Mikhail Gorbachev

Showtime Hails Gorbachev as the ‘Real Democrat,’ Despairs Reagan Enabled ‘Growth of a Right-Wing Media Empire’

brent.baker — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:49:19 +0000

Brent Baker

Monday night, viewers of CBS-owned Showtime were treated to the ninth of ten installments of Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States, which has attacked U.S. leaders – from FDR to Ronald Reagan – from the far-left while hailing the virtues of communists.

Last Monday’s installment, on Carter and Reagan, offered a representative sampling of Stone’s worldview, an hour which included displaying a woman holding the Media Research Center’s “Don’t Believe the Liberal Media” placard as he fretted over how President Reagan “enabled the growth of a right-wing media empire” which has “dramatically lower the standards of American political discourse and, in general, doom prospects for progressive change.”

Did Gorbachev Really 'Refuse to Shoot to Preserve His Costly Empire'? 18 Killed in Lithuania, Latvia

clay.waters — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:38:29 +0000

Clay Waters

Max Frankel, former executive editor of the New York Times, reviewed Anne Applebaum's history of the Cold War in Eastern Europe, "Iron Curtain." Frankel, who also reported from Moscow and Eastern Europe, found Applebaum's "bulky" volume (a sequel to her Pulitzer Prize winning "The Gulag") old news.

The MRC@25: The Worst Media Bias of 1990

rich.noyes — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:01:49 +0000

Rich Noyes

Each morning, the Media Research Center is showcasing the most egregious bias we have uncovered over the years — four quotes for each of our 25 years, 100 quotes total — all leading up to our big 25th Anniversary Gala on September 27. (Click here for ticket information)