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. Top Stories:TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTSMRC Tracks How ABC and NBC Stalled on Anthony Fauci’s Bombshell DiariesMRC Study Details Shocking Bias in Guests Invited to The ViewMRC Exposes How Taxpayer-Defended NPR and PBS Thrive on Left-Wing Money  MRC Tracks How ABC and NBC Stalled on Anthony Fauci’s Bombshell DiariesABC and NBC initially buried coverage after Senator Rand Paul released nearly 2,000 pages of Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries.Network morning shows only covered the story once an explosive Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing made it unavoidable.ABC's Good Morning America devoted just 89 seconds of airtime to previewing the hearing.ABC News correspondents actively framed the diary excerpts as unproven claims and tried to downplay their impact. MRC Study Details Shocking Bias in Guests Invited to The ViewThe MRC analyzed guest appearances on Season 29 of ABC's daytime talk show.MRC data revealed that the show hosted 87 liberal guests compared to just 5 conservative guests.Democratic politicians accounted for 16 of the total guest spots on the network.ABC repeatedly rejected outreach from prominent conservative figures while claiming right-wing guests were afraid to appear on air. MRC Exposes How Taxpayer-Defended NPR and PBS Thrive on Left-Wing MoneyLiberal media outlets expressed surprise that public broadcasting survived after federal funding cuts.Heavyweight left-wing donors quickly stepped in to replace federal dollars, proving the public could fund these networks voluntarily.Connie Ballmer contributed $80 million to NPR while an anonymous donor provided another $33 million.NPR and PBS continue to protect left-wing figures by refusing to cover major breaking stories on their airwaves.    

Fox News Digital sought out David Bozell, head of America's premier media watchdog, for his take on the media's cover-up of the Fauci diaries. It has appeared across Fox's social media platforms today.“I hope Dr. Anthony Fauci gets anything that comes to him. My main takeaway from the Fauci diary was the elitism on display, not just from Tony Fauci himself, who wore on his sleeve the fact that he was the top paid bureaucrat in the city for quite some time, but the joint elitism from Fauci and the anchors on some of these networks, Dana Basch and Jake Tapper.“These guys were thick as thieves with Tony Fauci as the pandemic unfolded, and most of America was shut down. Here is the real-time diary of the man who's taking responsibility for shutting this country down, and the media don't want to cover it. “Case in point: only CBS News of the broadcast networks, gave any time to the diary, just 24 seconds on Monday night. None of the networks had anything on their morning shows, on Monday and Tuesday morning.  None of the other two other broadcast networks broadcast anything about the diaries. “In fact, I just saw a clip on CNN from Abby Phillips' show in which she shut down any mention of anyone talking about these diary entries. Silence is golden for these guys, and they're going to cover this up as much as possible for their dinner mate, for their friend. And here's Tony Fauci, who, according to his own diaries, helped anchors generate questions against members of the administration that he was working for, and there's just no clearer sign of elitism on display than I think this insidious relationship that's been revealed.” 

COVID czar Dr. Anthony repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination Wednesday – even when asked the most innocuous questions by Senate Republicans during a Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing.Fauci had to be legally compelled by subpoena to testify because he had previously refused to appear before the committee voluntarily to answer questions about his actions, public comments and guidance he issued regarding the COVID-19 epidemic."On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution," Fauci replied more than a hundred times, even when Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) asked questions such as:"What day of the week is it?“What color tie are you wearing?”“What color is the carpet in front of you?"Sen Josh Hawley: "What day of the week is it?... What color tie are you wearing?... What color is the carpet?..."Fauci: Invokes the 5th for every questionWhat a complete joke...pic.twitter.com/bg9WNuXf3y— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 29, 2026In another viral exchange, Fauci pleaded The Fifth when the committee’s chairman, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) asked Fauci to acknowledge that there was a folder lying on a table a few inches away from him:Sen. Paul: “In the red folder on your table is a copy of Section 192 of Title II of the US Code.“Your counsel has been provided a copy, as well. That section makes it a crime for a witness appearing under subpoena to refuse to answer any questions pertinent to the question under inquiry.“Do you have that in front of you?”Dr. Fauci: “On the advice of counsel, I respectively decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.”“Let the record record that the witness has refused to answer whether there's a folder in front of him based on his Fifth Amendment right," Chairman Paul responded.PAUL: In the red folder on your table is a copy of Section 192 of Title II of the US Code...... Do you have that in front of you?FACUI: On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the 5th Amendment of the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/8NgHaHR61Y— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 29, 2026

