Scott Whitlock

Senior News Analyst

Scott Whitlock is the senior news analyst for the Media Research Center and a contributing editor for NewsBusters.org. You can read his NewsBusters blogs here. Scott's blogs have been featured on the Drudge Report and in the Washington Times (see example here). He's also appeared on radio programs such as the Lars Larson Show to discuss MRC blogs and studies.

Scott lives in Northern Virginia and can be contacted at SWhitlock@mediaresearch.org. You can also follow Scott on Twitter.


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MSNBC's Chris Matthews Sneers: Congressman Steve King Is a Bigot

Chris Matthews on Thursday smeared Congressman Steve King as a racist, declaring that the Republican representative is "prejudiced against Latinos." The liberal cable anchor came to the conclusion ...
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Networks Slam Obama from the Left, Demand More Female Nominations

ABC and CBS on Thursday hit Barack Obama from the left, fretting about a lack of diversity for his second term cabinet picks. The two network morning shows ignored substantiative criticism about ...
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MSNBC's Martin Bashir Outrageously Compares GOP Governor to Murderous Dictator Ceausescu

MSNBC's Martin Bashir on Wednesday outrageously compared another conservative to a brutal dictator. According to the cable host, because Florida Governor Rick Scott supported cuts for programs ...
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ABC Hypes High Temperatures in U.S. to Push for Climate Change 'Action,' NBC Misrepresents Data

All three evening newscasts on Tuesday hyped a report that 2012 was the hottest on record for the United States. NBC actually mislead viewers into thinking the data relates to the entire planet ...
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ABC Uses Gabby Giffords for Massive Push to Fight 'Gun Warfare in America'

ABC on Tuesday began a multi-show push to promote the gun control crusade of Gabby Giffords and her husband. Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos kicked off the program by trumpeting, " ...
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Chris Matthews: 'Kill These Gun Shows? I'd Love to See That'

Liberal MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews and his guest lobbied for aggressive gun control on Monday. Matthews wasn't very subtle when he interrupted Joy Reid of the Grio.com to wonder, "You mean kill ...
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Martha Raddatz Dares the Right to 'Look' Chuck Hagel 'in the Eye' and Say 'You're Not Tough'

ABC's Martha Raddatz on Monday continued touting Democratic talking points, sneering that conservatives who oppose Chuck Hagel's nomination to be Secretary of Defense will have to "look" the ...
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ABC's Martha Raddatz: 'Perfect Choice' Chuck Hagel 'Dared' To Oppose Troop Surge

Good Morning America's Martha Raddatz on Monday seemed perplexed as to why conservatives would oppose Chuck Hagel's nomination for Secretary of Defense. According to the journalist, one might ...
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Jim Lehrer Knocks Candy Crowley for Her Hectoring, False Defense of Obama During Debate

PBS journalist Jim Lehrer chastised CNN's Candy Crowley for the assistance she provided Barack Obama during his presidential debate with Mitt Romney. Lehrer appeared at the Clinton School of ...
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Diane Sawyer Touts Female, Liberal Senators, Highlights Nasty Men Opposing Abortion

World News anchor Diane Sawyer on Thursday highlighted the 20 newly sworn-in women in the U.S. Senate as a way to push a liberal, pro-abortion agenda. Mostly ignoring conservative females, Sawyer ...
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Networks Trumpeted Obama's Pledge to Veto Backtracking on Spending Cuts, Now Ignore President's Flip-Flop

Over 13 months ago, the NBC, CBS and ABC newscasts touted Barack Obama as a tough talker who wouldn't back down on threatened spending cuts. Now, that he's backed down, the same networks have ...
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Matthews Sneers: Fiscal Conservatism Is Like Being 'the Most Segregationist Guy in the South'

On New Year's Eve, Chris Matthews got off one last sneering shot against conservatives. In a special pre-recorded 2012 retrospective, the Hardball anchor connected fiscal conservatism to ...
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ABC Skips Occupy Connection to Terror Case, But Falsely Smeared Tea Partier as Mass Killer

ABC News, the same network which falsely linked the Tea Party to a mass killing in Colorado, on Wednesday ignored an alleged connection between Occupy Wall Street and a wealthy New York City ...
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Barbara Walters Tosses Softballs to 'Charming' Obama: 'What's Your Favorite App?'

Good Morning America on Friday offered a fawning preview of Barbara Walters' exclusive interview with Barack and Michelle Obama. Walters gushed over the "touching," "charming" couple and asked the ...
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Chris Matthews Absurdly Claims: Unbiased Media Was Too 'Even-Handed' With GOP

Chris Matthews has found the problem with how the media covered the 2012 election: Unbiased journalists were simply too focused on being "even-handed" and treating Republicans fairly. The Hardball ...
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Balance: Barbara Walters Chats With Hillary Clinton About Hair, Grills 'Overweight' Christie

Apparently, Barbara Walters's idea of balance is grilling Chris Christie about being too fat and unhealthy to be president. Yet, during the same 10 Most Fascinating People of 2012 program, she ...
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Networks Skip Union Violence in Michigan, Insist Protesters Are Simply 'Voicing Their Anger'

All three networks on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning ignored the violent assaults by union protesters in Michigan, instead vaguely insisting that activists were simply "voicing their anger" ...
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Unhinged Chris Matthews Berates Conservative Guest 13 Times: 'Who's Paying Your Salary?'

An unhinged Chris Matthews on Tuesday berated a representative of Americans for Prosperity with the same question 13 times. Talking to Scott Hagerstrom, the Hardball anchor didn't seem to hear the ...
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Martin Bashir Ignores Violence By Union Protesters, Assails MI Governor's 'Crap Burger'

On a day when violent union protesters in Mighigan attacked those who would dare disagree with them, MSNBC stuck to liberal talking points. Anchor Martin Bashir on Tuesday ignored the assaults and ...
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ABC Uses Video of Hateful Westboro Baptist Church as Example of Same-Sex Marriage Opponents

Apparently, opponents of gay marriage all look the same to ABC. As reporter Terry Moran on Friday highlighted the news that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases on the issue of same sex ...