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 | January 19, 2009
"I think they bring diversity. I think they bring a spirit of excellence. I think they bring unity and they bring love. Santa Claus loves them."
Brent Baker | January 15, 2009
Seconds after President Bush completed his farewell speech, MSNBC's Countdown featured a diatribe from Chris Matthews ridiculing Bush for picking up, “almost in the way a hermit crab does,” some “scary notions” from “neo-cons.”
Brent Baker | November 20, 2008
MSNBC took denigrating Sarah Palin to a new low on Thursday night's Countdown. With “BREAKING NEWS” on screen, MSNBC ended the show with more than three minutes of video of some turkeys being slaughtered by a man behind Palin
Brent Baker | November 4, 2008
"I haven't see this sense of unity since 9/11...and 9/11 was this tragic experience that brought us all together and now we're all brought together in the name of hope."
Brent Baker | November 3, 2008
"My father used to tell us that there's no way this country would elect a black President. Well, this evening, the country has proved my old man wrong -- and we're the better for it."
Brent Baker | October 14, 2008
Appearing on Tuesday's (10/14) Late Show, Josh Brolin, who plays George W. Bush in Oliver Stone's 'W' movie set to open this weekend, blinked “Vote for Barack Obama.”
Brent Baker | October 13, 2008
On Nightline (10/13), ABC's Terry Moran charged Sarah Palin's rhetoric about Barack Obama has “stoked the anger at Republican rallies." Moran asked Joe Biden if he now fears for Obama's “safety.”
Brent Baker | October 7, 2008
CBS anchor Katie Couric juxtaposed how Obama "was given a police escort to his hotel," as if that's anything unusual for a presidential nominee, with how "he's been under a non-stop verbal assault from Sarah Palin."
Brent Baker | October 6, 2008
The supposedly "undecided voters" chosen by CBS to react to the latest presidential debate condemned John McCain's reference to Barack Obama as "that one" in answering a question.
Brent Baker | October 2, 2008
Two themes in post-VP debate coverage Thursday night: First, “surprise” that Sarah Palin wasn't a “car wreck” and “did not embarrass herself.”...