Media Research Center

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{{media}}{{cquote|The mission of the Media Research Center is to bring [[Fair and Balanced|balance]] to the news media. Leaders of America's conservative movement have long believed that within the national news media [[Hostile media effect|a strident]] [[liberal bias]] existed that [[Sheeple|influenced the public's understanding of critical issues]]. On October 1, 1987, [[wingnuts|a group of young determined conservatives]] [[Confirmation bias|set out to not only prove]] — through [[sound science|sound scientific research]] — that [[Conspiracy theory|liberal bias in the media does exist and undermines]] [[Traditional values|traditional American values]], but also to neutralize its impact on the American political scene. [[Delusions of grandeur|What they launched that fall is the now acclaimed]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020803220317/http://www.mrc.org/about/aboutwelcome.asp About the Media Research Center]</ref>}}

The '''Media Research Center''' is another [[right-wing]] self-proclaimed "media watchdog" organization founded by perpetual crybaby [[L. Brent Bozell III]] to undermine the free press.

==Ideology==
*[[Homophobia]] and other positions of [[fundamentalist Christianity]].
*Apologetics for [[Ronald Reagan|Saint Ronnie]], [[George W. Bush|Dubya]], [[Donald Trump|Orange Man]], and [[Fox News]].
*[[Fun:Obamunism|Persistent racial hatred]] against [[Barack Obama]].
*[[Xenophobia]] towards China, the Middle East, and any country that isn't the US, Russia, and North Korea.
*[[Liberal media|The evil media]] [[Bullshit|didn't cover]] all those [[Bill Clinton]] scandals.
*[[Jon Stewart]] is [[Persecution complex|a big meanie and he's leading]] the [[War on Christmas|War on Christmas,]] just like the 7,873 other guys who ''previously'' led it.<ref>Brian Tashman, [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/mrc-gainor-complete-utter-scumbag-jon-stewart-leading-war-christmas MRC's Gainor Says 'Complete and Utter Scumbag' Jon Stewart Is Leading the War on Christmas,] Right Wing Watch, 13 December 2012.</ref> At least he didn't ban Christmas, which literal hardcore Christian Puritans did.
*[[Global warming denialism]], as in any media source that doesn't run a [[global warming]] "[[conservative correctness|skeptic]]" to counter scientists is clearly liberal; same for any media source that simply accepts global warming as real.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120414191736/http://www.mrc.org/tags/global-warming Archive of posts tagged with "Global warming"] at mrc.org.</ref>
*[[Creationism]] via CNS News.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160915182847/http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/eric-metaxas/evolution-just-got-harder-defend Evolution Just Got Harder to Defend] by Eric Metaxas (September 14, 2016 10:59 AM EDT) ''CNS News''.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160217234527/http://cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/creationist-ken-ham-state-has-created-church-evolution-darwin-high-priest Creationist Ken Ham: The State Has Created 'The Church of Evolution With Darwin As The High Priest'] by Michael W. Chapman (February 16, 2016 | 4:07 PM EST) ''CNS News''.</ref>
*"Hollywood is ignoring right wing audiences" due to the fact that a majority of Americans agree with the issues it cares about (i.e. marriage equality, women’s rights, climate change, etc.). Not to mention as in their hate of journalism, most conservatives don't care about art, but propaganda.
*Athletes and entertainers can't have political opinions when they do business with China, [[Red-baiting|because communism]]! Never mind that most businesses nowadays have to have constructive relationships with China in order for the country to survive economically, because not having constructive business relationships with other countries is xenophobia.
*[[Islamophobia]] mixed with hard-line [[Zionism]].

==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, [[double standard|while at the same time demanding 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]], ladies saved themselves for marriage, and movies and TV weren’t made to reflect reality.

The MRC's main 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 was best to avoid reading the comments section, which they turned off in 2020. Don't worry; ConWebWatch has screenshots and excerpts from all MRC projects so you don't have to give them more traffic to satisfy your morbid curiosities.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120512021450/http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2012/cnsreaders.html CNS Goes Bottom-Feeding for Readers], May 9, 2012. These comments are directed towards Sandra Fluke after [[Rush Limbaugh]]'s bigoted comments towards her.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150413133034/http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/blog/index.blog/2333726/cns-readers-spew-hate-at-hillary/ CNS Readers Spew Hate at Hillary], April 22, 2014.</ref> 

MRCTV is another site originally intended as a [[YouTube]] alternative that now just seems to exist to churn out social media-ready [[clickbait]] and engage in [[circle jerk]] article sourcing with fellow MRC sites Newsbusters and CNS. The MRC is apparently now a self-perpetuating loop of conservative news content.

In 2018, the MRC created a gimmick called the "Free Speech Alliance," dedicated to whining about their perception that major internet and tech companies such as [[Twitter]], [[Facebook]], and [[Google]] are engaged in an effort to "censor conservatives and silence conservative speech."<ref>[https://www.mrc.org/freespeechalliance Free Speech Alliance] at mrc.org.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201001182725/https://www.mrc.org/press-releases/conservative-leaders-call-google-explain-claims-site-blocking-conservatives Conservative Leaders Call on Google to Explain Claims the Site Is Blocking Conservatives]. mrc.org, 20 August 2019.</ref> The so-called alliance claims to be a coalition of at least 60 mostly unnamed "conservative organizations," including fellow conservative free speech whiners such as [[PragerU|Prager "University"]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200831010629/https://www.mrc.org/press-releases/bozell-applauds-growth-free-speech-alliance-critical-survival-conservative-movement Bozell Applauds Growth of Free Speech Alliance: 'Critical for Survival of Conservative Movement']. mrc.org, 20 September 2019.</ref> The declaration that technology giants are engaged in a [[conspiracy theory]] to silence conservative voices marks the MRC as implicitly supporting [[Right-wing extremism|right wing extremists]] who deserve to be de-platformed by social media.<ref>Terry Krepel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20191026132720/http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2019/mrcgoogle.html The MRC vs. Google]. conwebwatch.tripod.com, 22 October 2019.</ref>

In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the entire world, the MRC absolved Trump of any blame and decided to blame China for not containing the virus; never mind that not only has China contained the virus early on after initially admitting their mistakes by denying how bad it was (although there are conspiracy theories from the right about them "lying" about their numbers)<ref>[https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2004/S00006/peoples-skepticism-about-covid-19-is-the-fault-of-the-lying-massmedia.htm People’s Skepticism About Covid-19 Is The Fault Of The Lying Mass Media],</ref> but holding the Chinese government "accountable" increases stigmatization and violence against Asians and Asian-Americans, no matter how much conservatives deny it.<ref>[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01009-0 Stop the coronavirus stigma now]. Nature, 25 May 2020.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Ben Shapiro]], who has his own "media watchdog" page ''Truth Revolt'' and possess the amazing superpower of finding leftist propaganda in nearly every piece of information entering his visual cortex
*[[Accuracy in Media]] is even crazier than MRC, if you can believe it
*[[Parents Television Council]] is another right-wing "media watchdog" group founded by [[L. Brent Bozell III|L. Brent Bozell]]

==External links==
*[http://www.mrc.org/ Warning, here be wingnuts]
*[http://www.newsbusters.org Newsbusters, MRC's blog exposing liberal media bias using the sophisticated research technique of confirmation bias]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010203192900/http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/ ConWebWatch], a site with articles criticizing the MRC

==References==
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