The mission of the Media Research Center is to bring balance to the news media. Leaders of America's conservative movement have long believed that within the national news media a strident liberal bias existed that influenced the public's understanding of critical issues. On October 1, 1987, a group of young determined conservatives set out to not only prove ? through sound scientific research ? that liberal bias in the media does exist and undermines traditional American values, but also to neutralize its impact on the American political scene.