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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Author Articles
3/15/2013 10:48 AM ET
On Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer touted "breaking
news" that Ohio Senator Rob Portman, "a leading figure in the Republican
Party," was now in favor of gay marriage after learning that ...
3/14/2013 4:04 PM ET
In an interview with New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Thursday's NBC Today,
co-host Matt Lauer worried about the age of the newly elected Pope
Francis: "...there was some stunned silence ...
3/14/2013 11:49 AM ET
On Thursday's NBC Today, White House correspondent Peter
Alexander promoted the first public comments from Scott Prouty, the
bartender who secretly recorded Mitt Romney's 47% comments during ...
3/13/2013 5:06 PM ET
On Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, on the eve of the Wednesday election of Pope Francis, anchor Brian Williams proclaimed to viewers: "...this is a decidedly bad time for the Catholic Church. There ...
3/13/2013 2:04 PM ET
While NBC and CBS both highlighted a quote from an anonymous senior
White House official labeling President Obama's recent budget meetings
with members of Congress "a joke," ABC managed to ...
3/13/2013 8:48 AM ET
Introducing a report on Monday's NBC Nightly News about a New York City ban on large sugary drinks being overturned by a New York State Supreme Court judge, anchor Brian Williams touted how Mayor ...
3/11/2013 3:58 PM ET
In a report on Monday's NBC Today about declining penguin
populations in Antarctica, correspondent Kerry Sanders didn't take long
to lay the blame on man-made climate change: "Penguins are ...
3/11/2013 11:31 AM ET
During an interview with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush for NBC's online Meet the Press Press Pass,
moderator David Gregory referenced Bush being at the Reagan
Presidential Library and ...
3/8/2013 5:02 PM ET
Introducing a brief report on Friday's NBC Today about the funeral proceedings for socialist Venezuelan strong man Hugo Chavez, news reader Natalie Morales announced: "In Venezuela, a hero's ...
3/8/2013 2:19 PM ET
On Friday's NBC Today, fill-in co-host Lester Holt hyped unfounded speculation surrounding the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI: "More than a week after his resignation became official, there are ...
3/7/2013 2:27 PM ET
In a report from the Vatican on Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent Keir Simmons fretted over Church officials limiting press access to cardinals as they prepare to elect the next Pope in ...
3/6/2013 2:45 PM ET
In an interview on Monday's Today with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and his co-author Clint Bolick about their new book, Immigration Wars,
co-host Matt Lauer seized Bush's critical words for ...
3/6/2013 12:07 PM ET
During a panel discussion on Tuesday's NBC Today about an
elderly woman being denied CPR at an assisted living facility and later
dying, pundit Donny Deutsch immediately worried about the ...
3/5/2013 4:38 PM ET
During a panel discussion on Tuesday's NBC Today about whether
websites should prevent people from commenting anonymously in order to
reduce offensive rhetoric, attorney Star Jones made an ...
3/5/2013 12:56 PM ET
In an interview with left-wing MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie used dire language to describe the current budget sequester: "It
was supposed to be ...
3/4/2013 5:38 PM ET
Appearing on left-wing actor Alec Baldwin's weekly WNYC talk radio show, Here's The Thing, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams laughably asserted that his reporting was void of any political ...
3/4/2013 11:54 AM ET
In an interview with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush on Monday's NBC Today,
co-host Matt Lauer couldn't understand why the American people didn't
buy into the White House and media hype about ...
3/4/2013 9:28 AM ET
Reacting to the contentious exchange between the Obama White House and the Washington Post's Bob Woodward, on Friday's NBC Today, Meet the Press moderator David Gregory saw the conflict as part of ...
3/1/2013 2:09 PM ET
One week after Politico declared President Obama to be a "puppet master" for his ability to manipulate media coverage, on Thursday's NBC Today,
co-host Willie Geist was a willing participant in ...
3/1/2013 11:58 AM ET
In an exclusive interview with The Washington Post's Bob Woodward on Friday's NBC Today,
co-host Matt Lauer belittled the veteran journalist for daring to
reveal a contentious exchange with ...
