The MRC, headquartered in Alexandria, VA, began modestly with a handful of employees, a black and white TV, and a rented computer. The first order of business was to organize a research operation second to none. For years, conservatives could only present the anecdotal evidence of liberal journalists' bias - a question in this interview, a statement in that report. However, anecdotal examples of bias do not prove a liberal agenda. Only through thorough, comprehensive, and ongoing analysis based on quantitative and qualitative research can one document liberal bias in the media. 

That moved MRC founder and president, L. Brent Bozell III, to take the necessary steps to develop the MRC's News Tracking System (NTS), a custom-designed computer database and archiving system that today provides the conservative movement's now-thriving media personalities and the public alike, with the evidence necessary to confront the liberal media. This one-of-a-kind research operation combines analytical savvy with state-of-the-art computer technology, providing the means to scientifically track the short and long-range trends of any issue in the media. From a $339,000 initial annual budget, the MRC has grown to be the nation's largest and most sophisticated television and monitoring operation, now employing 60 professional staff with a $6 million annual budget. 

The result of the MRC’s work is a mountain of evidence to use in combating the undeniable bias. The key to the MRC’s effectiveness is the ability to prove bias by using scientific studies and word-for-word quotes from the media. 

Through the MRC's successful implementation of the largest, most comprehensive media monitoring operation in the world, the MRC serves as the checks and balances on the Fourth Estate. Through its divisions, programs, and a marketing effort that never rests, the Media Research Center has become an institutionalized machine on the issue of balance in the press. 

The News Division, the backbone to the MRC's extensive operation, employs a team of expert news analysts who daily monitor all major nationally televised and print news broadcasts. 

The Free Market Project (FMP), the economics division of the MRC, is the only organization of its kind dedicated to correcting the media's anti-free enterprise biased reports and to promote a fair portrayal of the business community in the news and entertainment media. 

The Conservative Communications Center (C3) arms the conservative movement with the marketing and communications skills necessary to deliver its vision and ideas, undistorted, to the American people. 

Cybercast News Service (CNSNews.com) is an indispensable on-line source for conservatives in the media, public policy and at the grassroots level, for news as it should be reported---accurate, balanced, and unfiltered. 

Finally, MRC President Brent Bozell writes a weekly newspaper column distributed by the Creator’s Syndicate. Op-eds by the MRC staff have recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Investor’s Business Daily and National Review.

MRC in the News
Many media outlets — radio, television and print — regularly feature MRC guests on their programs, quote MRC spokespeople in their articles, and cite MRC research in their stories. Below is a sampling of MRC making news in the news media. Links are provided when available, and were active when posted.

What Others Say About the MRC
Read what Rush Limbaugh, Bill Bennett, Bob Novak and other leading conservatives say about the Media Research Center.

Comic Commentary
Recent MRC contributions to political discourse, as chronicled by the nationally-syndicated comic strip Paul Nowak.

MRC Membership
By joining the MRC members gain many benefits, including discounts on all MRC products and novelty media bias items such as "Don’t Believe the Liberal Media" pens, bumper stickers and magnets, and tools to fight to correct the media’s liberal bias. Members receive a special monthly report, Flash, which keeps them up to date with all of the MRC’s activities, special reports and projects to combat liberal media bias. 

MRC Internship Program
In 1992 the MRC founded this internship program to educate young conservatives about media bias in the news so they can work to bring balance to the media in the political or journalistic career they pursue. 

Job Openings
The MRC employs a team of over 60 professionals dedicated to bringing balance to the media and we are always looking for good people to join our effort by working for us. Check to see if your abilities and interests match one of our current openings. 

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