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

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. 

 

Catherine Mortensen
June 18th, 2026 5:30 AM

MS NOW: If You’re Not into USA 250, Let Obama Center ‘Speak for You’

The impending grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center on the South Side of Chicago has triggered a lot of nostalgia within the Elitist Media. This is particularly true at Democrat propaganda arm MS NOW, where Barack Obama is revered as a god-king.

Jorge Bonilla
June 18th, 2026 1:04 AM

ABC Host Kisses Up to the Obamas Ahead of Presidential Center Opening

With the Obama Presidential Center set to open to the public on Friday in Chicago, the liberal media is once again falling on their faces to grovel to Barack and Michelle Obama. ABC’s Good Morning America broadcasted a pre-taped interview with the former President and First Lady on Wednesday, praising the couple ahead of the ugliest museum in history’s dedication and opening. 

Siena Do
June 17th, 2026 10:27 PM

Tarlov Brings Up Threats To Barack Obama During Discussion On UFC Plot

On Tuesday we learned that the FBI had thwarted an attack targeting Sunday's USC Freedom 250 event at the White House, arresting five suspects who were planning to use drones equipped with explosives,  On Tuesday's edition of Fox News's The Five, it was not surprising to see leftist Jessica Tarlov and Greg Gutfeld go at it once again, this time over which political side poses the…

Steve Malzberg
June 17th, 2026 10:11 PM

Scarborough Hits on Reflecting Pool, Directly Compares to Iran War

On Wednesday, the crew at MS NOW’s Morning Joe continued to react to the possible end of the Iran War in a segment that was began as an attack on the renovations to the reflecting pool on the National Mall.

Nicholas Spinnato
June 17th, 2026 6:59 PM
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CNN's Cornish Slams Georgia GOP Winner's 'Deported or Departed' Line

On today's CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish played a campaign ad from Rick Jackson, winner of Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial primary, in which Jackson promised voters that criminal illegals who “commit sick, violent crimes, victimize our children, and get away with murder” would, if he becomes governor, “end up deported or departed.” The spot featured the case of José Antonio…

Mark Finkelstein
June 17th, 2026 4:36 PM

Joy Behar Suggests The View Gatekeeps Female Vote, All Must Kiss Ring

Following Vice President J.D. Vance’s appearance on ABC’s The View on Tuesday, co-host Joy Behar and the show’s executive producer Brian Teta scurried off to record the daily episode of their Behind the Table podcast to, in part, commiserate about the interview. Generally happy with how it went, Behar predicted that every presidential hopeful needed to visit The View…

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 17th, 2026 4:33 PM

With PBS Approval, Glaude Likens MAGA to KKK With 'Evangelical Twist'

Monday’s PBS News Hour marked America’s upcoming 250th anniversary in typically perverse fashion, turning the national story inside out and showing, in the words from the introduction by substitute anchor William Brangham, how “America`s celebrations have always been plagued by a deeper contradiction, a nation devoted to liberty while repeatedly denying it to millions of…

Clay Waters
June 17th, 2026 4:22 PM

Bozell Joins Dana Loesch to Discuss JD Vance on ‘The View’

Media Research Center President David Bozell joined The Dana Show with Dana Loesch on Wednesday afternoon to discuss Vice President JD Vance’s recent appearance on ABC’s “The View” and CBS’s Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss potentially taking editorial control over CNN, along with Scott Pelley’s “press tour” following his firing from 60 Minutes.

Regan Keefer
June 17th, 2026 4:10 PM

38% of Democrats ‘Ashamed’ to Be Americans

Democrats are far more likely to say they’re “ashamed” to be Americans than are other U.S. adult citizens, results of a new national survey by The Economist/YouGov reveal.

Craig Bannister
June 17th, 2026 3:39 PM

MS NOW's Menendez Claims Obama Library is a Tribute To The Country

With the Obama Presidential Library opening on Thursday, the cast of characters that make up MS NOW has been provided an excuse to return to fangirling over their favorite president. On Wednesday’s On the Line, it was host Alicia Menendez’s turn as she claimed the library would not just be a tribute to Obama, but to the whole country. Menendez’s gushing review also fit in nicely with…

Alex Christy
June 17th, 2026 3:09 PM

MSNOW's Ruhle Asks if World Cup is 'Showing the Worst Part of America'

On the new MS NOW program Money, Power, Politics hosted by Stephanie Ruhle, the host and her panel, including former ESPNer turned podcast host Pablo Torre and David French of The New York Times, attacked the occurrence of the 2026 World Cup in America. Ruhle called the sensation the German X user Freddy and the story of his travels throughout the U.S. a “one-off,” as she…

Nicholas Spinnato
June 17th, 2026 1:41 PM

Lawrence O'Donnell Cannot BEAR UFC Fighter's Michelle Obama Insult

One of the most famous moments from Sunday’s highly-anticipated UFC Championship show outside the White House was when fighter Josh Hokit said into the microphone, “Michelle Obama is a man!” The moment went viral and prompted plenty of left-wing media meltdowns, including a segment from Monday’s episode of MS NOW’s The Last Word, where host Lawrence O’Donnell all but sobbed as he…

Siena Do
June 17th, 2026 12:38 PM

Klepper Hints Trump Wanted German Chancellor To Get Him a Nazi Jersey

The cast of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show had a busy day of activism on Tuesday. First, host-of-the-week Jordan Klepper reacted to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gifting President Trump a German soccer jersey by implying that Trump wished it was a Nazi one. Later, Desi Lydic interviewed four former federal employees who were DOGE-ed who are now running for Congress as Democrats…

Alex Christy
June 17th, 2026 10:08 AM