Curtis Houck

News Analyst

Curtis Houck is a news analyst for the Media Research Center's News Analysis Division. He is returning full-time to the MRC after serving last summer 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 previous interned with The Heritage Foundation in fall 2013.

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ABC, CBS Skip Coverage of Boehner’s Obama Lawsuit; NBC Devotes Only 19 Seconds to Story

On Wednesday, NBC’s Today was the only broadcast network morning news show to give coverage to House Speaker John Boehner’s lawsuit against President Obama. Today devoted 19 seconds to the story, ...
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Rose Soft-Pedals Obama Talking Points, Asks Cheney: ‘Give the President Some Credit for Trying’

On Tuesday night’s edition of his PBS show, Charlie Rose interviewed former Vice President Dick Cheney and pushed him to “give the president some credit for trying” to negotiate for a contingent ...
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ABC, NBC Ignore Biden's Savings Account Fib, While CBS Hosts Dismiss Its Importance

CBS This Morning was the only broadcast network show on Monday evening or Tuesday morning that looked into Vice President Joe Biden's claims that he did not have any stocks or bonds or a savings ...
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MSNBC’s Halperin: If IRS Scandal Happened Under GOP President, ‘This Story Would Be a National Obsession’

Mark Halperin, a frequent panelist on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and Time magazine's senior political analyst, made an intriguing observation on Monday’s show about the IRS scandal. After saying ...
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CNN Hosts: Paul Ryan ‘Not a Happy Man Today,’ But IRS Scandal Exists Because GOP ‘So Mad About It’

On Friday's edition of CNN Newsroom with Don Lemon, host Don Lemon and CNN chief congressional correspondent Dana Bash made some unusual remarks in agreeing with a Republican in the form of ...
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CBS and NBC Skip New VA Scandal Outrage; ABC Gives News Just 14 Seconds

Despite the newest revelation in the Veterans Affairs scandal on Thursday that one in ten veterans have to wait at least one mont before they can get an appoint to see a doctor, CBS and NBC ...
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Networks Censor Coverage of Lois Lerner's Destroyed Hard Drive, Cover Car Chase on Golf Course, Kate Gosselin Instead

Thursday morning, the three networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC refused to cover the news from the previous night that the hard drive from the computer belonging to former IRS official Lois Lerner was ...