We at the Media Research Center have long argued that one of the most insidious forms of media bias is bias by omission: the exclusion of stories, or of key items within stories, that run counter to the ongoing media narrative. We cover those omissions as they happen, but they are usually limited to one high-profile story. But last night’s legacy evening news omitted THREE major items.
We begin with Virginia Democrat Attorney General candidate Jay Jones, and the media’s ongoing omission of his murderous text messages that have rocked that state's gubernatorial election, which the national media usually look to and cover as a midterm bellwether. Our own Geoff Dickens has tabulated the scant coverage these texts have received and has rightly noted that “If Jay Jones were a Republican, he’d probably be a household name by now.” To date, no major Democrat has broken from Jones over these violent texts, most notably among these Senator Tim Kaine. Neither the texts, nor revelations that Jones was busted for driving 116 miles per hour, nor reports that he reported time spent at his PAC as court-ordered community service, nor his just-revealed alleged pining for police deaths, disqualifying for a Republican, drew any significant media scrutiny.
In other news, CIA Director John Ratcliffe declassified and published an explosive report that further clarifies the extent to which then-Vice President Joe Biden engaged in corrupt practices related to his oversight of matters pertaining to Ukraine.
Today, I declassified @CIA intelligence regarding Ukraine after determining it is in the public interest.
— CIA Director John Ratcliffe (@CIADirector) October 7, 2025
Read the report here: https://t.co/W0W1IjYFef
The report, which can be viewed in its entirety here, contains this banger of a paragraph:
(REDACTED) After the visit, these officials assessed that the U.S. Vice President had come to Kiev almost exclusively to give a generic public speech, and had not had any intention of discussing substantive matters with (Ukrainian President) Poroshenko or other officials within the Ukrainian government. Following the visit of the U.S. Vice President, (REDACTED) officials within the Poroshenko administration privately mused at the U.S. media scrutiny of the alleged ties of the U.S. Vice President’s family to corruption in Ukraine as evidence of a double-standard within the United States Government towards matters of corruption and political power.
What’s that old saying about time being the only difference between conspiracy theories and truth? After years spent spinning the American people that Joe Biden was a devoted public servant, don’t expect the legacies to report that he WAS, in fact, The Big Guy.
Finally: did you know that Mexico was declared a no-go zone for Americans and that the cartels specifically threatened FBI Director Kash Patel? Per Nexstar’s BorderReport:
Two banners reportedly left behind by members of the Sinaloa cartel on Sunday in Los Cabos openly threatened the lives of Americans living or visiting Mexican destinations controlled by the cartel.
The banners, according to several social media posts and trade sites, were taken down quickly.
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The banners are addressed to FBI Director Kash Patel and Terry Cole, administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Written in Spanish, the warnings say: “You will be the ones to blame. We’ll show how we’ll make this war starting 5/10/2025 on all Americans residing in areas where we have a presence … especially those living in San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas.”
The banners go on to say, “We are the ones who rule here and we’ll demonstrate what we are capable of if you don’t stop arresting our people and decommissioning our loads and weapons.”
This is an important story, given that the threats were directed not just at American officials but American citizens living and vacationing in these particular parts of Mexico- AND that the United States is currently on a war footing with drug cartels.
The legacies couldn’t be bothered with any of these stories- choosing instead to report accident filler, Taylor Swift refusing to perform the Super Bowl halftime show, and LeBron James’ latest “decision”.
Honorable mention: Perhaps breaking too late for East Coast evening news, but we’ll see how the legacies report the Sunday arrest of the deranged leftist outside what is known as the Red Mass (a special Mass held in honor of the Supreme Court) with over 200 explosive devices and manifesto targeting Jews, Catholics, ICE, and The Supreme Court. Perhaps they’ll suppress this one, too, until after he pleads Not Guilty by Reason of Gender Transition.
A man arrested with 200 explosives outside of a church event for Supreme Court justices on Sunday had a manifesto showing that his anger was directed at the Supreme Court, ICE, Catholics, and Jews, @realdailywire found. Last year, 3 conservative justices were at the special Mass. pic.twitter.com/x29gBfDYX9
— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) October 7, 2025
