If you are one of those hardcore leftists, you know that you can tune into MS NOW's Morning Joe on almost any given weekday, sit back, and get the dose of propaganda needed to get you through your daily routine. There are however those rare occasions where Joe Scarborough seems to momentarily flashback to his days as a GOP Rep from Florida, before he ever hooked up with Mika Brzezinski, and acts with common sense, which was the case, for a while, on Monday's show. Near the end of an interview with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), talking about the Iran war, Scarborough asked Schumer, "Is it a good thing that we're degrading Iran's military infrastructure?"  Schumer responded by throwing in the usual Democrat talking points. SCHUMER: And now our prices are through the roof, the world economy is in chaos, etc. And so it's so, we're now so, in so deep, and Iran sees that they have real leverage here that it's harder and harder, we ought to get out. Then Scarborough pressed Schumer. SCARBOROUGH: Hold on a second. You got to answer my question first. Is it a good thing that that Iran, I think you would agree with me, epicenter of terrorism in the world since 1979. Is it good that their military infrastructure is being degraded to the degree that it is, yes or no? SCHUMER: It's you can't because it's a premature question. What's going to happen in the next several months? SCARBOROUGH: You have the military side. You have the political side. I'm simply asking on the military side, is it good? Regardless of whether we agree with going in or not, is it good that Iran's military infrastructure has been seriously? The back and forth continued until Mika Brzezinski blew her husband's cover! BRZEZINSKI: It's a trick question. It's a trick question. SCHUMER: Yes it is.  BRZEZINSKI: If you do not strategize the consequences of the action, the military action, if you obliterate and do all these things, but you don't actually play it out in your minds and have strategy for the consequences, it may not be good. SCARBOROUGH: Let me answer the question for everybody in America. The answer yes, it's good that that terrorist regime, their military has been, and capabilities have been degraded radically. The question, Mike, though, is political. It's the political question. What is the political impact? What's the impact in the streets? What's the impact in the region? SCHUMER: In all due respect, if you ask the American people if you have the choice of degrading the military, the military structure in Iran, but having gasoline be $6 a gallon, and our economy falling into a deep recession where millions lose their job, what do you think Americans will say? The current gas price is $3.97. Scarborough kept pressing. SCARBOROUGH: Senator, you're not listening to me. That's the political side. SCHUMER: No, it's not political. It's a consequence. just like Mika said. SCARBOROUGH: Why don't we talk about the Yankees? Because you're not following me here. SCHUMER: I am following you, I just don't agree with you. SCARBOROUGH: You don't understand me, there's a big difference. I would say that most Americans would say it's a good thing, that it's degraded. Would they agree that we should have gone to war? I think most Americans, you look at the polls, they don't want this war. But there is it's something that I think the Democrats should be, Democrats should be clear about. Iran has tried to kill Americans since 1979. Two things. Hold on. Two things can be true at once. It can be good that Iran's killing machine has been degraded. At the same time, the consequences may outweigh the good that come from that. Finally, Schumer seemed to acquiesce. He had to put up the fight, since the Left wants a harsher fighter against Trump. SCHUMER: I don't disagree with you. You know, the fact that the leader Khamenei is dead, is gone, no one regrets that. The fact that Iran has less ability to create military trouble is, is, is. no one disputes that. But you have to look, I don't think it's political to be very honest with you. It's the consequences. The military, the geopolitical the economic consequences. I'm saying political. Let me finish. SCARBOROUGH: You just said what I was saying, the geopolitical consequences. The back and forth continued for a bit longer, but in the end, Mika, who cried trick question in the first place, announced that there was "common ground." I'm sure Schumer had no expectation of being challenged the way he was, not on Morning Joe.

