Brent Bozell
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Leo Brent Bozell III[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 Parents Television Council, the Conservative Communications Center, and the Cybercast News Service.
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.
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 program Hannity & Colmes. In 2004, his book Weapons of Mass Distortion was published by Crown Forum, and he has a forthcoming book from the same publisher entitled "Whitewash: How The News Media Are Paving Hillary Clinton's Path to the Presidency." He also serves on the Board of Advisors of the Catholic League.
Before founding the MRC in 1987, Bozell ran the National Conservative Foundation project at the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC). Mr. Bozell received his B.A. in history from the University of Dallas, where he was named the 1998 Alumnus of the Year.
He is married with five children, David, L. Brent IV, Joseph, Caitlin, and Reid. He and his family live in Alexandria, Virginia.
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[edit] 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 cited a university in Indiana who did a similar study and claimed that the results of both studies did not suggest that professional wrestling was responsible for injuries.
In addition, his conservative views on the media, especially within the Parents Television Council, have caused him accusations of "fighting the First Amendment for twenty years", given his involvement with the PTC against media content inappropriate for children. [1] Despite his views regarding such content, liberal commentator Paul Waldman claimed that following a taping of the Fox News Channel program The O'Reilly Factor in 2004 where he and Bozell had appeared, Bozell described his comments on Swift Vets and POWs for Truth as "horseshit" and directed "fuck" toward him. [2]
[edit] Wikipedia Dispute
On March 20, 2007, Bozell published a [4]column criticizing Wikipedia as having bias, factual errors, and credential problems. Claiming a misrepresentation of his views was listed on Bernard Goldberg, Bozell (through his attorney) complained to Wikipedia and received no response. Then on March 15, 2007, an edit was made to delete the offending paragraph, which had been in place since March 8.
The dispute is notable as an attack on the Wikipedia policy of editorial oversight as being too lax and unmonitored. Bozell points to Conservapedia as a resource that documents Wikipedia's faults in this regard, presumably holding it as a more authoritative reference less vulnerable to vandalism.
