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 TimesThe Mark Levin Show, Mediaite, New York Times, Red State, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Resurgent, TownhallWashington Examiner, Washington Free Beacon, The Washington PostThe 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.

Curtis Houck | September 27, 2016
See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. The opening panel on the Tuesday edition of MSNBC’s Hardball briefly derailed from its scheduled topic of Monday’s presidential debate when host Chris Matthews lost his mind in relentlessly screaming at The Blaze host and conservative author Dana Loesch to explain “[w]hat was it that you folks think was the evil” Hillary Clinton committed…
Curtis Houck | September 27, 2016
See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. PBS’s Charlie Rose program aired live for much of Monday night’s show recapping the first presidential debate and BBC’s Katty Kay credited debate moderator Lester Holt for his “dog whistle politics” question to Donald Trump about Hillary Clinton’s looks but hammered the “political malpractice” of Clinton barely having to discuss her e-mail…
Curtis Houck | September 27, 2016
See more in the NB Staff post on the NewsBusters blog. Later in the day, Bozell joined Trish Regan on FBN’s The Intelligence Report and reiterated the “scorecard” of Holt questioning then challenging Trump on birtherism, Iraq, stop and frisk, and taxes while “not once” did he do the same with Clinton on Benghazi, the Clinton Foundation, e-mails, or her medical records. “Now, think about this,…
Curtis Houck | September 27, 2016
See more in the NB Staff post on the NewsBusters blog. After issuing a statement late Monday night blasting Lester Holt’s job as presidential debate moderator, Media Research Center president Brent Bozell joined the Fox Business Network’s late-night coverage and urged Donald Trump to “raise hell” over Holt “pitch[ing] softballs to Hillary Clinton all night long.” Host Neil Cavuto turned to…
Curtis Houck | September 26, 2016
See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. With little time left between the conclusion of Monday’s presidential debate and the late local newscasts, ABC, CBS, and NBC used the roughly 20 minutes before 11:00 p.m. Eastern to offer emotions ranging from complimenting Hillary Clinton as “pleasant” and hitting Donald Trump as “condescending” and “rude” to even wondering why Clinton’s e-…
Curtis Houck | September 26, 2016
See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Moving to the second instance, the candidates were debating whether or not Trump supported the second war in Iraq and Clinton’s record on Libya when the former secretary of state declared: “Well, I hope the fact-checkers are turned upping — turning up the volume and really working hard. Donald supported the invasion of Iraq.” Trump repeatedly…
Curtis Houck | September 26, 2016
See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. During one of the many tense moments in Monday’s presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee was on the defensive when Trump blasted her inability to produce any tangible results on fighting ISIS and so Clinton implored her friends in the liberal media and especially “the fact-checkers” to “get to work”…
Curtis Houck | September 26, 2016
See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Minutes before the pre-debate instructions commenced on Monday’s first 2016 presidential debate, MSNBC personality Lawrence O’Donnell griped to his cohorts and viewers that rules and time limits make it “actually more burdensome” for the more substantive candidate while the debates showcase “no actual presidential skills” for who would be best…
Curtis Houck | September 23, 2016
See more in the NB Staff post on the NewsBusters blog. A day after the Media Research Center’s 2016 Gala, MRC president Brent Bozell dropped by Fox Business Network’s Cavuto: Coast to Coast to provide his predictions of the first presidential debate as well as slam the left for already “working the refs” using a page from “the Clinton playbook” dating back to the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky…
Curtis Houck | September 22, 2016
See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. At the onset of his monologue on Wednesday, ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel offered a rather lame excuse for why he sticks almost exclusively to joking about Donald Trump and not Democratic presidential opponent Hillary Clinton because she’s too “boring” to be made fun of.  If that head-shaking moment wasn’t enough, CBS’s Late Show host…