Brent H. Baker, the Steven P.J. Wood Senior Fellow and Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center (MRC), has been a central figure at the MRC since its 1987 founding. In 2001, Weekly Standard Executive Editor Fred Barnes dubbed Baker “the scourge of liberal bias.” In 2005, Baker spearheaded the launch of the MRC’s NewsBusters blog (his blog postings).
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5/11/2011 9:43 AM ET
Pedro Ramirez knows his "future depends on" President Barack Obama's success in passing "immigration reform," specifically the "Dream Act," CBS's John Blackstone asserted in a Tuesday night story ...
5/10/2011 9:45 AM ET
Monday's Washington Times and Washington Examiner wrote up short items on the MRC's Saturday night gala. "The Media Research Center's 2011 'Dishonors Awards' for the most liberally biased news ...
5/9/2011 6:54 AM ET
Neal Boortz, Ann Coulter, Andrew Klavan, Erick Erickson, Congressman Steve King and Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and a performance by The Outlaws band highlighted the MRC's "2011 Gala ...
5/6/2011 2:35 AM ET
Scott Pelley, the incoming anchor for the CBS Evening News, dropped by Washington, DC's CBS affiliate on Wednesday where he mimicked left-wing MSNBC's "Lean Forward" slogan as he promised: "We're ...
5/1/2011 7:11 PM ET
"This week - budget blowback," Christiane Amanpour trumpeted in framing her Sunday look, at reaction to Republican Congressman Paul Ryan's proposed budget plan, through those hostile to it, ...
4/29/2011 7:40 AM ET
Like clockwork, an unusual weather event occurs and some shallow journalists immediately leap to speculating about global warming ' even accusing humankind of causing the event. On Thursday night, ...
4/27/2011 9:23 AM ET
Picking up from flustered colleague Bob Schieffer, who on the April 17 Face the Nation demanded of Congressman Paul Ryan, "Why do these rich people need another tax cut? I mean, they're already ...
4/26/2011 8:39 AM ET
Regurgitating the same kind of derogatory comments he regularly spews on his Friday night HBO show, Bill Maher showed up Monday night on the Late Show with David Letterman where CBS, unlike HBO, ...
4/23/2011 1:46 AM ET
On Friday night, the Fox News Channel debuted a Hannity special, 'Behind the Bias: The History of Liberal Media.' The hour began with what Sean Hannity described as "how and why this bias began," ...
4/22/2011 9:02 AM ET
Tonight (Friday) the Fox News Channel will air a Hannity special, in his usual time slot, 'Behind the Bias: The History of Liberal Media.' The promo declares: "Double standards? Groundless ...
4/19/2011 8:59 AM ET
A day after a CBS News Sunday Morning story fretted that the wealthy aren't paying a high-enough income tax rate without bothering to note how a significant portion of the population avoids paying ...
4/18/2011 9:12 AM ET
CBS News on Sunday morning managed to examine incongruities in the U.S. tax system, highlighting those ' including a former New York Times reporter ' who think the wealthy aren't paying enough, ...
4/17/2011 11:31 PM ET
"Why do these rich people need another tax cut?" Bob Schieffer demanded of his guest on Sunday morning's Face the Nation, Republican Congressman Paul Ryan. Conveying his no-so-profound economic ...
4/13/2011 2:24 AM ET
"Critics say it's about time" for President Barack Obama to offer his plan to reduce the deficit, CBS's Chip Reid acknowledged Tuesday night before he proceeded to rationalize Obama's ...
4/11/2011 9:23 AM ET
A round-up from over the weekend of journalists denouncing Republican Congressman Paul Ryan for not including a big tax hike in his deficit-reduction plan and discrediting the Tea Party's pressure ...
4/8/2011 9:09 AM ET
Instead of being embarrassed by how their story generated a talking point for the President to use in a partisan political battle, ABC on Thursday night boasted of how President Obama cited Jake ...
4/7/2011 9:00 AM ET
It's a cliche that a federal shutdown would send liberals and journalists scurrying to show people harmed by highlighting a closed Washington Monument and disappointed tourists ' a cliche ABC's ...
4/4/2011 8:57 AM ET
In an argument which would make his ex-NPR colleagues proud, Juan Williams took to Fox News Sunday to push for tax hikes to reduce the deficit. Scolding Brit Hume, an exasperated Williams ...
3/30/2011 9:19 AM ET
ABC's Diane Sawyer stood out for her obsequiousness as she brought up the college basketball tournament: "How much do you think Kentucky will win by?" She cued up President Obama to agree he's as ...
3/24/2011 9:06 AM ET
Wednesday's CBS Evening News celebrated the one-year anniversary of ObamaCare by touting its benefits before Katie Couric, who devoted half her newscast to Elizabeth Taylor's passing, fretted: ...
