NewsBusters Managing Editor
CurtisHouck

Curtis Houck currently serves as the Managing Editor of NewsBusters after almost two years as a news analyst in the Media Research Center’s News Analysis Division. During that time, he served as the sole evening news analyst, chronicling the best and worst of the network evening newscasts, primetime cable shows, and late-night comedy programs. From January 2016 to April 2016, he also acted as the Sunday news analyst for NewsBusters.

In the eight years that he's been with NewsBusters, his work has been featured on various Fox News Channel programs and outlets such as The Blaze, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, The Daily Wire, Drudge Report, The Federalist, FoxNews.com, Los Angeles Times, The Mark Levin Show, Mediaite, New York Times, Red State, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Resurgent, Townhall, Washington Examiner, Washington Free Beacon, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and The Wrap. He’s also made over 200 television appearances on the Fox News Channel, Newsmax, One America News Network, America's Voice, Cheddar, Fox 5 D.C., NRA-TV, and over 700 radio appearances from coast to coast on both local and syndicated programs. His articles and tweets have been shared by conservative leaders such as Dan Bongino, Erick Erickson, Greg Gutfeld, Mark Levin, Kayleigh McEnany, Stephen Miller, Dave Rubin, Ryan Saavedra, and Ben Shapiro.

He returned full-time to the MRC after serving in summer 2013 as an intern with CNS News. Curtis is a 2014 graduate of Penn State University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and Political Science. He also had the pleasure of interning with The Heritage Foundation in fall 2013. A proud native of Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, Curtis is also an Eagle Scout and lives in Vienna, Virginia.

What a Troll: Trump Thanks Jim Acosta for His Self-Owning ‘Sales Pitch’ Videos at the Border
Curtis Houck | January 11, 2019
Check out the link to the full post here from NewsBusters! A day after a trollish tweet for the ages that united people across the right side of the aisle against the media for a day-long dunk squad session, President Trump responded to a question Friday afternoon from CNN chief White House correspondent/carnival barker Jim Acosta by telling him “good job” on his Twitter videos on Thursday in…
Diamond in the Rough: CNN’s Harlow Grills Freshman Dem on Why Dems Won’t Compromise
Curtis Houck | January 11, 2019
Check out the link to the full post here from NewsBusters! In the latest installment of the broken clock known as CNN being occasionally right, Friday morning’s CNN Newsroom featured co-host Poppy Harlow taking freshman Democratic Congresswoman Katie Hill (CA) to task for her party thus far refusing to compromise with the President and Republicans on securing the southern border. Harlow went…
Watch Tucker Carlson Lampoon Jim Acosta for His Cartoonish Self-Own at the Border
Curtis Houck | January 10, 2019
Check out the link to the full post here from NewsBusters! Leading off his eponymous Fox News Channel show on Thursday, Tucker Carlson began with what seemed like a relatively innocuous open, reiterating that the government shutdown is “enter[ing] its fourth contentious week” with talks at “a stalemate.”  From there, Carlson launched into a sarcastic monologue that demolished CNN chief White…
Matthews Gloats Over ‘Primetime Loser’ Trump Drawing Less Viewers Than Pelosi, Schumer
Curtis Houck | January 10, 2019
Check out the link to the full post here from NewsBusters! Leading off Wednesday’s Hardball, MSNBC host Chris Matthews gloated about the supposed failure of President Trump’s Tuesday night address on illegal immigration and the shutdown, dubbing him a “primetime loser” who’s “a spoiled child” and lost out in the ratings to the much-maligned and parodied Democratic response by Nancy Pelosi and…
‘Hardball’ Panel Questions Whether Pence Has a ‘Soul’ ‘Kissing Up...to Rush Limbaugh’
Curtis Houck | January 9, 2019
Check out the link to the full post here from NewsBusters! The liberal media obsession with Rush Limbaugh dragged on into Wednesday’s Hardball in which the panelists questioned whether Vice President Mike Pence even has a “soul” for “kissing up” to Limbaugh earlier in the day and whether Trump and Limbaugh are the monkey and organ grinder or vice versa. Host Chris Matthews brought up Limbaugh…
Watch How Even Lyin’ Brian Williams, Guests Thought the Democratic Response Was Cringeworthy!
Curtis Houck | January 9, 2019
Check out the link to the full post here from NewsBusters! On Tuesday’s 11th Hour, host Brian Williams tag-teamed with guests James Carville and Michael Steele to trash President Trump’s primetime address, but even this — um — special trio couldn’t escape two segments talking about the night’s events without absolutely lampooning the much-maligned and parodied Democratic response by Nancy Pelosi…
No Surprise Here! Networks Blast Speech, Express Disgust with Rhetoric; Refuse to Condemn Dems
Curtis Houck | January 8, 2019
Check out the link to the full post here from NewsBusters! In perhaps the least surprising thing to happen thus far in 2019, President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night address was not well received by the broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC (and particularly the first and third ones). Anchors, hosts, and correspondents panned it as inaccurate, full of fear-mongering, and then offered little to…
Burnett to Tlaib: ‘I Know It’s Got to Be Hard’ with Expletive Controversy Since It Was ‘In the Moment’
Curtis Houck | January 8, 2019
Check out the link to the full post here from NewsBusters! Appearing on CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront “for her first national primetime interview,” Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI) faced questions Tuesday from the eponymous host about her now-infamous “mother****er” comment about impeaching President Trump, except many of them were sympathetic to Tlaib’s case.  Burnett began by airing…
Camerota Lobs Softballs at NYT Columnist After His BONKERS Column
Curtis Houck | January 7, 2019
Check out the link to the full post here from NewsBusters! My colleague Clay Waters wrote Monday morning about a crazy column in Sunday’s New York Times by David Leonhardt that demanded the removal of President Trump due to his supposed violations of the emoluments clause and Russian collusion. But when you’re a liberal and offer wacky proposals (see AOC and her tax rate proposal), the liberal…
ABC Arrives on Scene of Tlaib Tirade; CBS Hypes How ‘Republicans Pounced’
Curtis Houck | January 4, 2019
Check out the link to the full post here from NewsBusters! After Friday’s Good Morning America ignored the vulgar promise by Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI) to “impeach the motherf***er” in reference to the President, World News Tonight arrived on scene and did a boilerplate segment about Tlaib’s statement and her subsequent refusal to answer questions about it (besides a snarky…
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