FACTOID # 29: Qataris have lots and lots of gas.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

SEARCH ALL

FACTS & STATISTICS    Advanced view

Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 

 

(* = Graphable)

 

 


Encyclopedia > Brent Bozell

Leo Brent Bozell III[1] (born July 14, 1955 in Washington, DC[1]), better known as L. Brent Bozell III[2], L. Brent Bozell, or simply Brent Bozell[3], is the founder and president of the Media Research Center, the Conservative Communications Center, and the Cybercast News Service. Bozell served as president of the Parents Television Council from 1995 to 2006, after which he was succeeded by Timothy F. Winter. [4] In addition, currently, Bozell serves on the board for the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, a group against the defamation of Roman Catholics in America.[1] He is also a snitch. is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Image:BBozell. ... The Cybercast News Service (also CNSNews. ... The Parents Television Council (PTC) is a US-based self-proclaimed nonpartisan[1], nonprofit organization founded by conservative activist L. Brent Bozell III whose stated goal is to promote and restore responsibility to the entertainment industry. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...


He is a nephew of conservative writer and National Review founder William F. Buckley through Bozell's mother, Patricia Buckley Bozell. His father (a Catholic convert) was Buckley's debating partner at Yale University and a conservative activist (L. Brent Bozell Jr.); his grandfather, Leo B. Bozell, was a co-founder of Bozell Worldwide.[1] Ths article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ... National Review (NR) is a biweekly magazine of political opinion, founded by author William F. Buckley, Jr. ... William F. Buckley William Frank Buckley Jr. ... “Yale” redirects here. ... L. Brent Bozell, Jr. ... Bozell Worldwide is an American advertising agency. ...


Before founding the MRC in 1987, Bozell ran the National Conservative Foundation project at the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC). Bozell received his B.A. in history from the University of Dallas, where he was named the 1998 "Alumnus of the Year". [1] That same year, Grove City College named Bozell "Pew Memorial Lecturer". [5] A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... The title page to The Historians History of the World. ... The University of Dallas is a co-educational Roman Catholic university which, despite its name, is located in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas. ... Grove City College is a very selective, private liberal arts college in Grove City, Pennsylvania, with a population of about 2,500 undergraduate students. ...


He is married with five children, David, L. Brent IV, Joseph, Caitlin, and Reid. He and his family live in Alexandria, Virginia. [1] Location in Virginia Coordinates: , Country State Founded 1718 Government  - Mayor William D. Euille Area  - City  15. ...

Contents

Career

Currently, Bozell is the founder and president of the Media Research Center, which claims to be "the largest media watchdog organization in America" and works to make the public aware of "liberal media bias". Bozell also established CNSNews.com, the site of the Conservative News Service later becoming known as Cybercast News Service, as well as numerous other MRC-affiliated web sites. [5] In addition, he founded the Parents Television Council in 1995, dedicated to returning responsibility for family values to the entertainment industry. Image:BBozell. ... Media bias in the United States is the description of systematically non-uniform selection or coverage of news stories in the United States media. ... The Parents Television Council (PTC) is a US-based self-proclaimed nonpartisan[1], nonprofit organization founded by conservative activist L. Brent Bozell III whose stated goal is to promote and restore responsibility to the entertainment industry. ...


In October 2006, Bozell founded the Culture and Media Institute, whose mission is to reduce liberal influence on American morality, culture, and religious liberty. [5]


