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).

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Brent Baker | January 9, 2023
During a Sunday Meet the Press interview with the new Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Chuck Todd charged that “many people look at what you’re doing,” with a a planned investigation into influence peddling by President Joe Biden, “and they see that it looks more partisan than professional. That chairman, Congressman James Comer (R-KY) shot back: “I think the only people that…
Brent Baker | December 19, 2022
Interviewing Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Sunday’s This Week, ABC’s Martha Raddatz asserted: “I don’t think I’ve ever heard President Biden say ‘we have an open border, come on over,’ but people I have heard say it are you, are former President Trump, are [Florida Governor] Ron DeSantis. That message reverberates in Mexico and beyond.” >> This video clipped to illustrate Paul Bedard's…
Brent Baker | December 11, 2022
“This was a really good week for our democracy,” MSNBC’s resident presidential historian, Michael Beschloss, declared on Friday’s The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle, citing Raphael Warnock’s win in Georgia and how “Donald Trump has continued to implode.” Beschloss proceeded to fear “what might have happened this week had the Republicans won in those battleground states,” claiming “election…
Brent Baker | November 28, 2022
Racism is behind Republicans picking Herschel Walker as their Senate candidate in Georgia, New York Times editorial writer Mara Gay contended on Monday’s Morning Joe. She charged the Republican party “put forth a candidate who, among other things, is also a black man, to kind of usher in more voter repression and more of what the Republican party stands for, is cynical.”  She further contended…
Brent Baker | November 14, 2022
By overwhelmingly voting for Democrats, “young voters saved this country,” Sunny Hoston proclaimed on Monday’s edition of The View, hailing how they fulfilled the mission “to leave this world in a better place than we found it.” The youth “delivered key wins for the Democrats,” so now, she charged without evidence, “the Republicans want to raise the voting to age 28.” >> This video clipped…
Brent Baker | November 7, 2022
In an interview aired on Sunday’s This Week, ABC’s Jonathan Karl warned Virginia Governor Glen Youngkin about Republicans launching investigations or impeaching President Biden if they win control of the House and Senate in the mid-term elections. “I’m hearing a lot, though, of talk about investigations, investigations into Hunter Biden, FBI, all things Anthony Fauci,” Karl complained, “Is that…
Brent Baker | October 31, 2022
If Democrats don’t win the midterms next week, CBS News argued on Sunday, it’s the end of democracy. “The very future of our democracy” is on the ballot, CBS Sunday Morning host Jane Pauley warned in teasing a story from CBS News correspondent Robert Costa. She contended, that beyond crime and inflation, “lies what could be the most critical issue of all, the very future of our democracy.” >…
Brent Baker | October 28, 2022
Literary agent and blog site (Lucianne.com) proprietor Lucianne Goldberg, who was a friend to the Media Research Center, passed away Wednesday (Oct. 26) at age 87. She took the stage at our DisHonors Awards in 2002, accepting an award, in jest, on behalf of Helen Thomas. For many years, she generously served as a judge for the MRC’s annual “Best Of Notable Quotables: Awards for the Year’s Worst…
Brent Baker | October 17, 2022
The public doesn’t realize all of President Biden’s great accomplishments because of Biden’s failure to “communicate” his successes. Maria Teresa Kumar, president of Voto Latino, argued on Meet the Press that “with Biden, his challenge is that he hasn’t been able to communicate to the American people what he’s done” and how “he’s going to make fundamental changes for a generation” through “…
Brent Baker | October 10, 2022
Fill-in Meet the Press host Kristen Welker noted how the Washington Post reported “investigators believe they do have enough evidence to charge Hunter Biden,” asking panelist Jen Psaki “how large is this looming over the president?” Psaki, the Biden White House press secretary who is now an NBC News contributor, dismissed the importance of the development. Her proof: That the media are ignoring…