The "climate emergency" pushers have pompously predicted planetary doom within ten years for more than 30 years. Why are they never checked? Author Kevin Mooney has a new book titled Climate Porn, and we discuss the remarkable imbalance of climate coverage and the nasty tendency on the Left to punish people who even gently question the panic.  MRC Business Associate Editor Joseph Vazquez joined the conversation. The subtitle of the book is How and Why Anti-Population Zealots Fabricate Science, while Targeting American Capitalism, Freedom, and Independence. In the year we celebrate America's 250th anniversary, Mooney -- who was a colleague of ours with CNSNews.com back when George W. Bush was president -- argues that the climate doomsayers threaten a climate crisis to undermine our prosperity and liberty. One of the most embarrassing alarmists of our times, the biologist Paul Ehrlich -- who became famous with his book The Populaton Bomb in 1968, has just passed away at the age of 95. The New York Times was mocked on X when they suggested “his predictions proved premature.” He predicted mass famines in the 1970s. In 1989 and in 1990, NBC gave over chunks of the Today show to Ehrlich. He was not interviewed. He was the reporter-slash-narrator. We never stop talking about his prediction that soon, you’d tie your boat to the Washington Monument. That never happened.  But scientists lost their grants for being on the wrong side of the "emergency." State climatologists were shown the door. One scientist in Britain was compared to the KKK for being skeptical. Joe Romm suggested climate deniers might be strangled in their beds when doom becomes true. The leftist site Talking Points Memo in 2017 asked "at what point do we jail or execute global warming deniers?" Our overarching point in this episode is about fairness and balance. It feels like a religion – there is a dogma, and the heretics must be cast out and persecuted. This is not just about the difference between capitalists and socialists. It’s about panic vs. non-panic. And just taking the non-panic position as a scientist or a politician is perceived as something worth jail time. They won’t ask the hard questions about climate authoritarianism -- about taking away your gas-powered car, making you ride a bike, banning your grill and your lawn mower. There's only so far they can push. But they saw the Covid lockdowns as a beautiful thing. That kind of control is what these elites want over the climate, a "climate lockdown." Democracy -- being able to object -- dies in darkness. Unlike other Republican presidents, Trump has shown the courage to pull out of global climate agreements and reassert American energy. The last UN climate conference was a dud, and even elitist media outlets are laying off their climate reporters. Greta Thunberg grew up and moved on to crusading to "free Palestine." The trend is not going their way on the Left. Enjoy the podcast below, it's on YouTube and Rumble. The audio version is here. 

As the DHS-only government shutdown rages on, the Elitist Media’s broadcast network newscasts continue to work overtime to shield the Democrats from accountability over their role in creating the shutdown in the first place. This dirty work is being performed as security lines worsen across the nation’s airports. Consider this portion to close ABC’s report on World News Tonight. President Trump is framed here as the intransigent party, with Democrats simply wanting to bring reforms to the agency: WATCH: the broadcast network evening newscasts continue to shield Democrats from responsibility for the ongoing TSA shutdown. ABC News newly frames President Trump as the intransigent party, as opposed to the Democrats that insisted on defunding DHS. OSUNSAMI: Republicans had… pic.twitter.com/3C63orTOyE — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) March 24, 2026 STEVE OSUNSAMI: Republicans had entertained the idea of reopening all of the Department of Homeland Security except for ICE, and to fund that agency separately. But tonight, President Trump says make no deal unless you pass his voter ID act. DONALD TRUMP: And I'm suggesting strongly to the Republican Party, don't make any deal on anything. The most important thing we can have is what’s called the SAVE America Act. Don't make any deal on anything unless you include voter ID, and you have to be a citizen to vote. OSUNSAMI: But Democrats say they’ve offered to pay the TSA agents immediately, and that it’s the ICE and Border Patrol agents who they want to bring changes to. PASSENGER: I honestly think that the politicians should just quit penalizing the people who are trying to do their job and frankly they shouldn't get paid until they get this straightened out. Watching this, you’d think it was Republicans who insisted on shutting the DHS down. CBS doesn’t do much better on the Evening News. Watch as Nikole Killion weirdly frames Trump as more optimistic on Iran than on reopening DHS: CBS weirdly framed President Trump as more optimistic on Iran than on refunding DHS: NIKOLE KILLION: Despite the chaos at some of the nation's airports, President Trump urged Republicans to not to make a deal to end the DHS shutdown unless Democrats back one of his top… pic.twitter.com/c64Nf1ooHw — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) March 24, 2026 NIKOLE KILLION: Despite the chaos at some of the nation's airports, President Trump urged Republicans to not to make a deal to end the DHS shutdown unless Democrats back one of his top priorities, a voter ID bill known as the SAVE America Act.  