ABC/CBS Skip Trump Win in Minn, NBC Airs 2 Minutes on Anti-Fraud Raids

MRC analysts looked at the week (April 28 - May 5) of coverage since the April 28 raid and found just 2 minutes, 5 seconds (all of it in one segment on the April 28 edition of NBC’s Nightly News) was devoted to the effort to shut down the Somali scams.  

Geoffrey Dickens
May 6th, 2026 10:00 AM

Colbert Portrays Obama as Pillar of Restrained Power, Recalls Tan Suit

As CBS’s The Late Show prepares to wind down operations in less than three weeks, host Stephen Colbert traveled to Chicago for a lengthy interview with former President Barack Obama to hype the opening of his presidential library and museum. Amid a flurry of other softballs, Colbert would suggest that in contrast to President Trump, Obama was a pillar of executive restraint, and…

Alex Christy
May 6th, 2026 9:45 AM

Column: Kamala-Loving 'SNL' Rips 'Incompetent' Kash Patel

The liberals at Mediaite.com gushed over the latest anti-conservative comedy from NBC: “Kash Patel Gets Absolutely Smoked in Punishing SNL Sendup By Aziz Ansari: ‘I’m the First Indian Person to Suck at Their Job!’” It's quite a contrast with half-Indian Kamala Harris, who was treated like a "superhero."

Tim Graham
May 6th, 2026 6:11 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 6th, 2026 5:30 AM

REGIME MEDIA: ABC Seems to Relish Parroting Iranian War Propaganda

ABC World News Tonight made sure to lead the newscast with an update on the situation in Iran. Suffice it to say, it is par for the course for the most Trump-deranged of the Big Three network evening newscasts, and its most Trump-deranged correspondent.

Jorge Bonilla
May 6th, 2026 12:01 AM

CNN's Phillip Defends Mockler In Battle With National Review's Rothman

Last Thursday on CNN's NewsNight with Abby Phillip, Adam Mockler of Meidas Touch Network disrespected CNN's Scott Jennings into losing his cool, big time. Mockler was invited back on Monday night, and even though Jennings wasn't there, he managed to exhibit many of the same unfortunate qualities from last week.

Steve Malzberg
May 5th, 2026 10:55 PM

PBS Defends Forest Service Bureaucracy From Reform With Sob Stories

Monday’s PBS News Hour pushed the sympathy buttons and employed scare tactics to protect yet another government agency threatened by Trump-era reform and budget cuts, the U.S. Forest Service. Reporter William Brangham implied federal employees deserve to be shielded from harsh job cuts, in a way American workers in the private sector have not. 

Clay Waters
May 5th, 2026 10:00 PM

CNN Whines Over Dems Not Endorsing Far-Left Congressional Candidates 

At the end of Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish led a discussion about the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s (DCCC) endorsement of moderate Democrats over progressive, far-left candidates. Democratic analyst Maria Cardona said the voters wanted fighters instead, and pushed back on Cornish’s comparison of 2026 Democratic candidates to Republican candidate…

Nicholas Spinnato
May 5th, 2026 8:18 PM

CBS Touts Met Gala Honoring Black, Trans, Cerebral Palsy Quadriplegic

Tuesday’s CBS Mornings was a great reminder of how far some segments of CBS News still have to go under it’s remaking to be a news outlet reflecting the center of the country because it certainly isn’t rhetorically drooling over the Met Gala honoring Monday night perhaps the single greatest achievement in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) bingo: a black, trans, quadriplegic with…

Curtis Houck
May 5th, 2026 4:06 PM

‘No, We Haven’t’ Forgotten the SAVE America Act, Republicans Promise

House and Senate Republicans say they haven’t forgotten their pledge to ensure voter integrity by passing the Democrat-stalled SAVE America Act.

Craig Bannister
May 5th, 2026 3:18 PM

Big Four News Apps: Media Gerrymandering You Didn’t Vote For

The Big Four News Apps—Apple News, Google News, MSN, and Yahoo News—overwhelmingly promote left-leaning sources, creating a digital bias similar to political gerrymandering. Research from MRC shows how these tech giants routinely suppress right-leaning outlets, skewing public perception and limiting balanced coverage for millions of Americans.

Michael Morris
May 5th, 2026 3:08 PM

David Bozell Joins Bulldog Award Winner Dana Loesch on Her Radio Show

In remarks on The Dana Show Tuesday with host Dana Loesch, Media Research Center (MRC) President David Bozell announced the MRC had honored Loesch with its 2026 bulldog Award for Outstanding Radio Talk Show Host, praising her as “principled” and someone who “…

Catherine Mortensen
May 5th, 2026 2:52 PM

Behar Rages at Bezos for Hosting Met, Should Have Been Canceled

The Met Gala has always been a ritual of the uber-wealthy worshiping their vanity and excess, but despite being big fans of the event in previous years, ABC’s The View flip-flopped on Tuesday. What was different this year? Billionaire Jeff Bezos was the “honorary” chair of the event. Co-host Joy Behar was outraged. She accused Bezos of not paying taxes nor his employees, and…

Nicholas Fondacaro
May 5th, 2026 2:30 PM

Oliver Dubs Alito 'Segregation Sammy' For 'Horse****' VRA Ruling

HBO’s John Oliver went on an especially nasty rant against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight for his recent majority opinion in Louisiana v. Callais. Oliver declared that Alito’s claim that the South isn’t as racist as it was in the 60s is “obviously horseshit” and suggested Alito supports segregation multiple times.

Alex Christy
May 5th, 2026 1:49 PM