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.

The Ricci Ware Show
WTSA, San Antonio, TX, May 31, 2002

MRC Director of Media Analysis Rich Noyes on the announcement that MSNBC anchor Brian Williams will replace Tom Brokaw on the the NBC Nightly News after the 2004 presidential elections.

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The Washington Times, May 29, 2002
"Inside Politics" by Greg Pierce (Excerpt)

National Review, June 3, 2002 (released May 27)
"The Week" (Excerpt)

When CNN opened a Havana office five years ago, bureau chief Lucia Newman said Cuban officials had promised the network "total freedom to do what we want and to work without any prior censorship." Perhaps that's because they knew CNN would censor itself. According to a new study by the Media Research Center, CNN's Havana-based journalists have produced 212 prime-time reports on the Cuban government or life on the island. A grand total of seven of them dealt with political dissidents or prisoners.... The bureau also put out a mere four stories on the absence of democracy in Cuba, including one that had Newman remarking that Cuba's one-candidate "elections" contained none of the "dubious campaign spending" found in the U.S.

The Orlando Sentinel, May 26, 2002
"Out of the Mouths of Babes..." by Kathleen Parker (Excerpt)

A few days ago, a 7-year-old girl made the pages of The New York Times and NBC's Weekend Today with her commentary (albeit implied) about what President Bush should have known about 9/11 and when....
When the child and her mother appeared on NBC, the mother was commendably circumspect in answering implication-loaded questions.... What's bothersome from the line of questioning on the Today show, as noted by Media Research Center analyst Ken Shepherd (www.mrc.org), is the implied suggestion that (sigh, alas, ahem) Bush really did know something.

The Associated Press, May 24, 2002
"Stossel leads double life for ABC News: political target and parenting guru" by David Bauder (Excerpt)

"There have always been activist groups – I call them the totalitarian left – who don't just disagree with me," [Stossel] said. "They want me off the air, fired, silenced, these viewpoints should never be given the light of day.".... The head of a conservative media watchdog group calls Stossel "a blast of fresh air in journalism." "The only people who think he's too opinionated are those who disagree with him," said Brent Bozell, president of the [Media Research Center]. "The problem with John Stossel for his critics is he's so devastatingly accurate, and I guess that drives them wild."

Tennessee’s Morning News with Mark Shannon
WLAC-Nashville, TN, May 24, 2002

MRC Director of Communications Liz Swasey on media frenzy over "what did Bush know and when did he know it" regarding 9/11.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 23, 2002
"Web site reports best-selling author was institutionalized" (Excerpt)

The Drudge Report disclosed Tuesday that Brock, author of "Blinded by the Right," was committed to the psychiatric ward of Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C., in July. Brock denied writing any part of the book while hospitalized, and told reporter Matt Drudge his breakdown did not compromise his ability to recall events depicted in it.... Another media watchdog group in Alexandria, Va,. said yesterday the credibility of news programs on which Brock plugged the book may be hurt if Brock is found to have written portions of it while hospitalized. "If you put something on the air that others have disputed, and you haven't permitted challenges to the disputed information being aired, and what you air ends up falling apart, then yes, your credibility can suffer," said Brent Baker, vice president of the Media Research Center. Baker added: "Everyone who was quoted in it said Brock was wrong, but no one called him on that. You should always be careful when someone is angry at people and has a personal ax to grind."

The Washington Times, May 22, 2002
"Inside Politics" by Greg Pierce ( Excerpt)
Blame Katie

"Dick Gephardt's impugning of President Bush by using 'what did he know and when did he know it' language was Katie Couric's fault. Morton Kondracke reported Monday night on [the Fox News Channel] that 'the Gephardt people' are blaming his rhetoric on him parroting what he heard Couric say that morning," the Media Research Center reports.

Hannity and Colmes, May 22, 2002 Fox News Channel

MRC president L. Brent Bozell III on the media frenzy over "what did Bush know and when did he know it" regarding 9/11.