DONALD TRUMP: It should be part of the Homeland Security bill and I’m requesting that the Republican senators do that immediately. You don't have to take a fast vote, don't worry about Easter going home, in fact make this one for Jesus. KILLION: The White House called off a Monday meeting with Senate Democrats, even though some progress was made last week with border czar Tom Holman. CHUCK SCHUMER: Let’s make it very clear. Donald Trump is the one standing in the way of paychecks for TSA workers, with the ridiculous attempt to pass the SAVE Act. KILLION: The president appeared more optimistic about reaching a deal with Iran. Note that the Elitist Media is finally seeming to show some interest in reporting on the SAVE America Act. Not on its merits, mind you, but as a way to Trumpwash DHS coverage and help Democrats escape accountability for shutting down DHS. NBC seems to have inadvertently undermined the shutdown, by emphasizing the specialized training and experience of TSA officers: NBC blows the DHS shutdown up, closing their report by reminding people of the specialized nature of TSA's training: LLAMAS: All right, and Jesse joins us live from Hartsfield. And Jesse, we see some good news there behind you, those lines not really there at night, but the… pic.twitter.com/JoCTLNrrql — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) March 24, 2026 TOM LLAMAS: All right, and Jesse joins us live from Hartsfield. And Jesse, we see some good news there behind you, those lines not really there at night, but the airport's GM told you there's only one solution to get those lines fully back to normal and it might not happen soon? JESSE KIRSCH: Yeah, Tom, the GM says the only quick fix is finding a way to pay TSA, because it can take months for those officers to be fully trained. And they are the only federal officers certified to screen the flying public. Tom. LLAMAS: And those lines always much worse in the morning. Jesse, we thank you. To their credit, NBC also mentioned the arrest of an illegal alien at SFO by ICE agents, which had nothing to do with this airport surge. But they didn’t even acknowledge the existence of a DHS shutdown, which exposes the gross double standard at play here. Because we all know that if the parties were inverted here, shutdown coverage would be much (D)ifferent. Click “expand” to view the full transcripts of the aforementioned reports as aired on their respective newscasts on Monday, March 23rd, 2026: ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT 3/23/26 6:37 PM DAVID MUIR: There are also breaking developments. Tonight, at airports across the U.S., hundreds of ICE agents have been deployed to more than a dozen airports. President Trump sending them in amid the growing TSA security lines. It’s Day 38 now of this shutdown. TSA workers still going without pay. Tonight those TSA workers and passengers, some waiting six hours in line, saying lawmakers from both parties should come up with a solution to pay the workers, and why President Trump is telling the Republicans not to make a deal. Steve Osunsami at the airport in Atlanta. STEVE OSUNSAMI: While lawmakers in Washington tonight struggle to come up with a deal to end the partial government shutdown and end the long security lines at the nation's airports, federal ICE agents under the order of the president have started appearing in at least 14 airports, charged with helping move people through security checkpoints. They've certainly been visible in Houston, New Orleans, Phoenix, Atlanta and Newark- without the masks that bring complaints from their critics. But outside of crowd control, passengers say they aren't seeing much of a difference. PASSENGER: Oh, we’re going to Comic Con. PASSENGER: Yeah. 12:30. OSUNSAMI: You got here really early. PASSENGER: Yeah. Six hours. OSUNSAMI: People who are giving themselves several hours to get through security are still cutting it close or missing their flights, caught in lines running out into the street. KTRK’s Sarah al-Shaikh is in Houston. SARAH al-SHAIKH: We're inside Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston where the line stretches down here to the basement and goes up two more floors to the TSA checkpoint. People telling us it's taking them about five hours to make it to that checkpoint. OSUNSAMI: The number of TSA officers without a paycheck