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.

Maybe Serwer Needs Another Cup of Joe

Ken Shepherd | January 4, 2006

Maybe Serwer Needs Another Cup of Joe CNN reporter flubs statistic on coal, despite correct graphic on-screen

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CBS Passes Off Coal Critic as Dispassionate Expert

Ken Shepherd | January 4, 2006

CBS anchor Bob Schieffer used vehement coal industry critic Jeff Goodell as an unbiased expert on the coal industry in an in-studio interview on the January 3 Evening News. The very next day,…

CBS Conjures Recession Specter in New Years Newscast

Ken Shepherd | January 3, 2006

Shes no Miss Cleo, but CBSs Sharyn Alfonsi polished off her crystal ball to issue a cloudy economic picture for 2006 on the New Years Day edition of the "CBS Evening News". A broad consensus of…

NBC Glosses over Strong 2005 Job Growth

Ken Shepherd | January 3, 2006

Two million jobs were added in 2005; Novembers initial job growth was revised upwards by more than 40 percent of the original estimate; and unemployment dropped below 5 percent, according to…

ABC Reporter Portrays Union as Victim, Delphi as Villain

Ken Shepherd | December 28, 2005

ABC reporter Dean Reynolds promised A Closer Look at the woes of domestic auto parts maker Delphi, but instead zoomed in on a story portraying union workers as victims and corporate executives as…

Print Reports Snow Readers On Housing

Ken Shepherd | December 27, 2005

The front page of the December 27 Investors Business Daily (IBD) joined other print outlets in blowing hot air on the so-called housing bubble with Home Sales Plunge as Prices Pull Back and…