Brent Bozell
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L. Brent Bozell III is the founder and president of the Media Research Center, the Parents Television Council, the Conservative Communications Center, and the Cybercast News Service.
He is a nephew of conservative writer and National Review founder William F. Buckley through Bozell's mother, Patricia Buckley Bozell. His father (a Catholic convert) was Buckley's debating partner at Yale University and a conservative activist (L. Brent Bozell Jr.); his grandfather, Leo B. Bozell, was a co-founder of Bozell Worldwide.
His articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Washington Times, New York Post, Los Angeles Times and National Review. He is a regular on television, including the Fox News program Hannity & Colmes. In 2004, his book Weapons of Mass Distortion was published by Crown Forum. He also serves on the Board of Advisors of the Catholic League.
Before founding the MRC in 1987, Bozell ran the National Conservative Foundation project at the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC). Mr. Bozell received his B.A. in history from the University of Dallas, where he was named the 1998 Alumnus of the Year.
He is married with five children, David, L. Brent IV, Joseph, Caitlin, and Reid. He and his family live in Alexandria, Virginia.
In late 2001, Mr. Bozell appeared as the subject of extreme criticism in the book entitled 'Foley Is Good,' a memoir published by former World Wrestling Federation wrestler, Mick Foley. Foley called into question the reasoning and research the PTC used to base their claims that the World Wrestling Federation and their presentations of televised wrestling matches were to blame for various deaths and injuries suffered by small children who were supposedly imitating professional wrestling moves. Foley cited a certain university in Indiana who did a similar study and found that the results of both studies in no way, shape or form pointed the finger at professional wrestling. Foley devotes almost an entire chapter in this book to pointing out the shortcomings, inconsistencies, and hypocricies of Mr. Bozell and the PTC.