who no longer coming into work continues to grow. Around 40% calling out in New Orleans, Atlanta, and Houston Intercontinental on Sunday. TOM HOMAN: What I see ICE agents doing is helping TSA plug the holes of security. OSUNSAMI: But the union that represents TSA workers says that ICE can't really help move the lines because the agents aren’t trained to work airport security. UNION REP: ICE agents can’t work a lane (unint) OSUNSAMI: Republicans had entertained the idea of reopening all of the Department of Homeland Security except for ICE, and to fund that agency separately. But tonight, President Trump says make no deal unless you pass his voter ID act. DONALD TRUMP: And I'm suggesting strongly to the Republican Party, don't make any deal on anything. The most important thing we can have is what’s called the SAVE America Act. Don't make any deal on anything unless you include voter ID, and you have to be a citizen to vote. OSUNSAMI: But Democrats say they’ve offered to pay the TSA agents immediately, and that it’s the ICE and Border Patrol agents who they want to bring changes to. PASSENGER: I honestly think that the politicians should just quit penalizing the people who are trying to do their job and frankly they shouldn't get paid until they get this straightened out. OSUNSAMI: TSA workers have now gone 38 days without a full paycheck, and are having to make that work, and this standoff right now has no end in sight. David. MUIR: Yeah that was something. The passenger who you she was waiting six hours today. Thank you. CBS EVENING NEWS 3/23/26 6:38 PM TONY DOKOUPIL: A deal to pay TSA officers and get them back to work is the only fix for the problems at America's airports, but Washington does not seem close to it. Here’s congressional correspondent Nikole Killion with more on that and also the latest from Washington on the war with Iran. NIKOLE KILLION: Despite the chaos at some of the nation's airports, President Trump urged Republicans to not to make a deal to end the DHS shutdown unless Democrats back one of his top priorities, a voter ID bill known as the SAVE America Act.  DONALD TRUMP: It should be part of the Homeland Security bill and I’m requesting that the Republican senators do that immediately. You don't have to take a fast vote, don't worry about Easter going home, in fact make this one for Jesus. KILLION: The White House called off a Monday meeting with Senate Democrats, even though some progress was made last week with border czar Tom Holman. CHUCK SCHUMER: Let’s make it very clear. Donald Trump is the one standing in the way of paychecks for TSA workers, with the ridiculous attempt to pass the SAVE Act. KILLION: The president appeared more optimistic about reaching a deal with Iran. TRUMP: We have had very, very strong talks. We will see where they lead. We have points- major points of agreement. KILLION: Trump had threatened to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz remained closed. Today, he backed off the threat. TRUMP: We were planning tomorrow on shooting down some of their power plants and we’re not- we’re going to hold that up. Hopefully we won't have to do it. KILLION: The news sent markets up more than 600 points while oil prices fell below $100 a barrel, but the average gas price continued to climb towards $4 a gallon, now at $3.96. TRUMP: The price of oil will drop like a rock as soon as a deal is done… KILLION: The president says Special Envoy (to the Middle East) Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner are handling discussions with Iran, but he wouldn't say exactly who they are negotiating with, only noting that it's a top person. A senior Iranian official tells CBS News they received points from the U.S. and are reviewing them. Tony. DOKOUPIL: Nikole. Thank you very much. NBC NIGHTLY NEWS 3/23/26 6:38 PM TOM LLAMAS: Now to those massive security lines at many airports across the country. And the president's new controversial push to help speed them up by sending in ICE officers. Here's Jesse Kirsch. KIRSCH: Tonight from Chicago's O'Hare to Atlanta and Houston, some seeing hours-long security lines. PASSENGER: It's ridiculous. KIRSCH: And tonight, a new twist. The Trump administration sending hundreds of ICE agents in hopes of speeding things up. DONALD TRUMP: They'll do great. And if that's not enough, I'll bring in the National Guard. KIRSCH: Thousands of unpaid TSA officers have called out sick, with the Department of Homeland Security now not fully funded for over a month. ICE agents sent to roughly a dozen airports so far. PASSENGER: It makes you nervous and you wonder, you know, why they're here and what they're doing. PASSENGER: I appreciate them working. I feel bad for the TSA people not getting paid. KIRSCH: A senior ICE official tells NBC News agents can help check IDs and handle crowd control but they're not trained on x-ray machines. In Atlanta, we saw ICE agents helping this woman into a wheelchair. RICKY SMITH: The only fix is if there's another group of federal employees that are certified to process passengers as the TSA is. KIRSCH: ICE seeming to have little impact on the morning rush here.  