Catherine Salgado
Contributing Writer/Contractor

Catherine Salgado is a Contributing Writer and former Staff Writer/Researcher with MRC Free Speech America. She also has a column, Washington's Bayonette, on The Rogue Review and her own SubStack newsletter, Pro Deo et Libertate. Catherine previously wrote for The National Pulse and is a graduate of Christendom College with a degree in Classical Languages and Theology. She received the Andrew Breitbart MVP award for August 2021 from The Rogue Review.

OpenAI Helping Elitist Media Infiltrate Local News? New Deal Suggests So
Catherine Salgado | January 30, 2026

A new deal between ChatGPT’s parent company, OpenAI, and a biased leftist news outlet could potentially undercut local newspapers across the country.

Anthropic Debuts AI ‘Constitution’ as Chatbot Claude Pans Free Speech
Catherine Salgado, Tom Olohan | January 28, 2026

Anthropic may have released a new so-called “constitution,” but according to answers provided by Claude itself to the Media Research Center, this could be a risk to free speech.

AI Users Claim Tech Is Unbiased. MRC Has Evidence Proving Otherwise
Catherine Salgado | January 23, 2026

A new report indicates that a majority of AI users in the United States and India believe chatbots and AI news are unbiased, a claim repeatedly debunked by the Media Research Center.

Yikes: Microsoft AI Owns Up to Major Risk as CEO Brags on Global Stage
Catherine Salgado, Luis Cornelio | January 23, 2026

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella ignored the impact of AI on free speech at an international conference, even though his company’s AI acknowledged the risks to the Media Research Center and studies have shown the same.

Mike Johnson, State Department Remind Europe of Free Speech Heritage
Catherine Salgado | January 21, 2026

Top American politicians, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, are emphasizing the prime American right of free speech in rebuking European censorship.

Shocker: Meta AI Denigrates America’s Civil Rights Progress on MLK Day
Catherine Salgado | January 19, 2026

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Meta AI smeared the U.S. as having fallen short of King’s dream.