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 | September 27, 2012
A video compilation of the most obnoxious bias by Dan Rather over the Media Research Center’s first 25 years. Played as one of four nominees (Bryant Gumbel, Katie Couric and Brian Williams) for the “Worst Reporter in the History of Man Award” contest decided by the audience at the MRC’s “DisHonors Awards” held on Thursday, September 27, 2012 during the MRC’s 25th anniversary gala.
Brent Baker | September 27, 2012
MRC President Brent Bozell’s remarks on the MRC’s 25th anniversary and Karl Ottosen, of the MRC’s Board of Directors, honors Bozell’s achievements with a toast and introduces Dr. Seymour Fein, Chairman of the MRC’s Board of Trustees, to present a plaque commemorating his 25 years leading the MRC. From the Media Research Center’s “DisHonors Awards” held on Thursday, September 27, 2012 during the…
Brent Baker | September 27, 2012
At the Media Research Center’s “DisHonors Awards” held on Thursday, September 27, 2012 during the MRC’s 25th anniversary gala, one of three nominees for “The Barbra Streisand Political IQ Award for Celebrity Vapidity.”“You have what I call the ‘Get the N-word out of the White House party,’ the Tea Party.... At the end of the day, there’s a big bubble coming out of their heads saying, you know, ‘…
Brent Baker | September 27, 2012
At the Media Research Center’s “DisHonors Awards” held on Thursday, September 27, 2012 during the MRC’s 25th anniversary gala, one of three nominees for “The Barbra Streisand Political IQ Award for Celebrity Vapidity.”“The day after the 9/11 attacks, the number one priority in America, if not the world, was we’ve got to get bin Laden, we’ve got to get bin Laden. So eight years go by, we still…
Brent Baker | September 27, 2012
At the Media Research Center’s “DisHonors Awards” held on Thursday, September 27, 2012 during the MRC’s 25th anniversary gala, one of three nominees for “The Barbra Streisand Political IQ Award for Celebrity Vapidity.”Piers Morgan: “Has Obama helped the process of eradicating racism, or has it in a strange way made it worse?”Actor Morgan Freeman: “Made it worse. Made it worse. Look at, look, the…
Brent Baker | September 27, 2012
A video compilation of the silliest proclamations by celebrities over the Media Research Center’s first 25 years, as played to introduce the “The Barbra Streisand Political IQ Award for Celebrity Vapidity” at the MRC’s “DisHonors Awards” presented on Thursday, September 27, 2012 during the MRC’s 25th anniversary gala.
Brent Baker | September 27, 2012
At the Media Research Center’s “DisHonors Awards” held on Thursday, September 27, 2012 during the MRC’s 25th anniversary gala, one of three nominees for the “Damn Those Conservatives to Hell Award.”“The Center of [sic] Budget and Policy Priorities says, you’re smiling because you know about this, says 62 percent of the savings in your budget would come from cutting programs for the poor, that…
Brent Baker | September 27, 2012
At the Media Research Center’s “DisHonors Awards” held on Thursday, September 27, 2012 during the MRC’s 25th anniversary gala, one of three nominees for the “Damn Those Conservatives to Hell Award.”“Limbaugh’s disgusting comments are the work of an archaic old dinosaur living in a warped, ugly swamp, who thinks it’s okay to degrade decent young women for sport and ratings. Well, it isn’t. Shame…
Brent Baker | September 27, 2012
At the Media Research Center’s “DisHonors Awards” held on Thursday, September 27, 2012 during the MRC’s 25th anniversary gala, one of three nominees for the “Damn Those Conservatives to Hell Award.”“He [Mitt Romney] is playing to – and has from the beginning of the campaign – played to the kind of nativist base of the Tea Party. And by nativist, I mean people who are, in essence, afraid of the…
Brent Baker | September 27, 2012
A video compilation of the media’s worst attacks on conservatives over the Media Research Center’s first 25 years, as played to introduce the “Damn Those Conservatives to Hell Award” at the MRC’s “DisHonors Awards” presented on Thursday, September 27, 2012 during the MRC’s 25th anniversary gala.