Typically, you want to give yourself about two hours at the airport in case you run into a line. But if you think this looks bad, these people are in the same line and it stretches to baggage claim. And that line doesn't end until it reaches the other end of the terminal and spills onto the sidewalk.  And tonight, President Trump also saying he's asked ICE agents at airports to not wear masks. TRUMP: I'm a big believer that they should be able to wear masks when they go and hunt down murderers, criminals, and others. But for purposes of the airport, I requested that they take off the masks. KIRSCH: Meanwhile, this woman was arrested by ICE Sunday at San Francisco's airport. DHS says she's from Guatemala, had a deportation order signed by a judge and tried to flee as officers were deporting her. DHS saying the incident was unrelated to efforts to help TSA. LLAMAS: All right, and Jesse joins us live from Hartsfield. And Jesse, we see some good news there behind you, those lines not really there at night, but the airport's GM told you there's only one solution to get those lines fully back to normal and it might not happen soon? KIRSCH: Yeah, Tom, the GM says the only quick fix is finding a way to pay TSA, because it can take months for those officers to be fully trained. And they are the only federal officers certified to screen the flying public. Tom. LLAMAS: And those lines always much worse in the morning. Jesse, we thank you.  

In not-so-shocking turn of events, former CBS correspondent Scott MacFarlane — a man with seemingly zero hobbies in life outside of January 6 — announced Monday morning he was joining the far-left Meidas Touch Network as a host and correspondent, cartoonishly insisting without a shred of irony he’s “not an opinionist” or “editorialist” but would nonetheless refuse to “platform conspiracy theories” or allow “whitewashing of history” in “such a critical moment.” The pedantic partisan boasted to followers that, less than ten days after leaving CBS, he would become, “[e]ffective immediately,” the “chief Washington correspondent for the MeidasTouch Network” and an eponymous daily show will launch in “two or three weeks,” bringing together those who “share the same north star of communicating that when you have news to break or something important to explain, just get to it, straight to the point.” ALERT: Professional news. Nine days after leaving CBS, I have found a new professional home: Chief Washington Correspondent and Anchor for @MeidasTouch pic.twitter.com/w4zRFPt1pp — Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) March 23, 2026 He added his show will “simply, declaratively and conversationally explain what’s happening” in the world,” while “put[ting] aside the production theater, and the useless bells and whistles.” As an aside, anyone who has to tell you that is probably concerned about all of the above, along with their general self-image. Then came the laugh-out-loud claims of objectivity: I’m not an opinionist. I’m not an editorialist. I’m far from a politician. I’m an enterprise reporter and have been for a quarter of a century. What I’ll do is bring this enterprise reporting to all the components of the MeidasTouch Network...And you’ll still see all of my reporting on my many platforms that you may have been seeing over the past few months or past few years.  Like many of these wannabe authoritarians posing as beacons of freedom, MacFarlane declared his political allegiances in the rest of the video, alluding to the “critical moment” in the country and the need for Americans to stick together “to get to the other side of whatever this is”: This is such a critical moment. It’s important when we underscore how significant this moment is. This moment of unique political toxicity and unique political danger in the MeidasTouch and I have long shared this same philosophy, you don’t platform lies. You don’t platform conspiracy theories and you don’t allow for the whitewashing of history. We’ll do that together. And you and I will do that together. If you’re in this with me, you know I’ll be here 365 days a year chasing news, giving you news, trying to give you context and explanation. We can run through walls together to get to the other side of whatever this is. That’s how important a moment it is and why hope this announcement is important too. MacFarlane also showed up on a MeidasTouch livestream and told viewers his “values are pretty clear” and “consistent” with values he’s “champion[ed]...for quite some time.” MacFarlane: I’m not an opinionist. I’m not an editorialist. I’m not someone who waves pom-poms. I’m focused on being an enterprise reporter who gets at the truth and does not abide the whitewashing of history or the erasing of what people have said. And that should