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

Tamraz: Poster Boy for Liberal Laws?

Frank Testimony Draws All Evening Shows, Two Morning Shows Months After First Print Reports

Sheila Heslin vs. White House Pressure

"Most Dramatic Testimony So Far" Ignored by ABC, CBS Last Night; Another TV Blackout This Morning

Will Anybody Huang-Chung Tonight?

Reno Shakes Up Justice, Specter Charges FBI Coverup, Senate Discusses Huang's Fundraising Tactics

Do They Have to Subpoena Prince Charles?

National Security Adviser Draws 18 Seconds on the Big Three While Diana Leads All Three Newscasts

Here Comes Gore's Independent Counsel

DNC "Hard Money" Allocation Draws All Evening Shows, But Only A Brief from ABC This Morning

Forgot to Cover Don Fowler's Amnesia

CIA Finagling of Haley Barbour's DNC Counterpart Ignored by ABC, All Three Morning Shows