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.

Chris Cuomo Gets Destroyed by Kellyanne Conway After Pushing Fake News on Climate Change

Curtis Houck | August 31, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Somehow, CNN thought it’d be an excellent idea to give New Day co-host Chris Cuomo and a week-long tryout for a possible primetime show. Needless to say, Cuomo made fool of himself on Wednesday, pushing fake news about climate change and alleging storms like Hurricane Harvey are happening “every other year.” Cuomo went down that rabbit hole…

S.E. Cupp Unloads on Relitigating Sandy Bill During Harvey; ‘How Old Are You People?’

Curtis Houck | August 30, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. On the Wednesday edition of her HLN show, conservative/libertarian host S.E. Cupp ripped into the current political debate over disaster relief funding in light of Hurricane Harvey that’s centered around how lawmakers felt about the so-called Sandy relief package in January 2013. “How old are you people? There is a natural disaster happening…

MSNBC’s O’Donnell: Republicans Have Opposed Hurricane Funding Because That’s Who They Are

Curtis Houck | August 29, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Avowed socialist and liberal MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell insinuated on Monday’s The Last Word that Republicans are heartless on hurricane recovery funding due to simply who they are as people as exhibited by opposing Hurricane Sandy funding bill. With help from ex-Al Gore flack Ron Klain, the duo promoted their prediction that President…

CNN, MSNBC Shamefully Blame Climate Change for Harvey, Knock Poor Trump Voters as Houston Floods

Curtis Houck | August 28, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. While there have been only a smattering of climate change references since Hurricane Harvey took over news cycles, CNN and MSNBC featured more shameful exploitations of the hurricane on Monday to promote climate change as thousands were in need of help from rising flood waters. Perhaps most notably, one New York Times writer on MSNBC knocked…

Saturday, CBS, MSNBC Hosts Push Climate Change as Cause of Hurricane Harvey

Curtis Houck | August 27, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. On Saturday, climate change again became a source of blame for Hurricane Harvey and its path of destruction along the Texas coastline as it moved inland where it has since dropped biblical-like amounts of flooding in the Houston area. Two hosts on CBS and MSNBC invoked climate change, without taking into account things like steering currents.…

And Here We Go: CNN Host Wonders If Hurricane Harvey Is Due to Climate Change

Curtis Houck | August 25, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. This was inevitable, folks. It was only a matter of time before the liberal media started suggesting climate change was to blame for Hurricane Harvey. Friday morning’s CNN Newsroom went there as co-host John Berman wondered aloud to a guest if the potentially-devastating rainfall predictions are do to climate change. “Is there a why to this?…

‘Hardball’ Hodgepodge: Trump Is Mentally Unstable While Hillary’s Book Excerpt Is ‘Remarkable’

Curtis Houck | August 24, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Not exactly the top authority when it comes to sober analysis, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews teamed up with panelists on Wednesday night to deem President Trump as mentally unstable while a guest hailed Hillary Clinton’s book excerpt about debating Trump as “remarkable.” “Trump goes nuclear in his Phoenix speech....James Clapper....said…

Lemon Whines After Being Exposed for Questioning Trump’s Mental Health, Smears Critics as Partisan

Curtis Houck | August 23, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Wednesday’s CNN Tonight had no chance of surpassing the hall of shame lunacy showcased the day before after the Trump rally calling out the President’s mental health. However, host Don Lemon briefly lashed out at people who called him out, spreading lies that critics should “know better” and not make “a political point” by saying Trump’s sanity…

‘People Are Scared!’ Liberal CNNers Get Their Clocks Cleaned by Ferguson, Shields Post-Trump Rally

Curtis Houck | August 23, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. If the late Tuesday and early Wednesday Don Lemon-led CNN Tonight wouldn’t go down in infamy for its deranged reaction to President Trump’s Arizona rally, the 1:00 a.m. hour drove the nail in the coffin. Most significantly, Lemon falsely claimed that Ronald Reagan already had Alzheimer’s Disease while President and Reliable Sources host Brian…

BOOM! Ex-RNC Official Shields Demolishes CNN’s Irresponsible Trump Rally Coverage

Curtis Houck | August 23, 2017

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Fighting a brave battle against CNN’s emotionally hysterical, overwhelmed, and triggered liberals after Tuesday’s Trump rally, CNN political commentator and former RNC official Mike Shields thoroughly lambasted his colleagues losing their minds for spending time “chiming in that we just think the President is insane” and deeming him mentally…