YouTube Screenshot It takes a lot of extreme pretzel twisting to write in detail about Anthony Fauci's diary yet somehow skip the famous journalist who figures very prominently in that same diary who worked with Fauci to both cover up for him while also working to attack his opponents. And that journalist is Jack Tapper who, amazingly, appears not once is CNN's story on Fauci's diary published by CNN on Tuesday, "Diary entries, a subpoena and an anticipated clash: Dr. Anthony Fauci and Rand Paul’s long-running battle returns to the Hill."CNN reporters Sarah Owermohle and Adam Cancryn had the unenviable task of completely whitewashing Jake Tapper out of a diary in which he appears dozens of times.Ahead of the hearing, the committee released more than 1,100 pages of Fauci’s personal diary from 2019 to 2022. Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday night on Fox News that he had recently handed the files over to Paul and Wisconsin GOP Sen. Ron Johnson after finding them on government servers following an eight-month search.Neither HHS nor Paul’s committee alerted Fauci ahead of time that they had obtained his diary and that they planned to publish it in full, according to a person familiar with the matter.Imagine the surprise on Fauci's as well as Tapper's face when they found out about the diary. You definitely won't find out anything about Tapper's reaction to the diary in the CNN story since he (as well as his colleague Dana Bash also mentioned in the diary and NOT mentioned in the CNN story) has been sent into the Phantom Zone so far as his connection with Fauci is concerned. Could this be the current rule at CNN? That any mention of Tapper being in Fauci's diary is now taboo?Back to the whitewash:The diary entries also narrate Fauci’s growing concerns about Covid-19, frustrations with the government response and conflicting relationships with both Trump and Biden administration officials.The diaries also narrate Fauci colluding with a certain television news host to protect him and viscously slam all who dare criticize the beloved Fauci. Who, oh who, could that person be?On April 2, 2020, he fretted that now HHS secretary RFK Jr. was preparing to publish a book about him that “will almost certainly be slanderous.”Good news! Jake Tapper did not appear in RFK Jr's book The Real Anthony Fauci. However, he did make dozens of appearances in Fauci's diary. You won't find out about that at CNN as yet. Could the explanation for that absurdly noticeable oversight be job security? Reporters Owermohle and Cancryn will probably be subjected to well-deserved mockery for skipping all mention of Jake Tapper who appears prominently in the diary they wrote about, but at least they get to keep their jobs. CNN engages in collective defense of their cast of anti-Trump heroes.

When conservatives hear the term “independent political journalism,” they might think of people who are politically independent between the parties, or unaffiliated with establishment media outlets. But to liberals, “independent journalism” seems to be defined as “reliably anti-Trump/anti-Republican.”The Poynter Institute’s latest event for its supporters is a “salon” in Kansas City in October where they will honor former NBC host Chuck Todd with the “2026 Poynter Make a Mark Leadership Award, recognizing his decades-long impact on political journalism and his role as one of the country’s leading independent voices covering politics, democracy and public affairs.”Since leaving NBC, you could argue Todd is now “independent,” but his entire history at NBC underlined he was reliably Democratic in orientation, including a dinner party honoring a top Hillary Clinton adviser in 2015 at his home with his wife Kristian Denny Todd, a Democratic direct-mail fundraising specialist. It was one of several conflicts of interest with the couple.Poynter announced that at this "salon," Todd and Poynter official Neil Brown will discuss “the future of political journalism, rebuilding public trust in news, the rise of independent media and what it takes for journalism to remain relevant in an increasingly fragmented and polarized information environment.” Liberals are always upset that conservative media has “fragmented and polarized” their attempt to dominate the media space. Then Poynter points out that they’re also handing out their “Make a Mark” award to two other Democrat hacks in the media: “Sarah Longwell, CEO and Publisher of The Bulwark, and Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, will also receive the award during Poynter’s Sept. 9 Salon Series event in New York City.”The Atlantic and The Bulwark are Poynter’s favorite snark to “make a mark.” The Poynter Institute is the parent organization of the deeply biased website PolitiFact, which calls itself "independent." Naturally, Chuck Todd has a glowing rating at PolitiFact, with seven "True" or "Mostly True" ratings, and one solitary "False."