As we noted, the Media Research Center could only be bothered to barely acknowledge the fiasco that was James O’Keefe and Project Veritas’ attempt to fabricate a fake scandal against Roy Moore…
Tag: Scott Whitlock
MRC Incapable Of Unequivocally Denouncing Roy Moore
The Media Research Center is running into the same problem with Roy Moore that it had with Bill O’Reilly: an inability to criticize the bad behavior of a prominent conservative without equivocating…
MRC Pretends Trump’s (And Its Own) Rhetoric Didn’t Play Role In GOP Pol’s Attack on Reporter
While the Media Research Center’s Brent Bozell and Tim Graham were providing wink-and-a-nod approval to Montana Republican candidate Greg Gianforte’s assault of reporter Ben Jacobs, their MRC minions were assigned a different…
MRC Binges on Schadenfreude Over Trump Win, Forgets How It Acted in 2012
The Media Research Center was in full schadenfreude mode, detailing critical media reaction from others to Donald Trump’s win. “Meltdown” was a pretty heavily used word. Curtis Houck wrote: “By Wednesday morning,…
MRC, As Expected, Bashes ‘Pushy’ Debate Moderators
It was all but guaranteed that the Media Research Center would not like the performance of the moderators at Sunday’s presidential debate, because they do not work for Fox News. And so,…
A Short History of the MRC’s Semi-Birtherism
Bryan Ballas complains in a Sept. 2 NewsBusters post that the Washington Post did an article on right-wing pastor Rafael Cruz’s assertion that his son, Sen. Ted Cruz, is eligible to run…
MRC Invokes A Fallacy to Bash Jon Stewart Out The Doorwhit
We predicted that the Media Research Center would be hurling all sorts of envy and spite at Jon Stewart as he finishes up his run as “Daily Show” host, and we weren’t…
MRC Is Mad That People Wish Obama A Happy Birthday
Scott Whitlock really did devote an Aug. 4 Media Research Center item to this complaint: From 2009 to 2014, every year of Barack Obama’s presidency, the networks have observed his birthday, often…
MRC’s Double Standard on Veterans Care Scandals
In a May 6 Media Research Center item, Scott Whitlock proclaims “the brewing controversy impacting American veterans and a shocking lack of access to hospital care” to be a “a Barack Obama…
MRC Obsesses Over Sterling’s Long-Ago Dem Donations, Ignores He’s A Registered Republican
Scott Whitlock huffs in an April 28 Media Research Center item: In just over 36 hours, the three network morning and evening shows have already devoted 70 minutes of coverage to racist…