command… pic.twitter.com/dc5Ku13UCI — Acyn (@Acyn) March 23, 2026   He offered more pompous bragging with veiled anti-Trump and January 6 references: I’m not gonna platform conspiracy theories, not gonna platform lies, not gonna allow the whitewashing of history...I’m not an opinionist. I’m not an editorialist. I’m not somebody who waves pom-poms, but I am...an enterprise reporter who gets after truth and does not abide by the whitewashing history and erasing of what people have said. Later, he continued this beating-around-the-bush, esoteric attitude by sounding like he’s giving a political stump speech about how “we’re not just battling to find news and battling for truth,” but “battling a force that’s trying to contaminate and metastasize across all media.” As a reminder, MeidasTouch started as a group in the mold of the Lincoln Project that even Rolling Stone diagnosed in 2021 as the latest group offering anti-Trump slop, misleading ads, and claims of being nonpartisan (even tried to cancel Joe Rogan). More recently, MeidasTouch has sent one of their kid correspondents Adam Mockler to CNN Thunderdome and be forced to debate our friend Scott Jennings, claiming he frequently schools Jennings when, in reality, it’s a classic case of projection (like here). In October of last year, Mockler compared Donald Trump to Hamas and had the gall to argue to Andrew Kolvet’s face that political violence is only a genuine issue on the right. To see the relevant transcripts from MeidasTouch on March 23, click “expand.” Scott MacFarlane’s YouTube page 03/23/26 SCOTT MACFARLANE: Some news to share. And it’s good news. I have a new platform for my independent, unfiltered reporting. Effective immediately, I’m chief Washington correspondent for the MeidasTouch Network. In the beginning of about two or three weeks, I’ll begin as anchor of a daily program called Scott McFarlane Reports in the MeidasTouch and I share the same north star of communicating that when you have news to break or something important to explain, just get to it, straight to the point. As soon as you open the camera and open the microphone, simply, declaratively and conversationally explain what’s happening, explain what it means, put aside the production theater, and the useless bells and whistles. Just get to it. I’m not an opinionist. I’m not an editorialist. I’m far from a politician. I’m an enterprise reporter and have been for a quarter of a century. What I’ll do is bring this enterprise reporting to all the components of the MeidasTouch Network, all the contributors of the MeidasTouch Network and anybody who sees, watches, or hears the Meidas Touch Network. And you’ll still see all of my reporting on my many platforms that you may have been seeing over the past few months or past few years. This is such a critical moment. It’s important when we underscore how significant this moment is. This moment of unique political toxicity and unique political danger in the MeidasTouch and I have long shared this same philosophy, you don’t platform lies. You don’t platform conspiracy theories and you don’t allow for the whitewashing of history. We’ll do that together. And you and I will do that together. If you’re in this with me, you know I’ll be here 365 days a year chasing news, giving you news, trying to give you context and explanation. We can run through walls together to get to the other side of whatever this is. That’s how important a moment it is and why hope this announcement is important too. (....) MeidiasTouch Now 03/23/26 MACFARLANE: I think the values are pretty clear. I hope they come across as consistent. I’ve been championing this for quite some time. I’m not gonna platform conspiracy theories, not gonna platform lies, not gonna allow the whitewashing of history. And that’s the ethos in which I’m tackling reporting and have been for some time now. And I think when we launch the program — the daily program, it’s going to be an informational, newsy program, but going with that value statement that we don’t platform lies and things that are corrosive to our country and corrosive to our democracy. And I’m not an opinionist. I’m not an editorialist. I’m not somebody who waves pom-poms, but I am focused on an enterprise reporter who gets after truth and does not abide by the whitewashing history and erasing of what people have said. And that truly — truly should command attention right now because we’re not just battling to find news and battling for truth. We’re battling a force that’s trying to contaminate and metastasize across all media. That’s where we have a similar approach and what’s more — what’s always appealed to me about MeidasTouch and the Network is that it’s no waste of time. There’s no empty calories, nonsensical, or useless production quirks or bells and whistles or sound effects or post-production that minimizes the time you could spend otherwise just declaratively sharing news. Conversational, efficient, straight to the point.  

