Today's Highlights: What MRC's Media Watchdogs Are Saying

March 4th, 2026 12:01 AM

MRC Watchdogs churn out breaking news on a daily basis. Don't miss Today's Highlights, where you can keep up with the top MRC content, whether it's the latest study on media bias, a glaring omission from the elitist media, or how the Big Tech companies are serving up the same leftist spin as the media. 

Top Stories:

1.The Worst of Elitist Media in the Coverage of Operation Epic Fury in Iran 

2. Supreme Court Restores Injunction on California’s Gender-Secrecy School Policy

3. Google News, Microsoft’s MSN Hide Landmark SCOTUS Decision for Parental Rights over Transgenderism

 

The Worst of Elitist Media in the Coverage of Operation Epic Fury in Iran 

Sunny Hostin, The View Co-Host : Hostin shrieked about how there was supposedly no plan in any form and equated the U.S. striking Iran to Russia invading Ukraine. "It's very easy to start a war, right? Without a plan. It's very difficult to end a war. We've seen in Russia, invading Ukraine, thinking that it was going to be over. It's five years later, 610,000 Russians are either maimed or killed. No. 1.2 million Russians maimed or killed. We’ve got 600,000 Ukrainians maimed or killed."

Washington Post: In the wake of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's death, The Washington Post published one of their infamous glowing remembrances of Islamic terrorists. "With his bushy white beard and easy smile, Ayatollah Khamenei cut a more avuncular figure in public than his perpetually scowling but much more revered mentor, and he was known to be fond of Persian poetry and classic Western novels, especially Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables.”

Saturday Night Live: On Saturday night, less than 24 hours after the United States and Israel launched attacks inside Iran, as the men and women of our military were facing the dangers associated with those ongoing missions, as well as retaliatory missile attacks from Iran aimed at our military bases throughout the Middle East, the twisted minds at NBC's Saturday Night Live decided it would be a great time to attempt to mock our Commander-In-Chief President Trump, and Pete Hegseth, our Secretary of War. 

 NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel: Trump justified the military actions on the basis of “a theoretical threat...that if, in the future Iran were to expand its ballistic missile program, it could threaten the United States, and if Iran were able to develop a nuclear program accusing Iran of trying to reconstitute it.” 

Good Morning America Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce: Trump “has yet to make a robust case for war to explain why Iran presented an imminent threat to the U.S.” and has “insist[ed], without evidence, that rebuild of their nuclear program was happening fast.”

President Trump: "We pray for the full recovery of the wounded and send our immense love and eternal gratitude to the families of the fallen."

Catherine Rampell, MSNow Host Characterization of Trump's comments: "What do you make of what to me seem like relatively callous expressions of condolences for those who are making the ultimate sacrifice for their nation?"

 

Supreme Court Restores Injunction on California’s Gender-Secrecy School Policy

Parents, not the state, have primary authority over children's upbringing — The Supreme Court reaffirmed long-standing precedent: parents hold fundamental constitutional rights to direct their children's care and education. California's policy of concealing gender dysphoria or school-based social transitions from parents (unless the child consents) likely violates the Due Process Clause (14th Amendment) and Free Exercise Clause (1st Amendment), as the state cannot "cut out the primary protectors of children’s best interests: their parents."

Court restores statewide injunction against California's "secret transition" policy — In a landmark 6-3 emergency decision, the Supreme Court vacated the Ninth Circuit's stay and reinstated the district court's injunction. Schools are now barred from misleading parents about a child's gender presentation, compelled to honor parental directives on names/pronouns, and prohibited from facilitating hidden transitions during school hours—delivering a major victory for parental rights amid ongoing litigation.

Ruling prioritizes parental involvement in children's mental health over state secrecy — Gender dysphoria significantly affects a child's well-being, yet California's rules hid symptoms from parents while enabling school-hour transitions and forcing teachers to deceive families. The Court recognized this as irreparable harm, emphasizing that parents—not government policies—must guide decisions on identity and mental health, marking one of the most significant parental rights wins in a generation.

 

Google News, Microsoft’s MSN Hide Landmark SCOTUS Decision for Parental Rights over Transgenderism

Google News and MSN Completely Ignored a Major SCOTUS Win for Parents Google News and MSN showed zero coverage of the Supreme Court's March 2, ruling blocking California's law allowing schools to secretly help kids transition without telling parents. This landmark decision protects parental rights and likely violates constitutional protections—yet dominant platforms hid it from millions.

Limited Coverage Still Slanted Heavily Left Apple News and Yahoo News each ran just one Reuters article framing the ruling as blocking "California privacy protections for transgender students." It used scare quotes on parents' arguments, downplayed the Court's findings, and portrayed the case as a GOP effort to restrict transgender rights—pushing advocacy over constitutional concerns.

Big Four apps rarely feature conservative sources and curate news to hide inconvenient truths while promoting radical ideology.