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 | September 2, 2008
CNN's Wolf Blitzer demanded on 9/2: "Who says he's [Obama] been getting a pass? He's been scrutinized for months and months and months. To which, RudGiuliani scoffed: “I haven't seen the scrutiny of his experience or his record.”
Brent Baker | September 1, 2008
Monday live on CNN, Bill Bennett rebuked -- as an “outrageous” piece of “advocacy” journalism that “has no place on CNN” -- a story which used the pregnancy of Sarah Palin's daughter to score political points.
Brent Baker | August 30, 2008
Newsweek's Eleanor Clift disclosed on the 8/29 McLaughlin Group that John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for VP was greeted by “literally laughter” in “very many newsrooms.”
Brent Baker | August 30, 2008
Panelist Jim Pinkerton stunned Fox News Watch host Bill Hemmer when he cited a NewsBusters post, with video, about Bill Maher saying MSNBC hosts "were ready to have sex with" Barack Obama at the Democrtic convention.
Brent Baker | August 29, 2008
MSNBC is so far into the tank for Barack Obama that even the far-left Bill Maher, on his HBO show Friday night , recognized: "The coverage after, that I was watching, from MSNBC, I mean these guys were ready to have sex with him."
Brent Baker | August 24, 2008
Hailing Barack Obama's attacks on John McCain's foreign policy as "profound," with "the fire I've been waiting for," Chris Matthews smeared McCain and conservatives as warmongers during live MSNBC coverage.
Brent Baker | August 17, 2008
On Aug. 8, 2000, Dan Rather delivered a glowing set-up of the Al Gore-Joseph Lieberman pairing, forwarding the Democratic ticket's boasts about themselves, which included a sly dig at the George W. Bush-Richard Cheney ticket.
Brent Baker | August 17, 2008
When George W. Bush named Richard Cheney as his vice president, Dan Rather introduced the July 25, 2000, CBS Evening News story by relaying the derisive and negative Democratic spin against the GOP ticket.
Brent Baker | July 25, 2008
FNC on July 25 featured Times of London's Gerard Baker reading aloud his hilarious column, “He ventured forth to bring light to the world,” which recounted Obama's life story as if told through a gospel in the Bible.
Brent Baker | July 18, 2008
How the ABC, CBS and NBC anchors will all accompany Barack Obama on his trip next week to Europe and the Middle East when none have joined John McCain on his recent overseas trips.