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Washington Examiner’s ‘Liberal Media Scream’ With the MRC’s Assessment: 2025 Archive.

On this 21st annual Free Speech Week, the Media Research Center recognized numerous individuals across the political sphere from the Trump administration to the halls of Congress and from public advocacy to the courts, but none were more deserving than the late Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk. 

The Media Research Center announced Wednesday that it is awarding its annual Free Speech Award exclusively to Charlie Kirk, the late founder of Turning Point USA and a fearless defender of the First Amendment. This approach differs from that taken in 2024, when 35 people were recognized for their strong efforts to defend free speech rights. 

It is with profound sorrow that we share news of a great loss not only to the MRC but to our nation. On Wednesday, after a courageous and faithful fight against a determined cancer, our esteemed Board member Karen Buchwald Wright passed away at age seventy-one.

On Thursday’s episode of the LARRY podcast, host Larry O’Connor welcomed MRC President David Bozell for an in-depth discussion titled “Inside The Media Cartel: Bias, Money & Blacklisting.” O’Connor began with glowing praise for MRC’s foundational role in media accountability: “I learned from two of the best, Andrew Breitbart and Brent Bozell, the founder of Media Research Center…

On Thursday, MRC President David Bozell joined The Mark Levin Show, one of the country’s top syndicated radio programs with 12 million weekly listeners, for a lively chat about media bias and cultural issues. Calling in from Amsterdam, where he was gearing up for MRC’s Cruise to Norway, Bozell brought sharp and engaging insights. Hosted by Mark Levin, a longtime friend of the Bozell…

MRC Vice President Dan Schneider appeared Thursday on the hot morning D.C. talk show O’Connor & Co. on WMAL-FM to discuss the potential clawback of $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funds the PBS and NPR networks. It passed the House, and needs to pass the Senate soon. "I think it passes," Schneider said after witnessing the Senate…

With our fourth annual Bulldog Awards in six categories announced today, the Media Research Center is honoring conservatives in the media who truly deserve accolades yet will never receive them from the news media establishment. The winners of the MRC’s 2025 Bulldog Awards: Thomas Sowell, Elon Musk, Megyn Kelly, Scott Jennings, Kimberley Strassel, Erick Erickson, Gabe Kaminsky and Spencer…

NewsBusters Executive Editor Tim Graham was interviewed by the popular Daily Wire podcast "Morning Wire" about immigration and the state of the debate over defunding PBS and NPR. 

A coalition of nearly two dozen conservative organizations is asking legislators to implement a three-pronged effort to compel PBS, NPR and their cash cow, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), to submit to formal, independent audits and release the results.

The Media Research Center launched its "Defund PBS & NPR" campaign Tuesday with a digital mobile billboard driven on roads around the Capitol and House and Senate office buildings calling for defunding. The van will be on the roads in Washington and in Virginia through Thursday.

A jury in Panama City, Florida found CNN guilty of defamation in the case of Zachary Young, who worked to rescue people from Afghanistan after America withdrew. CNN must pay $5 million in damages (not counting punitive damages). Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro has been in the courtroom to explain it all. 

The Media Research Center (MRC) seeks to uphold the original vision of Free Speech Week, and nothing encapsulates those efforts more than the free speech advocates MRC has honored this year.

An economist skewered the leftist media for mindlessly propping up the Biden-Harris job market as the epitome of success now that it was revealed that the government overestimated job growth by nearly 1 million jobs.