Kyle Drennen

Senior News Analyst

Kyle Drennen is the Media Research Center's Senior News Analyst and a Contributing Editor to NewsBusters. He is the co-author of the 2014 Media Reality Check study, TV News Blacks Out This Year’s Bad Election News for Democrats. His media analysis has been routinely cited by nationally syndicated radio hosts Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin, as well as on Fox News and The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ.com website. He joined the MRC in 2007 after graduating from Providence College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science.

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NBC Gushes Over Hillary Biopic: Clinton's 'Friends in Hollywood' Are 'Doing Her a Favor'

After fretting that numerous government scandals were becoming a "big problem" for President Obama at the top of Friday's NBC Today, in the 7:30 a.m. ET half hour, correspondent Andrea Mitchell ...
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NBC Applauds Obama National Security Picks, Claims Susan Rice 'Vindicated' By Benghazi Emails

On Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd cheered President Obama picking Susan Rice to be his new national security advisor and nominating Samantha Power as ...
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NBC's Todd: GOP Using Susan Rice as 'Punching Bag,' Shouldn't Be 'Beating Up on Women'

Reporting the breaking news on Wednesday's NBC Today that President Obama had named U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to be national security advisor, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd ...
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NBC: Open Lautenberg Seat a 'Political Hot Potato' for Christie, Suggests He Appoint a Dem

Following the death of New Jersey Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg on Monday, Tuesday's NBC Today immediately began speculating on his replacement and the potential fallout for Chris ...
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NBC's Gregory Invites Schumer to Issue 'Warning' to GOP: Move On From Obama Scandals

At the end of an interview with New York Senator Chuck Schumer on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory teed up the Democrat to lecture Republicans on being too focused on the ...
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NBC's Guthrie Urges McCain to Agree That IRS Scandal 'Went No Further' Than Cincinnati

In an interview with Arizona Senator John McCain on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie attempted to dismiss growing evidence that the IRS scandal rocking the Obama administration ...
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NBC Reporters: Why is Obama Admin Backing Down on Targeting Press? 'Everyone Knows How Unpopular the Media Are'

In a stunning example of how desperate the liberal media are to defend President Obama against the numerous scandals rocking his administration, on her Friday MSNBC show, host Andrea Mitchell ...
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Hawking His Pro-Obama Book on NBC's 'Today,' Jonathan Alter Applauds President's 'Perseverance'

Appearing on Friday's NBC Today to push his new 448-page love letter to President Obama about the 2012 election – laughably titled, The Center Holds – left-wing Bloomberg columnist Jonathan ...
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NBC's Brokaw Gushes Over Clintons 'Still At the Top of the Attention Span in This Country'

Appearing on Thursday's NBC Today to promote his new show premiering on the Military Channel, The Brokaw Files, special correspondent Tom Brokaw fondly looked back at a 1993 interview he conducted ...
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NBC's Brokaw on AG Holder Targeting Journalists: First Amendment 'Not Unconditional'

On Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie asked special correspondent Tom Brokaw about his recent comment that the press "has to be careful about having a glass jaw" when it comes to ...
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After Warning Sequester Would Damage Economy, NBC Says Nevermind

Talking to CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer on Wednesday's NBC Today about signs of improvement in the economy, co-host Matt Lauer wondered about past media fearmongering: "[What] we talked ...
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NBC Hypes Bachmann's 'Bombshell' Retirement Amid 'Swirl of Controversy'; ABC Frets: 'Takes Away Big Target for Democrats'

At the top of Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer seized on Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's decision not to seek re-election in 2014: "Breaking news. A bombshell announcement from Michele ...
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NBC: U.S. National Parks 'Under Stress' and 'In Trouble' Following Sequester

On Monday's NBC Today, correspondent Tom Costello fretted over the impact of modest reductions in government spending: "401 parks, battlefields, monuments, seashores, volcanos, and deserts ...
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NBC and CBS Tout Obama Efforts to Distract from Scandals, Show 'Government at Its Best'

Leading off a report on Tuesday's NBC Today about President Obama's trip to survey recovery efforts along New Jersey's shoreline after Hurricane Sandy, White House correspondent Peter ...
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Christie Dismisses Climate Change Question from NBC's Lauer as 'Distraction,' 'Esoteric Theory'

In an interview with Chris Christie on Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer grilled the New Jersey Governor on his skepticism that man-made climate change caused Superstorm Sandy: "You said ...
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NBC Fails to Report Its Own Scoop That AG Holder Approved Investigation of Fox's Rosen

As of Friday morning, NBC News broadcasts had completely ignored an important scoop from the network's own national investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff that Attorney General Eric ...
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No Mention of IRS Scandal on NBC's 'Today,' But Plenty of Time for Obama Prom Photo

While Thursday's NBC Today completely ignored Wednesday's dramatic congressional hearing on the growing IRS scandal, the network morning show did manage to find time to gush over Barack ...
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Networks Tout Obama's 'Renewed Focus on Transparency' in War on Terror; No Mention of Benghazi

While the three network morning shows on Thursday all promoted President Obama's "renewed focus on transparency" in an upcoming national security speech, none of the broadcasts made any ...
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NBC's Lauer Uses Oklahoma Tornado to Bash GOP Over Sandy Relief

In an interview with Congressman Tom Cole on Wednesday's NBC Today about the tornado that devastated his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma, co-host Matt Lauer saw an opportunity to hit congressional ...
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Committee to Protect Journalists Denounces 'Chilling Effect' of Rosen Investigation

In statement released on Tuesday, the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Joel Simon, issued this warning against the Obama Justice Department investigating Fox News ...