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The Media Research Center is another right-wing self-proclaimed "media watchdog" organization founded by L. Brent Bozell.
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[edit] In their own words
“”The mission of the Media Research Center is to bring balance to the news media. Leaders of America's conservative movement have long believed that within the national news media a strident liberal bias existed that influenced the public's understanding of critical issues. On October 1, 1987, a group of young determined conservatives set out to not only prove — through sound scientific research — that liberal bias in the media does exist and undermines traditional American values, but also to neutralize its impact on the American political scene. What they launched that fall is the now acclaimed.[1]
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[edit] Ideology
- Homophobia and other positions of fundamentalist Christianity.
- Apologetics for Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Fox News.
- Persistent criticism of Barack Obama.
- The media didn't cover all those Bill Clinton scandals.
- Jon Stewart is a big meanie and he's in charge of leading the War on Christmas, just like the 7,873 other guys who previously led it.[2]
- Global warming denialism, as in any media source that doesn't run a global warming "skeptic" to counter scientists is clearly liberal; same for any media source that simply accepts global warming as real.[3]
[edit] Projects
The MRC runs a conservative-leaning "news" site, CNS News. Also the MRC's Business and Media Institute complains about how the media isn't 100% in line with the free market ideology, while at the same time demanded the government censor "smut". The Culture and Media Institute vents and reminisces for the good old days when gays had to stay in the closet and ladies saved themselves for marriage.
The MRC's blog is NewsBusters, with frequent rapid-response blog posts about the slightest suspicion of liberal bias in media. Given the views promoted by the MRC, it's best to avoid reading the comments section. Don't worry, ConWebWatch has screenshots and excerpts from CNS News comments sections so you don't have to give MRC more traffic to satisfy your morbid curiosities.[4][5]
[edit] See also
- Accuracy in Media—arguably even crazier than MRC.
- Parents Television Council—another right-wing "media watchdog" group founded by L. Brent Bozell.
[edit] External links
- Warning, here be wingnuts
- ConWebWatch, a site with articles criticizing the MRC
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ About the Media Research Center
- ↑ MRC's Gainor Says 'Complete and Utter Scumbag' Jon Stewart Is Leading the War on Christmas, Right Wing Watch
- ↑ http://www.mrc.org/tags/global-warming
- ↑ CNS Goes Bottom-Feeding for Readers, May 9, 2012. These comments are directed towards Sandra Fluke after Rush Limbaugh's bigoted comments towards her.
- ↑ CNS Readers Spew Hate at Hillary, April 22, 2014.