Written works

His articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Washington Times, New York Post, Los Angeles Times and National Review. He is a nationally syndicated columnist with the Creators Syndicate, and he is a regular on television, including the Fox News Channel program Hannity & Colmes. He writes two weekly columns, one covering the news media published Tuesdays (sometimes Wednesdays)[2] on the MRC web site, and one covering entertainment published Thursdays (sometimes Fridays) on the MRC and Parents Television Council web sites. [6] Topics covered in Bozell's entertainment column have included media consolidation, indecency, media violence, and anti-Christian prejudice. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is an international daily newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company in New York City, New York, USA, with Asian and European editions, and a worldwide daily circulation of more than 2 million as of 2006, with 931,000 paying online subscribers. ... ... The Washington Times is a daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1982 as a conservative alternative to the Washington Post by members of the controversial Unification Church. ... The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily. ... This just IN !!!:paris hiltons new dog. ... National Review (NR) is a biweekly magazine of political opinion, founded by author William F. Buckley, Jr. ... “Fox News” redirects here. ... Hannity & Colmes is an American talk show program on the Fox News Channel featuring host Alan Colmes, presenting a liberal angle, and host Sean Hannity, presenting a conservative angle. ... News media satellite up-link trucks and photojournalists gathered outside the Prudential Financial headquarters in Newark, New Jersey in August, 2004 following the announcement of evidence of a terrorist threat to it and to buildings in New York City. ... A stilt-walker entertaining shoppers at a shopping centre in Swindon, England Entertainment is an event, performance, or activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although, for example, in the case of a computer game the audience may be only one person). ... Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation or media convergence) is a commonly used term among media critics, policy makers, and others to characterize ownership structure of media industries. ... A dictionary definition of Indecent not conforming with accepted standards of behaviour or morality. ... Media violence research attempts to establish a link between consuming media violence and subsequent violent behavior. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Anti-Christian prejudice, anti...


Bibliography

To date, Bozell has written three books covering the news media. News media satellite up-link trucks and photojournalists gathered outside the Prudential Financial headquarters in Newark, New Jersey in August, 2004 following the announcement of evidence of a terrorist threat to it and to buildings in New York City. ...

  • And That's the Way it Isn't: A Reference Guide to Media Bias (with Brent Baker) (1990)
  • Weapons of Mass Distortion: The Coming Meltdown of the Liberal Media (2004)
  • Whitewash: How The News Media Are Paving Hillary Clinton's Path to the Presidency with Tim Graham (to be released September 18, 2007)

The Media Research Center (MRC), founded in 1987 by L. Brent Bozell III, is an organization that documents what it claims is widespread liberal media bias in the American press. ... is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Criticism

In late 2001, Bozell and the PTC appeared as the subject of criticism in the book entitled Foley is Good: And The Real World is Faker Than Wrestling, a memoir published by former World Wrestling Federation wrestler, Mick Foley. Foley called into question the reasoning and research the PTC used to base their claims that the World Wrestling Federation and their presentations of televised wrestling matches were to blame for various deaths and injuries suffered by small children who were supposedly imitating professional wrestling moves. Foley also cited a similar study by Indiana University and claimed that the results of both studies did not suggest that professional wrestling was responsible for injuries.[7] World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Michael Francis Mick Foley, Sr. ... Indiana University is the principal campus of the Indiana University system. ...


In addition, his conservative views on the media, especially within the Parents Television Council, have resulted in complaints about his involvement with the PTC condemning media content deemed inappropriate for children, even in shows not intended for children. Responding to two columns that Bozell wrote in early 2005 [8] [9], San Francisco Chronicle columnist Neva Chonin claimed that Bozell wanted to forbid offensive television programs not only from his views, but "from all our living rooms, choice and taste be damned."[10] Television Watch, an organization promoting parental responsibility for children's television viewing over increased government regulation of television, used a short clip of Bozell saying that the V-Chip is ineffective at blocking inappropriate television programs in a promotional video[11] released in July 2005 intended to claim that special-interest groups like Bozell's own Parents Television Council are using such propaganda to justify increased government control of the public airwaves.[12] The Parents Television Council (PTC) is a US-based self-proclaimed nonpartisan[1], nonprofit organization founded by conservative activist L. Brent Bozell III whose stated goal is to promote and restore responsibility to the entertainment industry. ... Todays San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young. ... Television Watch is an American non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Charleston, South Carolina. ... V-chip is a generic term used for a feature of television receivers allowing the blocking of programs based on their ratings category. ...