Early Thursday, 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman was murdered by a gunman on a Lake Michigan pier while walking with friends. More disturbing details arose Saturday night when Fox’s Matt Finn revealed the suspect was 25-year-old illegal alien from Venezuela who reportedly arrived during the Biden border crisis. Unsurprisingly, it took days for the major broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC to want to mention that on their flagship morning or evening newscasts. This heinous killing — which Finn’s colleague Bill Melugin dubbed “Laken Riley 2.0” — was previously covered by ABC and NBC, but it wasn’t until Monday night that any of them mentioned the crucial details about the suspect. Monday’s CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News barely covered it with news briefs tallying 32 and 23 seconds, respectively: ‘CBS Evening News’ and ‘NBC Nightly News’ barely covered it -- each in a scant news brief -- for a combined 55 seconds pic.twitter.com/Vkclx9KyYp — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 23, 2026 In CBS’s case, this marked the first time the murder was even mentioned. Anchor Tony Dokoupil noted the suspect is “a Venezuelan national in the country illegally with a prior warrant for his arrest tied to shoplifting charges” and that Gorman’s family had released a statement blasting the lax “policies and failures that allowed this individual to remain in a position to commit this crime.” NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas called the development “a big update” and also relayed the same portion of the Gorman family statement denouncing the fact that Medina was even allowed to be out on the streets. If it’s such a “big” deal, why did you bury it, NBC? Shamefully, ABC’s World News Tonight was the only one to give a full report to this latest example of illegal immigrant crime following the Biden border crisis: Meanwhile, ABC’s ‘World News Tonight’ had a full story from @RhiannonAlly on the Loyola student's murder, spanning 79 seconds (including the fact that his first court appearance has been delayed because he has tuberculosis) pic.twitter.com/Ux5602c02A — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 23, 2026 Here was the full segment as it aired from anchor David Muir and correspondent Rhiannon Ally. Crucially, ABC was the only network to mention the fact that the illegal alien’s first court appearance has been put on indefinite hold because he was diagnosed with tuberculosis (really) (click “expand”): MUIR: Back here in the U.S. tonight to the student from Loyola University Chicago who was shot and killed while walking with a group of her friends. A suspect tonight now charged and Homeland Security now saying he is in the country illegally. Here's Rhiannon Ally. ALLY: It was a shocking crime, 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman, a freshman at Loyola University Chicago, was shot to death while walking with friends at a lakeside park. Tonight, an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela has been charged with her murder. 9/11 DISPATCHER: Over at the beach, on Pratt, 1045 West Pratt, we got a person shot, and it’s a Loyola student. ALLY: Official say at 1 a.m. Thursday morning, the group walked onto appear when a masked suspect emerged, dressed in black. As the group fled, Gorman was shot in the back. LESLIE ZAMARRIPA: We should not be worried about walking to the beach and not expect to just get killed like that. ALLY: DHS says 25-year-old Jose Medina entered the country illegally in 2023. Gorman's family from Westchester, New York, saying in a statement, “this was a violent and preventable act. We are gravely disappointed by the policies and failures that allowed this individual to remain in a position to commit this crime.” David tonight, the suspect has been hospitalized with tuberculosis, and his first court appearance has been postponed, David. MUIR: Rhiannon Ally with us tonight. Rhiannon, thank you. Rewinding back to the weekend, Sunday’s NBC Nightly Newshad the gall to cover it for 98 seconds, but hid from viewers the crucial details about the suspect. Sunday anchor Hallie Jackson twice teased the story before telling viewers of “a potential break in the investigation into the death of a Chicago college student shot and killed while out with friends.” Correspondent Valerie Castro couldn’t have been more vague: “Tonight in Chicago, police revealing a person of interest is now being questioned in connection with the death of Sheridan Gorman, a Loyola University freshman.” WATCH: Sunday’s ‘NBC Nightly News’ had almost 90 seconds on last week’s murder of a Loyola of Chicago student and that “a person of interest” has been detained, IGNORING any mention of the fact that the suspect is an illegal alien from Venezuela pic.twitter.com/iqddWdSYVm — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 23, 2026 Castro went on: The death a shock to the close knit campus community in denial...