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 | September 9, 2025

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,…

Michael Morris | August 12, 2025

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…

Michael Morris | July 9, 2025

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…

Michael Morris | June 24, 2025

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.