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

May 12th, 2026 5:30 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:

BLACKOUT: ABC News SILENT on Disney Cruise Employing Alleged Pedophiles

Netanyahu Denies NY Times 'Hard Sell' Story, Rips Social Media Attacks on Israel

Biological Male Wins 3 Track Events by Crushing Female Athletes

NPR Interviews Steve Cohen, White Guy Who Represents Majority-Black District

 

 

BLACKOUT: ABC News SILENT on Disney Cruise Employing Alleged Pedophiles

ABC News has remained completely silent on the arrests of up to ten Disney cruise ship employees in a child pornography ring.

The arrests took place between April 23 and 27 as part of a Customs and Border Protection operation and became national news by May 6.

During this period ABC instead aired multiple segments praising former Disney CEO Bob Iger and promoting other Disney content.

Disney ownership creates a clear conflict that leads ABC to protect the company image over covering a serious scandal involving alleged predators.

 

Netanyahu Denies NY Times 'Hard Sell' Story, Rips Social Media Attacks on Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly denied a New York Times claim that he gave a hard sell for regime change in Iran during talks with the Trump administration.

Netanyahu stressed that both sides recognized risks in action but greater risks in inaction against Iran.

He blamed much of the decline in U.S. support for Israel on social media manipulation and propaganda as a key front in the conflict.

Netanyahu highlighted Israel's extensive efforts to warn and protect civilians while criticizing media narratives that ignore Hezbollah aggression and human shield tactics.

 

Biological Male Wins 3 Track Events by Crushing Female Athletes

Biological male AB Hernandez won first place in three girls track and field jumping events at a California Interscholastic Federation postseason meet.

Hernandez secured the triple jump by nearly three feet and the long jump by more than a foot while tying for first in the high jump.

Female athletes have previously quit competitions rather than face him in volleyball and track events.

Prominent female athletes including Martina Navratilova and Riley Gaines have spoken out against allowing biological males to compete in girls sports.

 

NPR Interviews Steve Cohen, White Guy Who Represents Majority-Black District

NPR interviewed white Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen who has long represented a majority-black district in Memphis to lament Republican redistricting.

Cohen claimed the loss of the majority-black district would reduce African American interest in elections.

NPR failed to note how Cohen's own successful long-term representation undercuts arguments that only black representatives can serve black districts effectively.

Cohen portrayed redistricting battles as necessary Democratic self-defense against Trump while calling the former president a gangster and warning of authoritarianism.