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.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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,…

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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…

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In the current climate of shifting political landscapes, MRC celebrated the importance of free speech by honoring Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk with the 2025 MRC Free Speech Award. Amid debates over Big Tech's liability under Section 230…

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AI chatbots, including ChatGPT and Meta AI, buried and downplayed former President Donald Trump's role in negotiating a recent Israel-Hamas peace deal, often crediting multiple parties instead. Despite Trump's announcement of the deal as part of…

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Google's refusal to change its censorship policies has caught the attention of free speech advocates and politicians. In response to allegations of content moderation influenced by the U.S. government, Google offered no new admissions or changes…

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In recent years, the left has shifted the Overton window away from America's founding ideals by manipulating the media and engaging in censorship. Recent events surrounding the murder of Charlie Kirk have sparked debates about the limits of free…

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Free speech in Europe is under scrutiny as governments like the U.K., France, and Germany continue to arrest citizens for speech-related offenses. AI chatbots, including ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, excluded the U.S. from top-10 lists of nations…

Elon Musk's platform, X, is still perceived to favor liberal voices over conservative ones. An MRC analysis indicates that Democrats, especially radical ones like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Maxine Waters, have higher visibility scores,…

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The debate on whether Big Tech AI companies should compensate legacy media outlets for content has intensified, particularly with arguments from the left that mirror previous attempts to regulate tech-media relations. This discussion follows…

AI chatbots, including Meta AI, ChatGPT and Grok, exhibit a strong anti-Trump bias when asked for a one-word evaluation. This contrasts with more nuanced or neutral responses given for other global leaders, including dictators. The Media Research…

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The rapid development of AI, specifically AGI and ASI, comes with both promise and peril. While offering massive benefits like economic and scientific advancement, risks such as censorship and political bias persist. Efforts to regulate AI, like…

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The warnings and prognostications from tech experts on what could be coming soon with artificial intelligence have been many, but the message from the head of a leading chatbot model painted a dizzyingly rosy picture. 

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Over and over again, the prominent artificial intelligence concern discussed, from industry leaders to Trump administration officials and across the liberal media landscape, is how the burgeoning technology will impact jobs. And while the winds…

The Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek, popular since its debut, erases data pertaining to sensitive topics disapproved by the Chinese government, including Tiananmen Square, Taiwan, Jimmy Lai, and Uyghur rights. Despite initially processing encoded…

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“The Kids Online Safety Act is back” read multiple headlines as a “bipartisan pair of senators reintroduced” the bill May 14 with a subtle change in hopes that the legislation — which thankfully flatlined in the U.S. House after it passed 91-3 in…

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The evolution of technology from social media's influence on content censorship to the new era of AI-integrated wearable devices, specifically AI glasses promoted by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is here. These glasses promise a seamless interaction…

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President Trump aims to champion free speech in the U.S. by signing executive orders ending government censorship and curbing Biden's AI policies. Globally, countries like the UK and the EU are implementing stringent online regulations, raising…