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

June 29th, 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:

MRC Research Exposes Media for Wasting Nearly 10 Hours of Coverage on Lincoln Memorial Algae

MRC Exposes Networks for Burying Chicago Mass Shootings While Covering Algae and Pop Culture

MRC Tracks Soros Cash Outpacing Musk as Top Midterm Donor with Massive 102 Million Dollar Dump

MRC Free Speech America Catches Google Gemini Protecting Leftist Media While Smearing Right of Center Outlets



 

MRC Research Exposes Media for Wasting Nearly 10 Hours of Coverage on Lincoln Memorial Algae

Media Research Center analysts found that broadcast and cable networks dedicated a staggering 579 minutes and 31 seconds to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool over a 12 day period. 

The left wing cable network MS NOW led the obsession by broadcasting an absurd 108 minutes on the reflecting pool in just a three day span. 

CNN closely followed with over 264 minutes of total coverage spent tracking the condition and renovation of the pool. 

The massive volume of airtime spent on local Washington pool maintenance shows how major media outlets prioritize minor aesthetic issues over pressing national news.

 

MRC Exposes Networks for Burying Chicago Mass Shootings While Covering Algae and Pop Culture

The Media Research Center uncovered that broadcast networks virtually ignored a devastating Father's Day weekend in Chicago where at least 36 people were shot and seven were killed. 

ABC offered the only broadcast network coverage of the violent weekend with a single 16 second mention tucked away in a 4 AM news hour. 

Networks chose to omit this critical news story in favor of trivial reports about Taylor Swift's wedding rumors, a tourist fleeing a volcano, and a dog watching another dog eat a hot dog. 

This egregious bias by omission proves that major networks will actively ignore severe metropolitan violence to protect their preferred political narratives.

 

MRC Tracks Soros Cash Outpacing Musk as Top Midterm Donor with Massive 102 Million Dollar Dump

Media Research Center tracking shows that left wing billionaire George Soros has secured the title of top political donor for the 2026 midterm elections. 

Soros has poured a staggering 102 million dollars into his political action committee called Democracy PAC to influence upcoming legislative races. 

This enormous spending spree eclipses potential rival donors like Elon Musk and demonstrates that the 95 year old billionaire has no intention of stopping his political spending. 

The multi million dollar cash infusion is part of a broader Soros strategy to finance open borders, back soft on crime prosecutors, and bankroll extremist political organizations.

 

MRC Free Speech America Catches Google Gemini Protecting Leftist Media While Smearing Right of Center Outlets

Media Research Center researchers caught Google's Gemini chatbot praising the left wing British publication The Guardian while simultaneously labeling independent right of center outlets as unreliable. 

The artificial intelligence program labeled right leaning sites with derogatory terms like far right propaganda and hyperpartisan before quickly deleting its responses to avoid detection. 

The chatbot explicitly endorsed the leftist Guardian for high journalistic standards while classifying seven different American conservative platforms as spreaders of conspiracy theories. 

An MRC investigation revealed that Big Tech chatbots rely on biased media rating firms and Soros funded fact checkers to systematically blacklist conservative content.