Column: Graham Platner's Comedic Potential Lost In Joke Drought

Bonchie of RedState.com asked an interesting question on X: Has a single late night comic told a single joke about Graham Platner? Our Alex Christy found nothing on ABC, CBS, or NBC. Comedy Central had a bit, but made more fun of stupid rural Mainers.

Tim Graham
May 27th, 2026 6:00 AM

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
May 27th, 2026 5:30 AM

CNN Backs New Jersey Dems’ Performative Grandstanding at ICE Facility

Over the holiday weekend, New Jersey Democrat politicians gathered outside Newark’s Delaney Hall, which ICE has been using as a detention facility for over a decade. CNN showed video on Tuesday morning’s The Situation Room of several prominent Democrat politicians. Included in their highlight reel was New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, Senator Andy Kim, and Representative Robert…

Siena Do
May 26th, 2026 11:58 PM

ABC, CBS Show Strange New Concern for Presidential Health

There was once upon a time in the not-distant past where questioning the president’s health and fitness got you called an ageist, conspiracy theorist, or cheapfakes disseminator. Not anymore. With Joe Biden out of The White House and Donald Trump back in, there is suddenly a Strange New Concern for presidential health.

Jorge Bonilla
May 26th, 2026 11:28 PM

CBS’s Koppel Mesmerized by Iran Propaganda, Connects to Epstein

On CBS News Sunday Morning, the weekend magazine show went in-depth on Iranian A.I. LEGO propaganda, as senior contributor Ted Koppel seemed mesmerized by its musical prowess. The report also went into special focus on Iranian propaganda videos that connected the war to the Epstein Files to an alleged Israeli blackmail scheme, which Koppel gave little pushback to.

Nicholas Spinnato
May 26th, 2026 7:18 PM

CRYSTAL BULL: CNN Screeches Oil Won’t Dip Below $70 Until 2032

Apparently, CNN has one-upped the experts on energy markets. They're claiming, based on current price fluctuations, that we won’t see oil dip below $70 a barrel until — get this — 2032.

Joseph Vazquez
May 26th, 2026 5:02 PM

‘CBS Mornings’ Becomes First Network Show to Air WILD Talarico Clips

In what took only a few seconds and thus proving how easy it should be to do their supposed jobs as journalists, Tuesday’s CBS Mornings became the first flagship morning or evening broadcast network newscast — meaning ABC, CBS, and NBC — to mention Texas Democrat senatorial candidate James Talarico’s radical views on gender and religion in a larger piece about Tuesday’s Texas…

Curtis Houck
May 26th, 2026 4:58 PM

The View Suggest NFL QB Should Be Injured for Supporting Trump

While ABC’s The View was over the moon for the New York Knickerbockers sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers, a member of a different New York team was the focus of their hatred. During Tuesday’s episode, The View suggested Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart should wear “extra padding” when he plays or practices because other players were doing to try to injure him. His offense that…

Nicholas Fondacaro
May 26th, 2026 4:02 PM

Lenient Judge’s ‘Intuitions’ Fail: Man Arrested for New Shooting Spree

“What the judge did was double harm," former Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins said, commenting on the arrest of a man who wouldn’t have been free to go on a second shooting spree if a judge hadn’t ignored her sentencing request in 2020.

Craig Bannister
May 26th, 2026 3:59 PM

POLL RESULTS: Worst Media Quote of the Week Winner!

The results of the Worst Media Quote of the Week are in and the winner is Joy Behar!

Geoffrey Dickens
May 26th, 2026 2:05 PM

Coincidence? Elitist Media Traffic Spikes as Tech Giants Prop Them Up

Website traffic for Newsweek, Al Jazeera, and The Minnesota Star Tribune closely mirrored how often their stories were promoted on top news aggregators—Apple News, Google News, and MSN. When promotion increased, so did traffic; when it dropped, audience numbers also fell, showing the outsized influence these digital gatekeepers have on major media outlets’ visibility.

Heather Moon and Michael Morris
May 26th, 2026 2:00 PM

Double Standard: NBC Boasts Trump’s Health ‘Under a Growing Spotlight’

Despite having spent years ignoring seemingly endless Joe Biden gaffes and signs of mental and physical decline, NBC’s Today decided Tuesday it was going to take presidential health seriously by painting President Trump’s cognitive and physical health for office as “under a growing spotlight” with voters having serious doubts about his ability to remain in office.

Curtis Houck
May 26th, 2026 1:32 PM

Sally Field Touts 1st Amendment on '60 Minutes'...To Flatter Colbert?

If you weren’t a political junkie, you could watch actress Sally Field give a 65-second speech at the end of Sunday’s 60 Minutes about the First Amendment and the “brilliance of our Constitution” and think it was like a “Bicentennial Minute” (which CBS aired in 1976). Dig a little deeper, and it seems timed to protest the end of Stephen Colbert's show on CBS.

Tim Graham
May 26th, 2026 1:04 PM

CBS Hypes 'Daily Show' Host That Called Clarence Thomas an Uncle Tom

The liberal thesis that CBS has become MAGA TV took another hit on Tuesday’s edition of CBS Mornings as co-host Vladimir Duthiers interviewed The Daily Show’s Josh Johnson about his upcoming HBO standup special. While Comedy Central is a fellow Paramount property and HBO’s parent company Warner Bros. is in the process of merging with Paramount, Duthiers sat down to marvel…

Alex Christy
May 26th, 2026 12:00 PM