Fox & Friends, May 22, 2002 Fox News Channel

MRC Director of Media Analysis Rich Noyes on the media furor over "what did Bush know and when did he know it" regarding 9/11.

The Washington Times, May 21, 2002
"Inside Politics" by Greg Pierce
A 'bogus' story (Excerpt)

"The media hullabaloo over how the Aug. 6, 2001, presidential intelligence briefing contained a hijacking warning President Bush failed to heed, was 'phony' and 'bogus,' Newsweek Assistant Managing Editor Evan Thomas contended on 'Inside Washington,'" the Media Research Center reports.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020521_8288591.htm

National Review Online, May 17, 2002
"Airing Pearl; Reaction to CBS’s decision to air the Daniel Pearl hostage video" by Kathryn Jean Lopez (Excerpt)

Should TV networks be airing the Daniel Pearl tape? Was CBS wrong to air portions of the tape? Those are a couple of hot questions NRO asked a group of Middle East and media experts. Here are their responses..... Rich Noyes, Director of media analysis, Media Research Center: The Media Research Center is not a big fan of Dan Rather's CBS Evening News, but their story on the terrorists' propaganda war against the U.S. — which included excerpts from the Pearl tape — was darn good journalism about an aspect of this war which demands more coverage. CBS showed that America's enemies are using this reprehensible snuff film to lure new recruits to their evil cause.... the anti-U.S. propaganda war has many fronts besides this one — CBS needs to make it a regular beat or else it will appear as if they really did seize on the Pearl tape as a one-time ratings ploy.

National Review Online, May 17, 2002
"The Corner"
Farewell, by Kathryn Jean Lopez (Excerpt)

Today was Bryant Gumble's last day on The Early Show. The Media Research Center, of course, has a tribute of sorts. http://www.nationalreview.com/thecorner/corner.asp

The Hotline, May 16, 2002
"Media Monitor"
More Pearl Fallout (Excerpt)

Hartford Courant's Morago and Weiss write that CBS' use of the Daniel Pearl footage (see Media Monitor 5/15) "demonstrates not just what is considered appropriate on television today but how far news providers are willing to push the envelope."....Media Research Center's Rich Noyes: "We at the Media Research Center don't usually stick up for Dan Rather, but, in this case, this was a very tough, but it was a very wel-done report. I mean, it did not include anything sensational. It did not include any of the anti-American statements he made under duress" ("Hannity & Colmes," FNC, 5/15).

The Bulletin's Frontrunner, May 16, 2002
"Terrorism News" (Excerpt)

The Washington Post (5/16, C1, Kurtz) reports, "The executive producer of the 'CBS Evening News' said yesterday that he and anchor Dan Rather debated right up until airtime whether to broadcast part of the video of Daniel Pearl's murder....The Post adds, "Media analysts were divided. 'It's possible to view it as a crass ratings ploy,' said Liz Swasey, communications director for the conservative Media Research Center. 'But Dan Rather did his best to try to frame it as, in his opinion, a patriotic but unpleasant duty to show Americans what we're up against.'"

The Pat Campbell Show
WSTV-Steubenville, OH, May 16, 2002

MRC Director of Media Analysis Rich Noyes on media frenzy over "what did Bush know and when did he know it" regarding 9/11.

The Washington Post, May 16, 2002
"CBS Defends Decision To Air Part of Pearl Tape" by Howard Kurtz (Excerpt)

The executive producer of the "CBS Evening News" said yesterday that he and anchor Dan Rather debated right up until airtime whether to broadcast part of the video of Daniel Pearl's murder.... Media analysts were divided. "It's possible to view it as a crass ratings ploy," said Liz Swasey, communications director for the conservative Media Research Center. "But Dan Rather did his best to try to frame it as, in his opinion, a patriotic but unpleasant duty to show Americans what we're up against. My gut feeling is there wasn't any news made here. I don't really think it added to our understanding of our adversaries."

Hannity & Colmes, May 15, 2002 Fox News Channel

MRC Director of Media Analysis Rich Noyes on CBS News’ airing of portions of the terrorists' Daniel Pearl video last night.

