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.

‘Nightly Show’ Smears ‘Creepy’ Cruz; Will ‘Do Everything the KKK Does,’ Has Mental Issues

Curtis Houck | December 15, 2015

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. In what may be the worst series of attacks by the liberal media on Ted Cruz, Monday’s Nightly Show on Comedy Central featured host Larry Wilmore declaring that the “creepy” Cruz may be mentally disturbed with guest Aida Rodriguez firmly asserting that, if elected, Cruz’s agenda would be to “do everything the KKK does.” During the panel…

CNN’s Smerconish Suggests Opposition to Climate Change Deal Is ‘Down Ballot Concern’ for GOP

Curtis Houck | December 15, 2015

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. On two occasions during CNN’s live coverage Monday night previewing the sixth Republican presidential debate, CNN political commentator Michael Smerconish attempted to paint the issue of climate change and the deal reached in Paris as posing a “down ballot concern” for the GOP and causing “brand damage” since the party has largely rejected the…

CNN Touts CAIR Accusing GOPers of Inciting Attacks Against Muslims

Curtis Houck | December 15, 2015

See more in Brad Wilmouth's post on the NewsBusters blog.

CBS, NBC Use Newtown Anniversary to Lament Lack of Gun Control; Comparable to Car Seats, Licenses

Curtis Houck | December 14, 2015

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. With Monday marking the third anniversary of the horrifying murders of 20 children and their teachers in Newtown, Connecticut, the CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News used the somber occasion to lament the lack of gun control passed by the GOP Congress and compared the need for gun control to seat belts and passing a driving test to obtain a…

Nets Omit Obama Criticism on ISIS, Tout Pentagon Visit; Forced to ‘Reassure an Anxious Nation’

Curtis Houck | December 14, 2015

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. The “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC all prominently touted on Monday night President Barack Obama’s visit to the Pentagon to discuss the fight against ISIS, but skimped on reporting any criticism of the administration’s strategy but instead lamenting that he’s had to try once “again to reassure an anxious nation” despite polls showing…

Amanpour Blames Tony Blair for Paris, San Bernardino; ‘Do You Feel Responsibility’ Because of Iraq?

Curtis Houck | December 14, 2015

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. On her eponymous CNN show on Thursday night, Christiane Amanpour verbally harassed former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair over his involvement in the Iraq War and specifically whether he and former U.S. President George W. Bush “feel pain” and “a sense of responsibility” for the war having supposedly caused recent Islamic terror attacks in Paris…

CNN Knows Just What America Needs: A ‘Muslim Jorge Ramos’

Curtis Houck | December 14, 2015

See more in Tim Graham's post on the NewsBusters blog.

Corporate Synergy: GMA Promotes ‘Scandal’ President Campaigning for Hillary in Iowa

Curtis Houck | December 13, 2015

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. On Sunday, ABC’s Good Morning America served as the latest example of shameless corporate synergy by touting in its lead 2016 report how actor Tony Goldwyn from the network’s lead drama Scandal spent Saturday giving Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton “a big boost” by campaigning for her Iowa. In a story that otherwise dealt with…

MSNBC's Harris-Perry Gripes Over 'Totally Black Guy' Darth Vader as Evil Character

Curtis Houck | December 13, 2015

See more in Brad Wilmouth's post on the NewsBusters blog.

Moran Lumps UK’s Farage In with Trump Despite Rebuke; Canada’s Trudeau Offers ‘Sharp Relief’

Curtis Houck | December 13, 2015

See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Reporting on Sunday’s This Week about foreign reaction to Donald Trump’s candidacy and proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S., ABC News chief foreign correspondent Terry Moran compared Trump to U.K. Independence Party (U.K.I.P.) leader Nigel Farage despite his firm denouncement of Trump. In addition, the liberal correspondent…