Brent Baker
VP of Research and Publications
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Brent H. Baker, the Steven P.J. Wood Senior Fellow and Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center (MRC), has been a central figure at the MRC since its 1987 founding. In 2001, Weekly Standard Executive Editor Fred Barnes dubbed Baker “the scourge of liberal bias.” In 2005, Baker spearheaded the launch of the MRC’s NewsBusters blog (his blog postings).

Follow Baker via Twitter. (Full bioWashington Examiner's weekly "Mainstream Media Scream," with Baker's scream rating, are on NewsBusters as of January 2015. Read them here

Brent Baker | February 11, 2008
"Today, for a brief, shining hour the young got to see what we saw. Not the gauzy images of Camelot but the living spirit of the New Frontier."
Brent Baker | February 11, 2008
Correspondent Cynthia McFadden: "Newsweek magazine this week says flatly if you’re elected, it will be a co-presidency [with former President Bill Clinton]." Senator Hillary Clinton: "Well, that is not the case."
Brent Baker | February 9, 2008
Bill Maher, on the Fe8. 8 "Real Time" on HBO, said this of Rush Limbaugh's drug use: "Why couldn't, why couldn't have he croaked from it instead of Heath Ledger?"
Brent Baker | February 1, 2008
ABC News political contributor Matthew Dowd says conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh wants Republican presidential candidate John McCain to "answer to" him.
Brent Baker | March 29, 2007
The full program for the Media Research Center’s 20th Anniversary Gala Featuring the 2007 DisHonors Awards: Roasting the Most Outrageously Biased Liberal Reporters, held on Thursday, March 29, 2007 in the Independence Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington, D.C. Video includes Rush Limbaugh’s acceptance of the “William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence.”
Brent Baker | March 30, 2006
The full program for the Media Research Center’s 2006 Gala Featuring the DisHonors Awards: Roasting the Most Outrageously Biased Liberal Reporters, held on Thursday, March 30, 2006 in the Independence Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington, D.C. Video includes the MRC’s video “Tribute to the American Serviceman.”
Brent Baker | April 21, 2005
MRC President Brent Bozell leads the on stage participants in judging the audience’s pick for Quote of the Year, won by Dan Rather, at the 2005 DisHonors Awards held at the J.W. Marriott hotel on Washington, DC on Thursday, April 21, 2005.
Brent Baker | April 21, 2005
Dan Rather clip which won Quote of the Year at the MRC's 2005 Gala and DisHonors Awards held at the J.W. Marriott hotel on Washington, DC on Thursday, April 21, 2005.
Brent Baker | April 21, 2005
At the MRC’s 2005 “DisHonors Awards,” Ann Coulter reviewed Dan Rather’s career of silliness and hostility to conservatives.
Brent Baker | April 21, 2005
The full program video for the MRC’s 2005 “DisHonors Awards: Roasting the Most Outrageously Biased Liberal Reporters of 2004,” presented on Thursday night, April 21, at the J.W. Marriott hotel in Washington, D.C.