Curtis Houck

NewsBusters Managing Editor

CurtisHouck

Curtis Houck currently serves as the Managing Editor of NewsBusters after almost two years as a news analyst in the Media Research Center’s News Analysis Division. During that time, he served as the sole evening news analyst, chronicling the best and worst of the network evening newscasts, primetime cable shows, and late-night comedy programs. From January 2016 to April 2016, he also acted as the Sunday news analyst for NewsBusters.

In the eight years that he's been with NewsBusters, his work has been featured on various Fox News Channel programs and outlets such as The Blaze, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, The Daily Wire, Drudge Report, The Federalist, FoxNews.com, Los Angeles Times, The Mark Levin Show, Mediaite, New York Times, Red State, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Resurgent, Townhall, Washington Examiner, Washington Free Beacon, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and The Wrap. He’s also made over 200 television appearances on the Fox News Channel, Newsmax, One America News Network, America's Voice, Cheddar, Fox 5 D.C., NRA-TV, and over 700 radio appearances from coast to coast on both local and syndicated programs. His articles and tweets have been shared by conservative leaders such as Dan Bongino, Erick Erickson, Greg Gutfeld, Mark Levin, Kayleigh McEnany, Stephen Miller, Dave Rubin, Ryan Saavedra, and Ben Shapiro.

He returned full-time to the MRC after serving in summer 2013 as an intern with CNS News. Curtis is a 2014 graduate of Penn State University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and Political Science. He also had the pleasure of interning with The Heritage Foundation in fall 2013. A proud native of Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, Curtis is also an Eagle Scout and lives in Vienna, Virginia.

Acosta, Blitzer Knock ‘Right-Wing Narrative’ by ‘Conservative Media’ of Bias Inside FBI, Mueller Probe

Curtis Houck | December 15, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Early Friday afternoon, CNN host Wolf Blitzer and rabble-rouser/senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta sought to throw cold water on any questions surrounding the Mueller probe into possible Trump-Russia collusion, denouncing concerns “as a right-wing narrative” promulgated by “conservative media” to influence President Trump. Following a…

CBS’s Brennan Tangles with WH’s Sanders Over Gun Control on Sandy Hook Anniversary

Curtis Houck | December 14, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Without CNN’s Jim Acosta in the room, Thursday’s White House press briefing featured a more civil tone and traditional sparring sessions such as CBS’s Margaret Brennan grilling Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders about gun control on the fifth anniversary of the horrific Sandy Hook massacre. Sanders’s answers didn’t sit well with some…

‘11th Hour’ Celebrates Alabama ‘Earthquake’; ‘Very Significant Night’ for America

Curtis Houck | December 12, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. The mood on Tuesday’s 11th Hour was rather jubilant following Democrat Doug Jones’s victory in the Alabama Senate race, with assembled MSNBC guests touting the “earthquake” that resulted in a “very significant night” for the ages in America. While it’s noteworthy that an accused child molester and predator didn’t win the race, MSNBC was…

Ex-NYT Editor Swoons: ‘It’s a Historic Night in Alabama’ Putting State on the ‘Right Road’

Curtis Houck | December 12, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Late Tuesday night, longtime New York Times editor Howell Raines joined MSNBC’s The 11th Hour to gush over the “historic night” in his home state of Alabama and declare that Democrat Doug Jones’s victory put the state on “the indisputably right road” “for the first time in 175 years.” Channeling Michelle Obama, Raines sounded like he was…

WH’s Huckabee Sanders Cites MRC Study in Heated Debate with NBC’s Welker

Curtis Houck | December 12, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. During Tuesday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders cited the latest Media Research Center study by Rich Noyes, which showed that the Trump coverage on the major broadcast network evening newscasts was 90 percent negative toward the President. Sanders was being openly lobbied by NBC News White House…

‘It Makes Me Angry’; CNN’s Baldwin, Cillizza Bewail Media Attacks by Sanders, Trump WH

Curtis Houck | December 11, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. If the meltdowns by CNN personalities inside Monday’s tense White House press briefing weren’t crazy enough, the reactions on CNN Newsroom were close as host Brooke Baldwin and CNN Politics editor-at-large Chris Cillizza admitted that Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made them “angry” as she called out the media’s liberal bias. “Look, it…

Kaboom! Acosta, Sanders Throw Down in WH Briefing; ‘I’m Not Taking Another Question From You’

Curtis Houck | December 11, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Monday’s White House press briefing was another one for the ages as CNN’s self-righteous senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta came ready to rumble against press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, but quickly ran into the proverbial buzzsaw during a debate on liberal media bias. Acosta fetched plenty of support as journalists could be…

CNN Finally Issues Correction to False Trump/WikiLeaks Story

Curtis Houck | December 8, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. CNN finally admitted to its egregious error almost three hours after The Washington Post first blew the doors off the accuracy of the initial CNN.com story by issuing both an online correction and a two-minute-plus explanation from Raju on CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin. Raju emerged at the 3:49 p.m. Eastern mark, informing views that the…

Matthews Implies Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement Could Cause Another Benghazi

Curtis Houck | December 8, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. A day after President Trump’s announcement that the United States would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews declared in a “raw” prediction to Politico’s Susan Glasser that the move could lead to another Benghazi attack and thus the deaths of innocent Americans. Matthews pathetically wouldn’t directly…

‘Hardball’ Frets ‘Effective’ Al Franken Had to Resign; ‘New Republican Age of Consent Is 14’

Curtis Houck | December 7, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Over time, one learns that you can always count on MSNBC’s Hardball to produce baffling moments. Thursday was no exception as the show featured USA Today’s Susan Page bemoaning the “sad picture” of “effective” Democratic Senator Al Franken (Minn.) resigning from Congress while host Chris Matthews sneered that “[t]he new Republican age of…