Michael Morris
MRC Free Speech America Director

Michael B. Morris, Esq. has been MRC Free Speech America Director since November 2022. Prior to 2025, he also served as MRC Business Director. Before that, he served as MRC Free Speech America & MRC Business Managing Editor starting in January 2022. He first was MRC Free Speech America & MRC Business Associate Editor starting in October 2019.

Michael began his employment with the Media Research Center as Assistant Editor for Commentary at CNSNews.com in August 2014. In 2015, he was promoted to Commentary Editor for CNSNews.com and was responsible for soliciting and editing commentary for CNSNews.com's commentary section.

Michael is a graduate of Regent University School of Law, where he earned his Juris Doctorate. While attending Regent University School of Law, he served as Republican National Lawyer Association Regent University School of Law Chapter Vice Chair of Membership from September 2012 through April 2014 and on Regent University School of Law’s Honor Council during his 2L and 3L years. He also interned for then-Congressman J. Randy Forbes in 2012.

He is also a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University, where he earned a double major in Political Science/Pre-Law and Economics. While earning his undergraduate degrees, Michael interned for then-Congressman, now former Vice President Mike Pence in 2010.

He was born and raised in Indiana, and he now lives in the suburbs with his wife near Washington, D.C.

Michael Morris | January 20, 2026

Many Americans now rely on Big Four news apps—Apple News, Google News, MSN, and Yahoo News. These platforms suppress right-leaning voices, with Apple News showing no right-leaning sources in December 2025 and Google News downplaying right-leaning…

Michael Morris | January 9, 2026

ChatGPT denied information about Charlie Kirk’s assassination in early December, highlighting AI bias and inconsistency. Strong action should be taken against Big Tech censorship, and free speech must be protected as Americans increasingly rely…

Michael Morris | December 23, 2025

Wikipedia's reliability remains contentious as Big Tech elevates its content despite its editable nature and left-leaning bias. Studies reveal that Google and AI platforms frequently prioritize Wikipedia's content, often to the detriment of…

Michael Morris, Tom Olohan | December 11, 2025

After nine years of radical leftist leadership, Wikipedia has been converted into one of the left’s most powerful megaphones, and it is hiding its strategy in plain sight.

Michael Morris | November 18, 2025

Public trust in news media has reached a record low, with a majority of Americans expressing little to no confidence in legacy elitist media like newspapers, TV and radio. Despite this distrust, these same media sources remain influential,…

Michael Morris | October 28, 2025

The 21st annual Free Speech Week marked a pivotal moment in America’s push toward reinvigorating free speech principles, hailed by the Media Research Center (MRC). The late Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was posthumously awarded for…