The Paul Edwards Show
WMUZ-Detroit, MI, May 15, 2002

MRC Director of Media Analysis Rich Noyes on on the new Special Report, "Megaphone for a Dictator: CNN's Coverage of Castro's Cuba, 1997-2002."

Investor's Business Daily, May 14, 2002
"Fact Box" (Excerpt)

NUMERICALLY SPEAKING 212: Number of Cuba stories broadcast by CNN in the five years since the cable network became the first news organization in nearly 30 years with a full-time news bureau in the communist country. 7: Number of stories broadcast on Cuban dissidents in those five years, according to the Media Research Center. 16: Number of stories produced by CNN in the first three months of 2002 about alleged human rights abuses by the U.S. against prisoners held at its base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Fox & Friends, May 14, 2002 Fox News Channel

MRC Director of Media Analysis Rich Noyes on the new Special Report, "Megaphone for a Dictator: CNN's Coverage of Castro's Cuba, 1997-2002."

National Review Online, May 14, 2002
"The Corner"
Castro PR by Kathryn Jean Lopez (Excerpt)

The Media Research [Center] has great documentation on the Castro News Network—with some of the best of (re worst of) CNN’s pro-Castro news coverage.

The Miami Herald, May 14, 2002
"CNN is soft on Castro, study says" by Glenn Garvin (Excerpt)

CNN, the only U.S. broadcast network with a bureau in Havana, pulls punches in its coverage of Fidel Castro's regime and is little more than "Castro's megaphone," a conservative media watchdog group has concluded after studying more than 200 CNN reports. "During the half-decade that CNN has had a home in Havana, Fidel Castro probably has not lost much sleep worrying about whether the network would reveal his dictatorship's dirty secrets to the world," states the report by the Washington-based Media Research Center. The report, issued just as CNN quadrupled its Havana staff to 25 to cover Jimmy Carter's visit to Cuba, says the network ignores stories about human rights or the island's dissidents in favor of soft features about ice cream and young ballerinas. http://www.miami.com/mld/miami/news/3256023.htm

The Garrison Show
WIBC/Network Indiana, May 14, 2002

MRC Director of Media Analysis Rich Noyes on media coverage of the Middle East conflict.

Steel on Steel
Information Radio Network, May 14, 2002

MRC Director of Media Analysis Rich Noyes on on the new Special Report, "Megaphone for a Dictator: CNN's Coverage of Castro's Cuba, 1997-2002."

The Hotline (Excerpt), May 13, 2002

Is CNN The Castro News Network? The Media Research Center claims that CNN "does not offer fair, balanced coverage of Cuba." After "analyzing every Cuba-based story that has appeared on CNN since it established a Havana bureau five years ago," the center says the network is a "propaganda tool for Fidel Castro's government" and a "megaphone for a dictator." MRC studied 212 news reports and concluded that CNN gave "six times more airplay" to Castro or communist spokesperson rather than dissidents. (Harper, Washington Times, 5/13).

The Rush Limbaugh Show (Excerpt), May 13, 2002

CNN, in the Washington Times today, has been called Castro's megaphone. Is there a different sort of media bias afoot? The Media Research Center – that's Brent Bozell's outfit – is pointing a finger at CNN claiming that CNN does not offer fair, balanced coverage of Cuber. 
After analyzing every Cuban-based story that's appeared on CNN since it established a Havana bureau five years ago, Bozell's bunch is calling the network a propaganda tool for Fidel Castro's government and a megaphone for a dictator.
The Media Research Center studied 212 reports – 212 reports! – and they find that CNN gave six times more airplay to Castro or communist spokesmen than to noncommunist spokesmen.... The study also said that CNN gave six times as much airplay to Cubans who supported Castro's policies than to those who did not.... 
This left American audiences with the impression that Castro's government is overwhelmingly popular among the Cuban public, the study said.... Bozell said CNN launched this bureau with fanfare, bold claims about how coverage should be unfettered; "the story of Cuba is why do people keep risking their lives to flee that country. Our findings show that CNN has all but completely ignored that story."

