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.

Ken Shepherd | December 1, 2005
     The economy is showing strong signs of life with good reports on economic growth, consumer confidence, and new housing sales hitting the news wires in late November. But CBS Evening News and ABCs…
Ken Shepherd | November 30, 2005
     Theres no denying Hurricane Katrina was easily the worst storm of a devastating hurricane season, but on the November 29 CBS Evening News reporter Jim Acosta couldnt help but exaggerate. Acosta…
Ken Shepherd | November 28, 2005
     Heaping up more one-sided coverage on the obesity issue, CNNs In the Money touted a star of the anti-food-industry Supersize Me on November 26.       Christine Romans opened the segment with New York…
Ken Shepherd | November 28, 2005
     Regular unleaded gasoline peaked in early September this year at $3.06 and has continued to fall, hitting just $2.15 per gallon. That would be news to CBSs Joie Chen, who misrepresented prices at the pump in a November 27 Evening…
Ken Shepherd | November 23, 2005
     Energy Drink Profits May Be Addictive, warns the subhead of the top story in the November 23 Business Day section of The New York Times. Staff writer Melanie Warners focused on critics of energy drinks who argued that…
Ken Shepherd | November 22, 2005
     In its fight against American business - which it depicted as waging a "war on the middle class" - CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" once again was out crusading for the left while cloaking the ideology of the…