Ken Shepherd

Former NewsBusters Managing Editor

Ken Shepherd lives in New Carrollton, Md., with his wife, Laura, and four children. Ken graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland in 2001 with a Bachelors of Arts in Government & Politics and a citation in Public Leadership.

Ken worked for the Media Research Center from May 2001 to April 2016. He served as NewsBusters Managing Editor from 2007 until April 2016. Currently, he serves as "a universal-desk editor and digital writer" for The Washington Times.

In his spare time, Ken enjoys karaoke, tennis, reading, and discussing theology or politics.

ABC Worries Churches Are Ruining Texas City's Finances

Ken Shepherd | October 2, 2006

Reporter features mayor's complaints but leaves out existing regulation on churches, mayor's rosy view of the city's finances in 2006 'State of the City' speech.

Wash. Post Media Critic: NPR is Liberally Biased

Ken Shepherd | October 2, 2006

In CNN interview, paper's Howard Kurtz noted radio network's taxpayer-funded leftward slant.

NBC Accuses Oil Firms of 'Fleecing' Taxpayers

Ken Shepherd | September 29, 2006

But reporter's complaint is really that government forgot to tax oil drilling.

CNN's Miles O'Brien Paints Senator on Quixotic Quest against Global Warming Reality

Ken Shepherd | September 28, 2006

But the science is hardly unanimous, and computer models predicting warming have been wrong before.

Restaurants Left out of Stories on Trans Fat Ban

Ken Shepherd | September 28, 2006

Network news ignored or downplayed criticism of New York City's proposed food regulation.