Outside of his PTC work, Bozell has also been a frequent target of criticism from the MSNBC news program Countdown with Keith Olbermann. For example, Olbermann named Bozell the "Worst Person in the World" for the November 30, 2006 episode for his claims that many Iraqi generals would disagree about naming the Iraq war a "civil war". [13] In addition, Olbermann has given Bozell the "Worst Person" title for other things such as supporting claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq[14] and distorting remarks made by Ted Turner [15] and Rush Limbaugh [16] In response, Bozell posted a press release on the MRC site claiming that Countdown "Preaches Hate Speech", for which he was given a "bronze" honor for "Worst Person".[17] Media Matters for America, a liberal media watchdog organization, has listed many other criticisms against Bozell [18]; most recently, Bozell was accused of supporting denial by Alan Colmes on the Fox News Channel program Hannity and Colmes that Ann Coulter, in her book High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton, mentioned assassinating presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, despite past discussion on the program that Coulter did indeed make such comments. [19] MSNBC, a combination of MSN and NBC, is a 24-hour cable news channel in the United States and Canada, and a news website. ... Countdown with Keith Olbermann is an hour-long nightly newscast on MSNBC which airs live at 8:00 p. ... Keith Olbermann (born January 27, 1959) is an American news anchor, commentator and radio sportscaster. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight against each other for the control of political power. ... For the Xzibit album, see Weapons of Mass Destruction (album). ... The subject of this article is the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... Robert Edward Turner III (born November 19, 1938) in Cincinnati, Ohio[1]) is an American media mogul and philanthropist. ... Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio talk show host and political commentator. ... A news release or press release is a written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media for the purpose of announcing something claimed as having news value. ... Screenshot from Media Matters for America (Jan 6, 2006) Media Matters for America (or MMfA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2004 by self-described liberal (formerly conservative) journalist and author David Brock; it is an organization that hosts a website featuring watchdog journalism. ... Alan B. Colmes (b. ... “Fox News” redirects here. ... Categories: Television stubs ... Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8, 1961)[1] is an American best-selling author, columnist and political commentator. ... Assassin and Assassins redirect here. ... Hillary Rodham Clinton (born Hillary Diane Rodham on October 26, 1947) is the Biggest loser/retard these united states have seen from New York. ...


Bozell's stance on morality has been questioned. Liberal commentator Paul Waldman writes that he was confronted by Bozell after an appearance with him on The O'Reilly Factor, profanely attacking his commentary on the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.[20] Also, Bozell was criticized for his role as National Finance Chairman in Pat Buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign.[21] The OReilly Factor is an American talk show on the Fox News Channel hosted by commentator Bill OReilly, who discusses current political and social issues with guests from opposing ends of the political spectrum. ... Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, formerly known as the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT), is an organization of American Swift boat veterans and former prisoners of war of the Vietnam War, formed during the 2004 presidential election campaign. ... Patrick Joseph Buchanan (born November 2, 1938) is an American politician, author, syndicated columnist, and broadcaster. ...


Wikipedia Dispute

On March 20, 2007, Bozell published a column[22] criticizing Wikipedia as having bias, factual errors, and credential problems. Noticing a misrepresentation of his views in the Wikipedia article Bernard Goldberg, Bozell (through his attorney) complained to Wikipedia. After receiving no response, on March 15, 2007, Bozell and his attorney made an anonymous edit[23] to remove the misrepresentation, present since March 8[24]. Bozell writes that Wikipedia's editorial oversight is too lax and unmonitored. He points to Conservapedia as a resource that documents Wikipedia's faults in this regard, offering it as both less vulnerable to vandalism, and more authoritative, despite the implication of conservative bias inherent in its title. is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Bernard Bernie Goldberg (born 1945) is an American writer, journalist, and political commentator. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Conservapedia is a wiki-based web encyclopedia project with the stated purpose of creating an encyclopedia written from a socially and economically conservative viewpoint supportive of Conservative Christianity and Young Earth creationism. ...


