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.

CNN’s Beckel, Toobin Shrug Off Anti-Trump Violence; ‘It’s Not That Big a Deal’

Curtis Houck | June 3, 2016

Jake Tapper Goes After State Dept. Concerning Lies on Edits That 'Should Outrage' Americans

Curtis Houck | June 2, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. During his “Buried Lead” segment on Thursday’s The Lead, CNN host Jake Tapper presented an incredibly thorough takedown of the State Department for fibbing about not only aspects of the Iran nuclear deal but also their lies concerning intentional editing of a press briefing video dating back to 2013 concerning the deal. In a story that the…

Matthews and Company: Hillary's 'Beautifully Written' Speech Was a 'Hallelujah' Moment

Curtis Houck | June 2, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Fresh off his foaming praise for Hillary Clinton’s policy speech in the previous hour, MSNBC handed Hardball host Chris Matthews the keys to the network’s 4:00 p.m. Eastern hour and with a handful of characters, they continued to sing her praises for being “really strong and forceful” and creating a “halleljuah” moment that Democrats should “do…

Matthews, Wallace Hail ‘Exquisitely Written’ ‘Masterpiece’ Hillary Speech; She ‘Nailed’ It

Curtis Houck | June 2, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Hardball host Chris Matthews received the first take on MSNBC after Hillary Clinton’s Thursday afternoon foreign policy speech and the faithful subject oozed that “it was a masterpiece” that was “very well constructed” and “exquisitely written.” Minutes later, Matthews received an assist from former McCain/Palin adviser and political analyst…

Surprise: PBS Town Hall Audience Hammers Obama on Regulations, Health Care, Veterans

Curtis Houck | June 2, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Wednesday night’s PBS NewsHour town hall in Elkhart, Indiana had it all with host Gwen Ifill attacking residents for not supporting President Barack Obama and the President praising PBS’s “civility,” but it also featured audience members surprisingly being allowed to blast the President on issues ranging from the economy to ObamaCare to…

Obama Gushes Over PBS’s ‘Civility’ in Town Hall, Attacks 'Talk Radio Culture’ for Polarization

Curtis Houck | June 1, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Amidst PBS NewsHour co-host Gwen Ifill knocking Elkhart, Indiana at Wednesday night town hall for not supporting President Obama and audience members firing off some serious hardballs at him, there was one question concerning the “lack of civility” in politics that allowed the President to hail PBS as being “all about civility” while attacking…

PBS’s Ifill Knocks Indiana Town for Not Enthusiastically Supporting Obama; ‘What Gives?’

Curtis Houck | June 1, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Barely a minute into Wednesday’s PBS town hall event with President Barack Obama, PBS NewsHour co-host Gwen Ifill took a few digs at the people of Elkhart, Indiana where the event was being held for not giving Obama “any credit” for their unemployment drop to the point that she exclaimed: “What gives?” The town hall, which was designed to have…

'The Five' Dedicates Segment on MRC Study Showcasing Gorilla vs. Chicago Coverage

Curtis Houck | June 1, 2016

See more in the NB Staff post on the NewsBusters blog. In just over the last 24 hours, the Media Research Center fetched two mentions on both CNN and the Fox News Channel (FNC) with the latter network devoting a segment to a study by MRC Culture’s Katie Yoder comparing network coverage of the Cincinnati gorilla shooting versus the latest violence in Chicago. FNC’s The Five spent an entire, four…

CNN's McEnany Cites MRC as 'Minute-By-Minute' Source for Trump vs. Hillary Comparisons

Curtis Houck | June 1, 2016

Glenn Thrush Demands Live Fact-Check of Trump

Curtis Houck | June 1, 2016