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: SAVE America Act: The Poll CBS Didn’t Quite Get Around to Reporting Elitist Media Ignore Trump’s Top Priority: Popular SAVE America Act (updated 3/24/26) ‘Laken Riley 2.0’; Networks Barely Cover Latest Alleged Murder by an Illegal Immigrant The US Media Believes the Iranians   SAVE America Act: The Poll CBS Didn’t Quite Get Around to Reporting Voter ID is broadly popular, even among Black and Hispanic voters A new CBS News poll shows 80% of Black Americans and 77% of Hispanics support requiring a valid photo ID to vote. This level of cross-racial support directly contradicts the long-standing claim that voter ID is discriminatory or a “modern Jim Crow” tactic. Voter ID doesn’t suppress turnout, it actually encourages it Among both Black and Hispanic respondents, more than twice as many said a voter ID requirement would make them more likely to vote than less likely. The very policy labeled as “suppressive” appears in the data to boost participation rather than reduce it. CBS buried the inconvenient findings While the poll showed strong minority support for voter ID and proof of citizenship, CBS’s published article omitted the key question showing that voter ID increases turnout likelihood for these groups. The full dataset reveals majorities of Black and Hispanic voters also favor proof of citizenship and see ineligible voting as a real problem, facts that don’t fit the standard narrative and were conveniently left out of the coverage. Elitist Media Ignore Trump’s Top Priority: Popular SAVE America Act (updated 3/24/26) President Donald Trump made it very clear that passing his very popular voter ID bill – the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act – is his “number one priority.” Yet, Network News coverage has been scant. ABC, CBS, NBC Evening and Morning Show SAVE Act Coverage (2/11- 3/24 morning): ABC = 86 seconds; CBS = 45 seconds; NBC = 70 seconds Total = 3 minutes,  21 seconds Overwhelming Public Support for SAVE America Act Is Being Deliberately Suppressed. Recent polls show the SAVE America Act enjoys massive bipartisan backing — 71% overall support, including 69% of independents and half of rank-and-file Democrats — with even higher numbers for core provisions like voter ID (81%) and purging non-citizens from voter rolls (80%). Yet the elitist media refuses to inform the public about this broadly popular commonsense measure to ensure only American citizens vote, hoping the story simply “dies on the vine.” News Apps Join the Media in Ignoring or Smearing Trump’s Election Integrity Push. Major news aggregators (Apple News, Google News, MSN) ran 180 combined top stories over three days with zero mentions of the SAVE America Act. Yahoo News mentioned it only twice — both times from left-leaning outlets that framed the bill negatively, claiming it would “disenfranchise millions of voters” and create “hurdles” for women changing names after marriage, while downplaying noncitizen voting concerns. This pattern reveals coordinated omission and bias against a measure most Americans clearly support.   ‘Laken Riley 2.0’; Networks Barely Cover Latest Alleged Murder by an Illegal Immigrant “Laken Riley 2.0” – Another preventable murder by an illegal immigrant let loose under Biden policies. 18-year-old Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman was shot in the back on a Chicago lakefront pier by 25-year-old Venezuelan illegal Jose Medina, who crossed the border in 2023, was released by Border Patrol, and was already wanted for shoplifting in Chicago. Networks waited days to even mention his illegal status. Broadcast networks buried the story with shockingly minimal coverage. On Tuesday, CBS Mornings was the only flagship network morning news show to cover the arrest of a suspect in Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman’s murder and that he’s an illegal immigrant battling tuberculosis from Venezuela. With the 89-second piece, that puts CBS’s overall at two minutes and one second. ABC remained at 79 seconds courtesy of the single story on Monday’s World News Tonight and NBC stood pat at a scant 23 seconds from Monday’s Nightly News. Overall, the tally of coverage moved to three minutes and 43 seconds. Media bias by omission hides a clear pattern of migrant crime. Fox’s Bill Melugin correctly labeled this “Laken Riley 2.0,” yet the Big Three networks refused to connect the dots or air the family’s demand that Gorman’s death “not be dismissed as ‘wrong place, wrong time.’” This is the same playbook networks used after Riley’s murder: downplay the perpetrator’s immigration status to protect the narrative on border policy.   The US Media Believes the Iranians U.S. Media Instinctively Sides with Iran Over America The media are immediately believing Iranian denials of negotiations with the Trump administration, rather than trusting their own president. When Trump announced productive talks, Iranian state media denied it, and the U.S. media took Iran’s word just like that. Iran Lies Repeatedly, Yet Media Still Trusts Them The Iranians have a clear track record of deception: they claimed they have no intention of building a nuclear weapon, and just last week falsely boasted about sinking a U.S. aircraft carrier to look tough. Despite these obvious lies, the media continues to treat Iranian statements as more credible than those from the U.S. government. Iran’s Regime Is Chaotic and Disorganized, Media Ignores It After Israeli strikes decimated Iranian leadership, the regime is so fractured that the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. American media overlooks this disarray and Iran’s history of lying, while rushing to undermine Trump’s diplomatic efforts.  

