L. Brent Bozell III

Founder and President

 

Lecturer, syndicated columnist, television commentator, debater, marketer, businessman, author, publisher and activist, L. Brent Bozell III is one of the most outspoken and effective national leaders in the conservative movement today.

Founder and President of the Media Research Center, Mr. Bozell runs the largest media watchdog organization in America. Since its launch in 1987, the MRC has developed the largest video archive in the world; the popular NewsBusters.org blog site; the CNSNews.com internet news service; MRC Business; MRC Culture; and in April of 2014 launched MRC Latino. The MRC has over 800,000 members nationwide, with over 9 million fans on Facebook.

In 2010, Mr. Bozell founded ForAmerica, an organization committed to restoring America to its founding principles. ForAmerica has grown to over 7 million Facebook followers making it the largest social media organization in the conservative movement. It has also registered twice as Facebook’s most engaged group on its platform. In 1998, Mr. Bozell founded and was the first president of the Parents Television Council, the largest group in America dedicated to a restoring responsibility to Hollywood. He founded the Conservative Victory Committee PAC in 1987. Before founding the MRC, Mr. Bozell was the finance director and later the president of the National Conservative Political Action Committee.

Mr. Bozell's bi-weekly column is syndicated by Creators Syndicate to over 50 media outlets nationwide. His writings have also appeared in numerous other outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, FoxNews.com and USA Today. He is the author of four books, including And That’s the Way It Is(n’t) (with Brent Baker), Weapons of Mass Distortion, and Whitewash (with Tim Graham). His most recent book, Collusion: How the Media Stole the 2012 Election (with Tim Graham), was a national bestseller and named by USA Today as one of the “5 must-read books about the Obama-Romney race.” 

He has been a guest on numerous television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor, Nightline, The Today Show and Good Morning America. He appeared weekly on the "Media Mash" segment of Hannity, on the Fox News Channel, as well as regular appearances on The Kelly File, Your World with Neil Cavuto and Varney & Co

Named the 1998 Pew Memorial Lecturer by Grove City College, Mr. Bozell is a frequent speaker on school campuses and for civic and political organizations around the country. Mr. Bozell serves on numerous boards of public policy, religious and artistic organizations.

Mr. Bozell received his B.A. in History from the University of Dallas, where he was named the 1998 Alumnus of the Year. In 2015 he received an honorary PhD after delivering the commencement address there. He is married, with five children and ten grandchildren.


Author Articles

Herman's High-Tech Lynching

Herman Cain, like Clarence Thomas before him, is to be ruined by sex-harassment charges. This, from the same media that showed almost no interest in rape charges against Bill Clinton.

Protests Turn Violent, But Media Stay Syrupy

Network anchors whose salaries put them in that top One Percent are willing to promote these Occupy Wall Street protests even as they've turned ugly and violent against the police.

The Anti-God Book, by 'God'

The longtime head writer of 'The Daily Show' drew raves for writing a 'blithely blasphemous' satire of the Almighty, and a smear of Christian ministers who don't toe the social-liberal line.

Time to Cut Off NPR

A fire-breathing spokeswoman for the "Occupy DC" protests against capitalism was also an NPR host. It's time to stop bankrolling this rogue political operation.

'Reality Shows' Distort the World

A new study shows "reality show" watchers from 11 to 17 think the world is a much meaner, cruder place...and they think the "reality" TV product is "mainly real and unscripted."

A Green Whitewash

Most Americans could still be fooled into thinking Solyndra is a new laundry detergent, not a failed solar energy company that took a half-billion dollars in Obama "green job" loans and went belly up.

Hollywood vs. Emilio Estevez

While Hollywood wants noisy, violent movies or perverted comedies, Estevez comes into his own as a producer, writer, and director with his movie "The Way," telling a beautiful story about death, ...

CMI Commentary: Hollywood vs. Emilio Estevez

During promotion of his new film "The Way," the actor admits, " Theres a lot of violence, casual sex things that make me uncomfortable watching and Im not interested in perpetuating that message."

Protesters Occupy The Liberal Media

The crowd plotting to Occupy Wall Street drew more broadcast TV news stories in the first nine days than the Tea Party attracted in the first nine months. Protesters on the Left are always much ...

'Playboy Club' Collapses

NBC's attempt at a glamorized Hugh Hefner bunny den in Sixties Chicago flopped badly and was canceled after three weeks. So why on earth would NBC work so heard to promote this pornographic brand?

Rick's Rock vs. Reverend Wright

The Washington Post demonstrates that their appetite to investigate campaign front-runners is all about whether they're liberals or conservatives. Rick Perry's painted rocks trump Barack Obama's ...

Unzipping the Male 'X Factor'

The disturbing new trend of the TV season is...dangling male genitalia, hidden behind graphic effects.

An Ugly Sunrise for Republicans

Network morning shows pounded Republican presidential candidates with liberal questions. But four years ago, these shows asked Democratic contenders...liberal questions.

Charlie Sheen Roasts and Boasts

Comedy Central took on Charlie Sheen with a "roast" that was a merciless bonfire of ferocity. But they didn't package this so you would pity Sheen. You were supposed to envy him.

Airing Anti-Palin Bilge at NBC

NBC doesn't have an evidence standard when it's conservatives being gored. Author Joe McGinniss was out to destroy Sarah Palin and NBC rolled out the red carpet. With liberals, it's a different story.

Pageants and Prosti-tots

Who had less sense, parents or TV programmers? TLC aired a show with a three-year-old beauty-pageant contestant named Paisley dressed as the Julia Roberts prostitute character in the 1990 film ...

CMI COMMENTARY: Pageants and "Prosti-Tots"

TLC's boundary pushing "Toddlers and Tiaras" has officially crossed the line.

Brian Williams, Shameless Partisan

The contrast was jaw-dropping between Williams roaring like a lion at the Reagan Library GOP debate, and then bowing like a lamb to Obama at the White House three days later.

Dancing With The Lecturers

If Chaz Bono were going to perform on ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" as a man, with no reference to her actual gender, then ABC wouldn't be offering an "educational" opportunity. Have no doubt she ...

Skipping Violent Talk on the Left

The same media that mercilessly attacked conservatives after the Giffords shooting is now skipping liberal talk of "taking out" SOBs and "killing" Romney.