Kyle Drennen
NewsBusters Associate Editor
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Kyle Drennen is the Media Research Center's Associate Editor of NewsBusters and previously served as the MRC's Senior News Analyst.

His media analysis has been cited by nationally syndicated radio hosts Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin, as well as media outlets including Fox News, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ.com, The Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Politico, National Review, among others.  

Kyle joined the MRC in 2007 after graduating from Providence College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science. Prior to that, he interned at the MRC in the summer of 2005. He lives in Northern Virginia and can be contacted via email at kdrennen@mrc.org.

Kyle Drennen | April 7, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. On Wednesday's Dylan Ratigan Show on MSNBC, host Dylan Ratigan didn't see any point to continuing the war in Afghanistan and slammed military air strikes against terrorist targets as: "kids with joysticks in New Jersey and Las Vegas dropping predator bombs on civilians willy-nilly."
Kyle Drennen | April 7, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. At the top of the 3PM ET hour on MSNBC, anchor Peter Alexander reported on a tea party event being held in Boston and grilled conservative author Kevin Jackson on "the fringe elements who show up for these rallies. Some in the past have had offensive signs and rhetoric." As Alexander spoke a large sign from the Boston rally appeared on screen…
Kyle Drennen | April 7, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. On Friday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith got into the Halloween spirit by dressing up as Sue Sylvester, the cheerleading coach from the show Glee, and on NBC's Today, correspondent Tamron Hall showed up as President Obama. For Smith, it was the second consecutive Halloween he chose a female persona, going as celebrity chef Julia Child…
Kyle Drennen | April 7, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. After the network spent days attacking both North Carolina and Mississippi for passing religious freedom laws it labeled “discriminatory,” on Thursday, CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King touted “a major corporate backlash” against Mississippi as “executives from GE, Pepsi, Levi Strauss, and other companies sent a letter yesterday to the…
Kyle Drennen | April 7, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. On Thursday, both NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning eagerly seized on the left-wing New York Daily News hurling a vulgar insult at Ted Cruz as he kicked off his primary campaign in the Empire State. Employing a subway pun, the cover of the tabloid screamed: “Take the F U Train, Ted!” At the top of Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie sarcastically…
Kyle Drennen | April 6, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. After all three network evening newscasts blasted recently passed religious freedom laws in Mississippi and North Carolina Tuesday night, NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning continued hyping “backlash” against the “controversial” measures. At the top of Today, co-host Matt Lauer proclaimed: “New state, new controversy. Mississippi now embroiled…
Kyle Drennen | April 6, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. On Wednesday's NBC Today, correspondent Andrea Mitchell expressed panic over the Democratic race. Co-host Matt Lauer wondered: “Even though Bernie Sanders wins Wisconsin, he gets ten delegates. But if you're in the Clinton campaign this morning, how are you feeling coming out of Wisconsin?” Mitchell warned: "You should not be feeling as good…
Kyle Drennen | April 6, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. During a panel discussion on Wednesday’s NBC Today, political analyst Nicolle Wallace recalled South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham recently telling her “it is more important to maintain the principles and the dignity and honor of the conservative movement with someone like Ted Cruz, who he acknowledged may lose in November, than to roll the…