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.

Robinson Laments GOP Using ‘Fiery’ Blacks at Conventions; Smiley Compares BLM to Boston Tea Party

Curtis Houck | July 18, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. After spending the previous hour on Monday smearing Pat Smith’s speech about her son’s murder in Benghazi as having “ruined” the night, an MSNBC panelist questioned why Republicans turn to “fiery, committed” African-Americans at Republican National Conventions (RNC) “to make [their] case” and another compared the Black Lives Matter movement to…

MSNBC Smears Pat Smith’s Speech About Benghazi; Her ‘Gross Accusation’ ‘Ruined’ the Night

Curtis Houck | July 18, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. From the moment that Pat Smith concluded her Monday night speech at the Republican National Convention (RNC) about how her son was murdered in the 2012 Benghazi terror attack, MSNBC had their marching orders to annihilate, demean, and smear Smith for her attacks on Hillary Clinton that left the assembled cast of liberals confused at the “gross…

MRC’s Bozell Reiterates Demand for WashPost ''Retraction' for 'Sloppy' Misquote of Cavuto

Curtis Houck | July 18, 2016

See more in the NB Staff post on the NewsBusters blog.

Seriously? Cooper Asks Baton Rouge Eyewitness If Gunman Was Shot or 'Just Sleeping'

Curtis Houck | July 17, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. CNN’s Anderson Cooper was hosting his network’s live coverage of the Baton Rouge shooting and in the process of speaking to an eyewitness, Cooper seemed skeptical about the man’s claim the shooter was dead based on the fact that he was laying on the around. Here’s the utterly baffling question that yes, Anderson, was a “dumb question”: “This…

Watch ABC/CNN's Donna Brazile Pay This CREEPY Compliment to a Fellow Panelist

Curtis Houck | July 17, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. ABC/CNN’s Donna Brazile was participating in the “Powerhouse Roundtable” of ABC’s This Week with ABC News special correspondent and former Bush official Matthew Dowd when the topic of marriages (in context of political ones) came up. Somehow, the unmarried Brazile told Dowd that she’s “looked around a lot” in her life including having “look[ed…

'We Look Good, You Guys!' Matthews Compliments Maddow, Williams on Their Looks in Hot Mic

Curtis Houck | July 17, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews is known for his infamous May 3 hot mic comment about Melania Trump, so it’s fitting that this list ends with another one. Williams had just expressed his surprise at Matthews being someone who would watch golf like the British Open (as Matthews had just made a golf analogy) and after Williams tossed to…

What? Brian Williams Says Armored Cleveland Police Look Like Luke Skywalker, But Not Friendly

Curtis Houck | July 17, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. MSNBC’s Brian Williams has been on the air quite a great deal with all the horrifying news across the globe, so this one struck this writer as particularly strange early Sunday night when he described armored Cleveland police officers as looking like “Luke Skywalker” instead of “friendlier” police patrolling without protection for themselves…

MSNBC Guest Uses Baton Rouge Ambush to Blame Obama Critics; Guns Cause ‘Atrocity of the Week’

Curtis Houck | July 17, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Predictably, some in the media sprinted to their corners minutes after news broke on Sunday that multiple Baton Rouge, Louisiana police officers had been shot dead with an MSNBC guest lashing out at “maniacs running around our country saying crazy things” concerning President Barack Obama and not individuals committing such atrocities but the…

Giddy ABC Gushes Over ‘On Fire’ Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Tirade’ Attacking Mike Pence

Curtis Houck | July 16, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. ABC and CBS broke into their Saturday morning programming for special reports on Donald Trump’s official unveiling of Indiana Republican Governor Mike Pence as his running mate and in the moments afterward, ABC couldn’t help but fawn over the Democratic reaction to the ticket as Clinton “surrogates are now on fire” with liberal Senator…

Matthews Goes Off Script, Shocks Williams by Rant About Likelihood of Violence at RNC

Curtis Houck | July 16, 2016

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews was up early dithering away on Saturday morning minutes before Donald Trump unveiled Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate when he went off script and shocked breaking news anchor Brian Williams by insinuating that there will be violence at the Republican National Convention (RNC) like the 1968…