External links

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Brent Bozell NNDB.com Biography. Accessed 2007-04-15
  2. ^ a b LBB Columns Media Research. Accessed 2007-04-15
  3. ^ Profile of Brent Bozell Media Transparency. Accessed 2007-04-15
  4. ^ Parents Television Council (2006-09-01). PTC President Bozell Announces Decision to Step Down and Welcomes Tim Winter as New President. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-07-14.
  5. ^ a b c Media Research Center biography of Bozell. Accessed 2007-07-16.
  6. ^ LBB Columns Parents TV Council. Accessed 2007-04-15
  7. ^ Foley, Mick (2001). Foley is Good: And The Real World is Faker Than Wrestling. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 451-460. ISBN 0060393009. 
  8. ^ Bozell, L. Brent III (2005-02-17). Is Sweeps Month Lesbian Month?. ParentsTV.org. Parents Television Council. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
  9. ^ Bozell, L. Brent III (2005-04-01). Moses vs. 'Desperate Housewives'. ParentsTV.org. Parents Television Council. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
  10. ^ Chonin, Neva. "Warning: Graphic Content", SFGate.com, San Francisco Chronicle, 2005-04-24, pp. PK-22. Retrieved on 2007-07-11. 
  11. ^  EXPOSED! Why Special Interests Don’t Want You to Use the V-Chip [Windows Media Video]. Television Watch.
  12. ^ Television Watch (2005-07-14). EXPOSED! Why Special Interests Don’t Want You to Use the V-Chip. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
  13. ^ Olbermann, Keith (December 1, 2006.). ‘Worst Person in the World’: Brent Bozell. MSNBC. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
  14. ^ Fishel, Ben (2006-06-29). Olbermann named Beck third "Worst Person" for Nazi/NY Times comparison; Bozell took top honor for touting debunked WMD discovery. MediaMatters.org. Media Matters for America. Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
  15. ^ Olbermann, Keith (2006-10-16). World's Worst first: A five-way tie. MSNBC. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
  16. ^ Olbermann again named Limbaugh "today's worst person in the world," Bozell "a very close second". MediaMatters.org. Media Matters for America (2005-08-22). Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
  17. ^ Olbermann, Keith. ‘World’s Worst’ Person: Tom DeLay. MSNBC: Nov. 3, 2006.
  18. ^ http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/people/lbrentbozell
  19. ^ Biedlingmaier, Matthew Brock (2007-07-10). Despite past discussion on his show, Hannity claimed he had "never heard" Coulter call for Clinton assassination. MediaMatters.org. Media Matters for America. Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
  20. ^ Waldman, Paul (2004-08-19). Mad As Hell - How I got a disturbing view of Brent Bozell's undying rage. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  21. ^ Christensen, Christian (2005-01-26). Pixelate the Morality Police. CommonDreams.org. CommonDreams.org. Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
  22. ^ Bozell, L. Brent III (2007-03-20). Not Your Father's Encyclopedia. Media Research Center. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
  23. ^ An anonymous edit, without edit summary, discussion, or following WP dispute policy.
  24. ^ The undocumented deletion prompted a slow revert war, here (an anonymous edit as before). An editor saw this (without knowledge of any formal complaint), compared the text to Bozell's column, deleted the misquotation, and warned its professed counter-WP author. See also here.

  Results from FactBites:
 
Move Left - Brent Bozell's Position on PBS: Hypocritical or Deceitful (790 words)
Brent Bozell is the president of the Parents Television Council.
Bozell and his army of easily offended proselytes are largely responsible for the siege on the FCC that resulted in record indecency fines in 2004.
Bozell: Shows like “Sesame Street,” Barney,” that type of programming, they are making hundreds of millions dollars in profits on the sales of their merchandise.
  More results at FactBites »


 
 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:
 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms, 1022, m