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 | March 4, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. In an exclusive interview with Mitt Romney on Friday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer labeled the 2012 Republican presidential nominee as both a “traitor” and a “hero” to his party: “Depending who you listen to this morning, Governor, you are either a traitor who proves that the establishment of the Republican Party is so afraid they can't…
Kyle Drennen | March 4, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. On Friday, the NBC, CBS, and ABC morning shows all blasted Thursday’s Republican presidential debate as “vulgar” “silly” and “childish.” The same networks that have routinely provided ample airtime to Donald Trump’s personal attacks on his rivals, lectured the GOP contenders on civility. Co-host Matt Lauer began NBC’s Today: “Vitriol and…
Kyle Drennen | March 3, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. Appearing during MSNBC’s 12 p.m. ET hour on Thursday, liberal Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus followed Hillary Clinton’s campaign talking points to the letter by laughably declaring the escalating investigation into the e-mail scandal was somehow “good news” for the Democratic frontrunner. Host Andrea Mitchell observed: “They have to…
Kyle Drennen | March 3, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. On Thursday, all three network morning shows thrilled over Hillary Clinton holding a “star-studded” fundraiser in New York City while worrying that her e-mail scandal “won’t go away” in the wake of new developments about the FBI investigation. Leading off a report on NBC’s Today, correspondent Kristen Welker fretted: “Secretary Clinton is…
Kyle Drennen | March 2, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. On her 11 a.m. ET hour MSNBC show on Wednesday, host Tamron Hall claimed “the GOP is planning actively to challenge” Donald Trump’s candidacy “to get him out of the way of the nomination” and predicted doom for Republicans if Trump were to lose the nomination during a contested convention. Radio host Michael Medved corrected her: “Well, it's…
Kyle Drennen | March 2, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. In an interview with “Caitlyn” (formerly Bruce) Jenner for Wednesday’s NBC Today, news anchor Natalie Morales protrayed the reality TV star being a “staunch Republican” as controversial, but not Jenner’s transgender activism. Morales explained that in the upcoming season of I Am Cait, Jenner “is seen embracing womanhood, developing strong…
Kyle Drennen | March 1, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. While both NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning on Tuesday managed to at least offer seconds of coverage to the State Department releasing the last batch of Hillary Clinton’s e-mails, ABC’s Good Morning America completely censored the topic from its political reporting. On Today, correspondent Andrea Mitchell mentioned the scandal during a…
Kyle Drennen | March 1, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. While discussing NASA’s effort to build a new supersonic passenger jet to replace the Concord, on Tuesday’s NBC Today, co-hosts Carson Daly and Savannah Guthrie accidentally outed fellow co-host Matt Lauer’s posh lifestyle. After mentioning the new jet being developed, Lauer reminded viewers: “Remember, the last supersonic jet, the Concord,…
Kyle Drennen | March 1, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. On Tuesday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie fretted over “anger” being “a major theme of this presidential campaign.” Fellow co-host Matt Lauer was perplexed: “You know, even in states where things are going pretty well, voters are still angry. But, why?” In the report that followed, former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw attempted…
Kyle Drennen | February 29, 2016
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. Reporting for CBS This Morning on Monday, Entertainment Tonight host Kevin Frazier offered rave reviews of Sunday’s Oscars pushing one liberal agenda item after another: “You know, there was no way last night's broadcast could be just about the awards....the real spotlight was on Oscars lack of diversity and the show's host Chris Rock owned…