“She was doing something entirely normal,” her family writing, “walking with friends close to home in an area where she had every reason to feel safe,” adding, “our daughter’s life was not expendable. She should still be here.” Friends placing flowers in the area where she died to commemorate her life...Tonight, a community left shattered and a family asking why. NBC was so convinced this was the way to go that they re-aired Castro’s piece on Monday’s overnight show, Early Today. Before the details about the suspect had come to light, Friday’s NBC Nightly News spent 97 seconds on the senseless killing and the heartbroken Loyola student body, further rendering Sunday’s update even more galling. Just over an hour prior to this bombshell about this illegal immigrant (who was also on the streets despite facing shoplifting charges), ABC’s World News Tonight had a 19-second brief on Saturday from Whit Johnson: Chicago police say they’re questioning a person of interest in the deadly shooting of a college student. 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman was killed early Thursday morning. She had been walking with friends on a lakefront pier not far from Loyola University where she was a freshman. Police say they don’t believe she was the intended target. All told, the Sunday editions of ABC’s Good Morning America and World News Tonight, the CBS Evening News with Jericka Duncan, and NBC’s Sunday Today couldn’t be bothered to cover the murder, let alone do so accurately. Such was the case on Monday across all three network shows (ABC’s Good Morning America, CBS Mornings, and NBC’s Today). But what made their silence even more embarrassing was the fact that, on Monday, the little-watched, overnight shows of Good Morning America First Look and CBS News Mornings were able to both cover Gorman’s death and spotlight the reality of migrant crime. While the lead ABC and CBS morning and evening shows chose to ignore through Monday morning the murder of Sheridan Gorman by an illegal alien, their little-watched, overnight shows ‘Good Morning America First Look’ and ‘CBS News Mornings’ told those who did watch them the truth pic.twitter.com/QzjLhTUVe7 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 23, 2026 GMA First Look had nearly two minutes, starting with co-host Sophie Flay cutting right to the chase: “We’re back with an arrest in the shocking murder of a college student in Chicago. Federal officials say the suspect entered the U.S. illegally.” Overnight ABC correspondent Alison Kosik didn’t waste anyone’s time either: Overnight, authorities announcing an arrest in the murder of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman. Homeland Security officials say the alleged shooter is 25-year-old Jose Medina, who they say illegally entered the U.S. from Venezuela. They say he was released after being apprehended by Border Patrol back in 2023, and was released again after a shoplifting arrest in Chicago. Kosik included portions of the Gorman family statement none have covered before or since: Her family saying, “we will not allow this to be dismissed as ‘wrong place, wrong time.’ This was not random misfortune. This was a violent and preventable act,” adding, “we are gravely disappointed by the policies and failures that allowed this individual to remain in a position to commit this crime.” After a vigil on campus, students are demanding more safety measures. CBS News Mornings had a 27-second brief from host Michael George about “charges...filed against a Venezuelan migrant in the shooting death of a Loyola University freshman” and that the foreign national “has been living in the U.S. illegally.” To see the relevant transcripts, click here (for March 20’s NBC Nightly News), here (for March 21’s World News Tonight), here (for March 22’s NBC Nightly News), here (for March 23’s ABC’s Good Morning America First Look), here (for March 23’s CBS News Mornings), here (for March 23’s World News Tonight), here (for March 23’s CBS Evening News), and here (for March 23’s NBC Nightly News). Editor’s Note: This post has been updated to reflect the coverage on the Monday night network newscasts.