Brent Baker

the Steven P.J. Wood Senior Fellow and Vice President for Research and Publications

Brent H. Baker, the Steven P.J. Wood Senior Fellow and Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center (MRC), has been a central figure at the MRC since its 1987 founding. In 2001, Weekly Standard Executive Editor Fred Barnes dubbed Baker “the scourge of liberal bias.” In 2005, Baker spearheaded the launch of the MRC’s NewsBusters blog (his blog postings).

Follow Baker via Twitter. (Full bio) Washington Examiner's weekly "Mainstream Media Scream," with Baker's scream rating, are on NewsBusters as of January 2015. Read them here. (On MRC.org: archive of 2014; archive of June-December 2013; archive of Jan. 2012 through June 2013).

Author Articles

Scandal Doesn't Sell to Soccer Moms

Johnny Chung Hearings, Babbitt Investigation, FBI China Probe Foul-Ups Ignored on Big Three

The Debased White House Database

Networks Skip Fundraising, Whitewater Revelations, But NBC's Today Interviews Sen. Fred Thompson

Molten Metal's Clinton-Gore Connection

Peter Knight's Role Ignored as Evening Shows Focus on Iraq, Morning Shows Suffer from Au Pairalysis

Slogging Through A "Swamp Without End"

Evening Shows Eventually Get to Babbitt Testimony, But Morning Shows Dwell on Nanny Verdict

Networks Emulate Clinton's Memory Loss

Equitable CEO's Testimony on Clinton Phone Calls, Battles Over White House Stonewalling Ignored