The Bulletin's Frontrunner, May 13, 2002
"Media Research Center Faults CNN Coverage Of Cuba" (Excerpt)

The Washington Times (5/13, Harper) reports, "Is there a different sort of media bias afoot? The Media Research Center (MRC) is pointing a finger at CNN, claiming the news network does not offer fair, balanced coverage of Cuba. After analyzing every Cuba-based story that has appeared on CNN since it established a Havana bureau five years ago, the MRC is calling the network a 'propaganda tool for Fidel Castro's government' and a 'megaphone for a dictator.'"

The Gary Hofmeister Show
WPZZ, Indianapolis, IN, May 13, 2002

MRC Director of Media Analysis Rich Noyes on the new Special Report, "Megaphone for a Dictator: CNN's Coverage of Castro's Cuba, 1997-2002."

The American Prowler, May 10, 2002
"Snoot Radio" by Wlady Pleszczynski (Excerpt)

The Media Research Center nails NBC news for its report the other night on Bill O'Reilly's new radio show, particularly the part in which Lisa Myers concluded: "Where others see shades of gray, O'Reilly and Limbaugh mostly portray the world as black and white." This in keeping with the liberal caricature of talk radio as reflecting the simplistic worldview of its powerful hosts, "whose views range from conservative to more conservative," as Myers put it.
http://www.americanprowler.com/article.asp?art_id=2002_5_9_23_4_41

The Hotline, May 8, 2002
"Who Is Gonna Step to Stephanopoulos?" (Excerpt)

"Crossfire" hosted a segment on last night's program devoted to the question if George Stephanopoulos is a good host for ABC's "This Week." Media Research Center's Brent Bozell, on how Stephanopoulos is biased: "Let me point this out. George Stephanopoulos, during the campaign in the year 2000, labeled the two Democrats running, Bill Bradley and Al Gore as 'basically centrists.' To George Stephanopoulos, they are centrists."

The Chicago Tribune, May 8, 2002 
"Why aren't there any left-wing talk show hosts?" by Raoul V. Mowatt (Excerpt)

When it comes to national talk radio, conservatives are king – for now.... Several observers say that some of the liberals who have tried and failed, such as former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo and former California Gov. Jerry Brown, were neither exciting nor entertaining.... "Conservative talk shows have people who understand the medium," said Brent Baker, vice president of the Media Research Center, a conservative watchdog group. "They not only have to inform, but entertain. . . . The people in radio management have chosen to hire people who were political liberals first and entertaining second."

The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 8, 2002
"Right-wingers rule the radio waves; Some say big business is behind it, others say it's just a ratings thing" (Excerpt)

When it comes to national talk radio, conservatives are king – for now.... "Conservative talk shows have people who understand the medium," said Brent Baker, vice president of the Media Research Center, a conservative watchdog group. "They not only have to inform, but entertain." http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/living/3219886.htm

Family News in Focus
Focus on the Family Radio, Nationally Syndicated, May 6, 2002

MRC Director of Communications Liz Swasey on major media’s financial contributions to the far-left People for the American Way.

The Matthew Hill Show
WPWT, Bristol, TN, May 2, 2002

MRC Director of Communications Liz Swasey on major media’s financial contributions to the far-left People for the American Way.

The Washington Times May 1, 2002
"Inside Politics" by Greg Pierce (Excerpt)
Disguised agenda

"When a liberal Democrat puts out a press release on a report, the networks not only jump, they disguise the political agenda behind it by pumping up its credibility by referring to a 'government report,' a 'congressional report,' a 'Senate investigation,' 'government investigators,' and 'congressional investigators,'" Brent Baker writes at the Media Research Center Web site (www.mediaresearch.org). http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020501_25428028.htm

SRN NEWS RADIO
Nationally Syndicated, May 1, 2002

MRC Director of Communications Liz Swasey on major media’s financial contributions to the far-left People for the American Way.

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