Media Research Gala 2008
-By Warner Todd Huston
I was pleased to have been invited to attend the MRC DisHonor Awards for 2008 held in Washington D.C. this week. Sponsored by the Media Research Center it’s a time for conservatives to turn their attention to the left biased media and poke a little fun at them. It was a lively and fun event for all… unless you were a leftie in the media.
Highlights included awards to McClatchy Newspapers (for saying the lower death rate in Iraq was “bad” on Iraqi gravediggers) and Chris Matthews (both for saying Obama gave him a “thrill up his leg” and saying Bill Clinton was like “Jesus in the Temple”… nice objectivity there Chrissy).
Presenters included Ann Coulter, Cal Thomas, radio host Mark Levin, Brent Bozell, movie director Ron Maxwell (Gettysburg), Congressman Tom Tancredo, Congressman Mike Pence, financial reporter and TV personality Larry Kudlow, and a host of others.
The guest of honor was former presidential spokesman Tony Snow who was awarded the William F. Buckley Award f or Media Excellence. And a more gracious man never trod the Earth!
We were also honored to host the Father and brother of Congressional Medal of Honor winner Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, USN (Navy Seal). An emotional video of the life and heroism of Lt. Murphy had all of us chocked up. What a brave and honorable man. Financial whiz T. Boone Pickens then donated $1 million dollars to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society in Lt. Murphy’s name.
It was a great and memorable evening.
Check out Eyeblast.tv for some video of the event.
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as newsbusters.org, townhall.com, New Media Journal, Men’s News Daily and the New Media Alliance among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events. He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the new book “Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture” which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of publiusforum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions : EMAIL Warner Todd Huston