Media Research Center

The Media Research Centre is a conservative media 'watchdog' funded by Exxon and involved in climate change denial.

Mission

The Media Research Center's motto is "America's Media Watchdog: The Leader in Documenting, Exposing and Neutralizing Liberal Media Bias" - an alleged bias the organization describes as "strident."

Projects of the Media Research Center include the Free Market Project, the Conservative Communications Center, and Cybercast News Service (CNSNews.com), formerly the Conservative News Service. It also runs the website TimesWatch.org, dedicated to pointing out what it sees as the overwhelming liberal bias of the New York Times. Rush Limbaugh has nothing but praise for the MRC. He raves, "Brent Bozell and the MRC provide a most precious commodity - a quest for the truth. I can't possibly expose every example of bias and error that emanates from the national mainstream media, but Bozell and his group come as close as anyone can. MRC is a vital national interest."

KEY QUOTES

• 2 November, 2003 "The media have for some time favored the 'do something' proponents and have ignored or disparaged those who, like the Bush administration, advocate more study. Alarmists often claim the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) scientists have 'settled' the argument in favor of the proposition that unless human activities that produce so-called 'greenhouse' gases are curtailed we face a global warming catastrophe."

• 20 January, 2004 "The media's 'extinction' coverage did not advance public understanding of the scientific realities concerning climate change, but has served the agenda of those bent on imposing a costly and onerous political solution to a dubious 'problem.' A responsible media must provide equal coverage of those arguing that, while there is great uncertainty regarding global warming, there is no doubt whatever that the 'remedy' offered by these 'scientists' will have very dire consequences.'

Source: "Media Help Sell Mass Extinction Scare," MRC 1/20/04

Funding

Media Research Center has received $100,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.

2003 $50,000 ExxonMobil Foundation Global Climate Change Activities Source: ExxonMobil 2003 Corporate Giving Report

2004 $50,000 ExxonMobil Foundation Climate Change and Environmental Issues Source: Exxon Giving Report 2004

• Robert S. and Star Pepper Foundation gave Media Research Center $20,000 in 2012

People

• L. Brent Bozell III Founder & President
• Walter Williams Advisor, Free Market Project
• Marc Morano Senior Staff Writer, CNSNews.com
• Patrick Goodenough CNSNews.com London Bureau Chief
• Bruce Bartlett Advisor, Free Market Project

Daniel J. Mitchell Advisor, Free Market Project Source: Media Research Center website 4/04

John Berthoud Advisor, Free Market Project Source: Media Research Center website 4/04

John Drescher Advisor, Media Research Center Source: Media Research Center website 4/04

Richard Ebeling Advisor, Free Market Project Source: Media Research Center website 4/04

Felix Livingston Advisor, Free Market Project Source: Media Research Center website 4/04

Gary Wolfram Advisor, Free Market Project Source: Media Research Center website 4/04

Steve Moore Advisor, Free Market Project Source: Media Research Center website 4/04

• Jeffry Herbener Advisor, Free Market Project
• Paul F. Stifflemire Jr. Director, Free Market Project
• Robert B. Bluey Staff Writer, CNSNews.com

SOURCES

ExxonMobil 2003 Corporate Giving Report http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/files/corporate/giving_report.pdf

Media Research Center website 4/04 http://www.mediaresearch.org

"USA Today Offers More Hot Air On 'Global Warming'" MRC 11/2/03 Commentary by Paul Stifflemire, Jr. of the Media Research Center http://www.freemarketproject.org/environment/2003/envir20031102.asp

"Media Help Sell Mass Extinction Scare," MRC 1/20/04 Commentary by Paul F. Stifflemire, Jr. of the Media Research Center http://www.freemarketproject.org/commentary/2004/com20040120.asp

CNSNews.com http://www.cnsnews.com

Exxon Giving Report 2004 Exxon's published report on annual giving http://www.exxonmobil.com/corporate/files/corporate/giving04_publicpolicy.pdf