Outlet profile

NewsBusters

U.S. right

Owned byMedia Research Center (MRC), a conservative nonprofit founded by L. Brent Bozell III

FundingDonations from conservative foundations and individuals, including the Mercer Family Foundation, Sarah Scaife Foundation, Bradley Foundation, and Donors Trust; operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

On the administrationbroadly supportive

Background

NewsBusters was launched in August 2005 as a blog-style media watchdog project of the Media Research Center (MRC), which Bozell founded on October 1, 1987. The MRC was created with the stated goal of proving, through research, that liberal bias exists in the American press and neutralizing its influence on politics. Within two months of its 2005 launch, NewsBusters ranked among the top 15 blog sites in the United States by traffic. The site publishes daily critiques of television news, print journalism, and digital media, focusing heavily on what it characterizes as unfair treatment of conservative politicians and viewpoints. It is funded by a network of right-leaning foundations and donors, including the Mercer Family Foundation (Rebekah Mercer sits on the MRC board), the Sarah Scaife Foundation, the Bradley Foundation, and Donors Trust. Media watchdog groups including AllSides (high-confidence 'Right' rating) and Media Bias/Fact Check ('Right Biased,' borderline questionable) consistently classify it as a conservative outlet. During Trump's second term, NewsBusters has published analyses claiming mainstream broadcast networks gave the administration 92% negative coverage in early 2025, framing this as evidence of systemic liberal media bias rather than editorial judgment.

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Profile compiled 2026-07-31; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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