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.

Networks Applaud ‘Heartwarming’ Bill Clinton Speech; ‘Vintage’ Bill ‘Telling a Family Story at a Bar’

Curtis Houck | July 27, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. On Tuesday night, the major broadcast networks were quick to laud former President Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) as “heartwarming” and “the most important speech of his life” featuring “vintage Bill” that was akin to him “telling a family story at bar or around the dinner table at a holiday.” Somehow, CBS…

MSNBC Touts ‘Profound’ BLM Mothers; Trashed Pat Smith for Having ‘Ruined’ RNC

Curtis Houck | July 26, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Right on cue, Tuesday night’s MSNBC coverage of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) heaped effusive praise on a team of Black Lives Matter mothers whose sons died in police-involved shootings as a “profound experience” for those in attendance just eight days after they trashed Patricia Smith over a speech about her son’s death in the 2012…

Jubilant ABC Obsesses Over ‘Tears of Joy’ for Hillary’s Nomination; ‘Still So Unknown to Many’

Curtis Houck | July 26, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Forgoing much of its regularly scheduled segments to cover live the official nomination of Hillary Clinton for president Tuesday night at the Democratic National Committee (DNC), ABC’s World News Tonight repeatedly harped in the most jittery mood possible about the DNC hall being in “tears” at Clinton becoming the first woman to be a major…

Watch an Excerpt of MSNBC's Chris Matthews Paying a Visit to Geno's in South Philly

Curtis Houck | July 26, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. For the second time since early Friday morning, Matthews aired a taped segment of him showing viewers around his hometown of Philadelphia to some of the city’s top food destinations and this one was to Geno’s Steaks to see how their world famous cheesesteaks are made. Personally, it’s refreshing to see the bubbling Hardball host step away…

Watch Sparks Fly on MSNBC When Michael Steele Slams Media Double Standard on DNC Leak

Curtis Houck | July 26, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Seconds after Reid sought to spin the DNC’s Wikileaks scandal as overblown, former RNC Chairman and MSNBC political analyst Michael Steele fought back by informing Reid and All In host Chris Hayes that their comrades “in liberal media and liberal politics, don't seem to have the same level of outrage if those e-mails were written by a…

D'oh! Matthews Stumbles, Forgets Who Out-Going DNC Chair Is

Curtis Houck | July 26, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Just as I stated that Matthews had moments of brilliance, he quickly reverted back to the Matthews that NewsBusters readers know all too well. Upon returning from commercial break and a soundbite from Donald Trump commenting on the DNC’s Wikileaks scandal, Matthews blurred on the name of the woman who’s set to step down as Chairwoman: …

Wow: Matthews Admits Dems Become 'Too Global' and Forget Importance of Patriotism

Curtis Houck | July 26, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Hardball host Chris Matthews and his panel in the 1:00 a.m. Eastern half-hour were going over New Jersey Senator Cory Booker’s speech when Matthews praised the “thrilling, exuberant, pro-American speech” before he had much larger point to make. While late-night MSNBC has shown to provide moments where Matthews was running on fumes, this…

MSNBC's Reid Hails 'Exquisite,' 'Splendid' DNC Speech by Michelle Obama

Curtis Houck | July 26, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Providing her initial thoughts on the evening and particularly First Lady Michelle Obama’s address, AM Joy host Joy Reid basked in the idea that African-American women were in key roles for the first night of the DNC before having this to say about Mrs. Obama: [F]or Michelle Obama to culminate that in that magnificent, exquisite speech as a…

Networks Laud ‘Artfully Painted,’ ‘Remarkable’ Michelle Obama Speech; Touts People Crying

Curtis Houck | July 26, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. The “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC were hard pressed for time on Monday night to comment on speeches at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) by Senators Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (Vt.), but there was time after First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech to gush over her “artfully painted” address featuring “trademark...…

CNN, MSNBC Swoon Over ‘Brilliant’ DNC Speech by Cory Booker; A ‘Star Has Launched’

Curtis Houck | July 25, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. In the short time between speeches during Monday’s primetime schedule of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), CNN and MSNBC went out of their way to absolutely swoon over Senator Cory Booker’s speech that they deemed “brilliant,” “a home run,” and “powerful” that the assembled pundits claim they hadn’t seen since then-Illinois State…