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

Never-Ending Katrina Bias

Four years after the hurricane, the networks are still trashing the federal government for failing people who still live in federal trailers. None of them can manage to wonder when these "victims" ...

Remembering Ted Kennedy

Is the presidential-level treatment of Ted Kennedy's passing warranted? The amount of coverage isn't the problem; it's the quality of the reporting that bothers.

Bob Novak vs. The TV 'Genius'

Bob Novak's death was noticed (briefly), but the networks all pitched him as conservative and controversial. CBS 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt's death the next day was followed by a stream of ...

A Porn-Pop Summer

Singers and rappers put the crotch at the center of the radio conversation - and are toasted by TV morning shows and even school administrators.

Secular Saboteurs

Bill Donohue's new book details attacks on Christianity.

Secular Saboteurs

With his new book, "Secular Sabotage: How Liberals are Destroying Religion and Culture in America," Bill Donohue could be expected to be stricken from all manner of Christmas card lists - except ...

The Quiet War Movie

Finally, a film does justice to U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

The Quiet War Movie

Critics rave about an Iraq war movie, even though it carries none of the usual preachy anti-war politicking.

A Kidnapped Fetus?

A baby that first saw the light of day in such a foul and violent fashion deserves better than to be described merely a fetus.

A Kidnapped "Fetus"?

A recent heart-rending story is notorious for how the "pro-choice" media sputter and struggle to deny the humanity of a baby.

MTV Acts Responsibly?

The MTV summer series "16 and Pregnant" explored the very real-world consequences of the hook-up culture that MTV usually promotes.

All-Access Obama

The president's great access to the media - based on the strategy that his charisma can overcome all objections to his policy nostrums - isn't stopping his collapse.

No Cash for 'Bruno'

I wasn't willing to give these slimy people my $9.50, or $1.50. By all accounts, "Bruno" is another shocking and disgusting attempt to dishonestly manipulate Americans into looking ignorant and ...

Personal Smears Against Rush

So much for liberal compassion and civility: left-wing talk show hosts are unleashing the crudest ad hominem attacks at Rush Limbaugh. Where are the televised scowls at these outbursts of "hate ...

Porn: Just Another Business?

CNBC tries to shore up their prime-time ratings with a sleazy documentary on the pornography industry. "It's as mainstream as Must-See TV," chirped anchor Melissa Lee.

CNBC Mainstreams Gross-Out Porn

Network treats pornography as just another business.

PBS and Health-Care Hypocrites

Bill Moyers shared the story of former insurance company spokesman-turned-socialist Wendell Potter - but covered up his new radical-left employer, and just how much Moyers helped that employer.

The Jackson Whitewash

The coverage of Michael Jackson's memorial service capped days of media celebration that avoided his disturbing behavior toward children. The Washington Post described it as "the completion of ...

News Executives In The Tank

When challenged about offering hours of prime time to the Obama White House, network executives can get testy. NBC's Mark Whitaker shot back, "Compared to what, more of 'The Biggest Loser'?" ABC's ...

Oliver Stone, Lousy Historian

Movie director Oliver Stone said on HBO that Ronald Reagan was a dumb "SOB." Historians and Reagan aides say the dumb one is the man from Hollywood.