We’ve documented how WorldNetDaily and the Media Research Center went into a calculated freakout of a couple of paintings of women holding severed heads done by Kehinde Wiley, painter of the official…
Tag: Tom Blumer
MRC Denies Russian Bots’ Influence on #ReleaseTheMemo Campaign
The Media Research Center really, really, doesn’t want you to believe that the who #ReleaseTheMemo Twitter meme had no connection whatsoever to the Russian-linked Twitter bots that promoted it. In a Jan….
NewsBusters Blogger Gives Trump Credit for Black Unemployment Trend Started Under Obama
We’ve noted how NewsBusters blogger Tom Blumer is loath to give President Obama credit for creating the economy whose coattails President Trump is currently riding. He does so again in a Jan….
NewsBusters Blogger Pretends Trump Isn’t Riding Coattails of Obama’s Economy
Tom Blumer, in a Dec. 29 NewsBusters post, is very upset that a Politico article would point out the obvious and note that the good economic numbers President Trump is taking credit…
NewsBusters Blogger Wants To See IRS Non-Scandal Drag On, Just Because
Tom Blumer just doesn’t know when to give up on a scandal. he devoted a Nov. 24 NewsBusters post to being outraged about a Bloomberg View op-ed by Francis Wilkinson proclaiming the…
MRC’s Double Standard on News Outlets Using Fusion GPS
NewsBusters’ Tom Blumer uses a Nov. 4 post to go on a major tirade over oppo-research group Fusion GPS and its hiring by the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign: Now that Hillary Clinton…
MRC Pushes Conspiracy Theory About CNN Reporter
Last week, the conservative Daily Caller did a hit piece on CNN reporter Evan Perez, rummaging through his Facebook account to claim “close ties” between him and former colleagues at a previous…
MRC Obsesses Over Dem Mayor Accused of Abuse, Silent on Conservative Cradle-Robber
The Media Research Center has taken an unusual interest in Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and the resurfacing of decades-old allegations of sexual abuse: In April, Tom Blumer grumbled that the “establishment press”…
MRC Pretends Crisis Pregnancy Centers Don’t Mislead Women
Stories abound of crisis pregnancy centers — typically run by anti-abortion activists — misleading women who visit them with fearmongering about abortion and even emotional coercion. But the Media Research Center is actively trying…
The MRC vs. Shakespeare
Having dispatched Reza Aslan, the revenge machine at the Media Research Center has set its sights on a bigger target: William Shakespeare. Or, more accurately, a New York City production of “Julius…