Dan Gainor
Vice President for Free Speech America and Business for the Media Research Center

Dan Gainor is the Boone Pickens Free Market Fellow and Vice President for Free Speech America and Business for the Media Research Center. He has worked for the MRC for 16 years and writes a regular weekly column for FoxNews.com about media bias. He has appeared on several thousand radio and TV shows on nearly all major networks — Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, CNNHLN, CNBC, ABC, NBC, PBS and many more — to discuss biased news media. Mr. Gainor holds an MBA from the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business and a master’s in publications design from the University of Baltimore. As an undergraduate, he majored in political science and history at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Dan Gainor | June 24, 2014

When it comes to big money in politics, there’s only one name the broadcast networks dwell on – the Koch brothers.

Billionaires David and Charles Koch are major contributors to both conservative and Republican causes. Democrats are “…

Dan Gainor | August 13, 2013

When Detroit declared bankruptcy in June, broadcasters acted like it was a shocking turn of events. NBC “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams told the “sad news from Detroit, the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy.” CBS’s Mark Strassman…

Dan Gainor | December 3, 2012

America is racing toward the Jan. 1 fiscal cliff deadline when tax hikes and spending cuts automatically take effect. But the overwhelming news focus has been only on tax hikes as a solution to the problem. Since the election, ABC…

Dan Gainor | November 14, 2012

The nation is nearing a “fiscal cliff” of huge tax hikes and major cuts in government. It’s all the result of a debt deal made between the Obama administration and Republicans in Congress.

But in the six months leading…

Dan Gainor | July 19, 2012

What do New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, gay marriage and Barack Obama have in common? The media spent years laying the groundwork for their popularity. As Mitt Romney studies hard for a vice presidential pick, smart analysts are probably…

Dan Gainor | July 5, 2012

There are always at least two views to any economy. If you think the U.S. economy is recovering but might need more stimulus, you probably vote liberal. If you think the economy stinks and government needs to be reined in, then you might be…