senate seat. A February 2021 post by Alex Christy dismissed him as among the the “lefties” being…
MRC Still Trying To Distract From Herschel Walker Abortion Scandal
We’ve shown how the Media Research Center moved from defense to attack in deflecting from credible allegations that Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker paid for a woman’s abortion. The attack and deflection…