On Tuesday’s edition of The Scott Jennings Show, NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck joined host Scott Jennings to expose a familiar and infuriating pattern of media malpractice. Discussing the tragic murder of 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman in Chicago, reportedly at the hands of a Venezuelan illegal alien, Houck noted that the elitist media have effectively scrubbed the most inconvenient facts from the story. While the details of the case are chilling, the "Big Three" networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) have decided the story doesn’t fit the preferred narrative. .@CurtisHouck torches the anti-American media for barely covering the murder of Sheridan Gorman because she was killed by an illegal alien from Venezuela.@JenningsShow @ScottJenningsKY pic.twitter.com/JevcRsDIth — Media Research Center (@theMRC) March 24, 2026 Jennings opened the segment by labeling the tragedy "Laken Riley 2.0," asking Houck how the mainstream press is handling the fallout. The answer, as expected, was a grim tally of intentional silence. Houck broke down the pathetic timing of the evening news broadcasts: NBC News: A measly 23 seconds. ABC World News Tonight: A single segment totaling 1 minute and 10 seconds. CBS Evening News: The "leader" of the pack, barely cracking 2 minutes. "You add all those up, it's still well below five minutes," Houck said. "It’s an embarrassing display… the American media are not serving the American people." .@CurtisHouck torches the anti-American media for barely covering the murder of Sheridan Gorman because she was killed by an illegal alien from Venezuela.@JenningsShow @ScottJenningsKY pic.twitter.com/JevcRsDIth — Media Research Center (@theMRC) March 24, 2026 The duo also took aim at Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. Jennings pointed out that Pritzker, a frequent name in 2028 presidential chatter, offered only a muted response that carefully avoided the suspect’s immigration status. Houck highlighted the rank hypocrisy: "JB Pritzker did a video a few months ago... mocking this notion that illegal immigrants are causing crime in our streets... he has an agenda to push, and it’s obviously not on the side of the American people." Houck concluded that the media’s refusal to cover the "who, what, where, when, and why" is a violation of basic journalism. "This goes beyond simply left and right. This is simply right versus wrong." Catch the full segment below:

A billionaire Maryland Democrat seeking to return to Congress publicly claims – unequivocally and without evidence – that President Donald Trump is sending federal agents “to murder U.S. citizens.” In a televised campaign advertisement also posted on social media, such as YouTube and Facebook, David Trone makes the claim while showing a picture of supposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents with shields and weapons drawn on a street: “Trump is sending masked ICE agents to murder U.S. citizens, weaponizing federal agencies to pursue his enemies, plying crazy tariffs and riding roughshod over democracy.” In the video, Trone likens his fight against the president to the violent, deadly Revolutionary War to free America from a king. In this case, he implies that Pres. Trump is the “king” – and calls on Americans to, once again, “start fighting” as they did in the bloody revolution: “There are Revolutionary War sites throughout Maryland. A reminder, it didn't go so well the last time someone tried to be king here.” … “But, if you want no kings, there can't be no fights. “That's why I'm running for Congress. It's time to stop giving in and start fighting back.” “Murder,” the word Trone uses to accuse Trump, is the unlawful killing of a human being by a sane person with "malice aforethought," meaning the intent to kill or extreme recklessness regarding human life. It requires specific intent or "depraved heart" indifference, lacking lawful justification. It is legally distinct from manslaughter and justified killings. Trone, a billionaire co-founder of Total Wine & More, is seeking to return to his seat representing Maryland in Congress that he left in a failed bid for a Senate seat. If elected, Trone would be the wealthiest member of Congress. Trone isn’t the only Maryland Democrat to oppose enforcement of U.S. federal immigration laws. In April, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) made national headlines by flying to El Salvador to meet with infamous illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia where the so-called “Maryland man” had been deported and held in detention. At the time, Democrats were demanding Garcia’s release and return to the U.S., which was ultimately achieved by a court order. He is currently facing criminal charges, including human trafficking.

Actor Vince Vaughn joined Tuesday’s episode of the This Past Weekend with Theo Von podcast, where the conversation eventually shifted to the state of comedy and the late night comedy shows in particular. According to Vaughn, the late night shows have gone downhill because they’ve become “agenda-based” and feel like you’re being forced to sit in a class you do not want to take or next to an annoying person on airplane. The duo was discussing how comedians have become too worried about offending people when Von applied that idea to the late night shows, “I think it's one of the reasons why, like, I've seen a lot—why a lot of the late shows have struggled, because all they did…the only person they can make fun of at a certain point was just like white, redneck, kind of people, and it fucking tanked, and then everything tanked after that.”   Actor Vince Vaughn diagnoses the problem with late night comedy, "And so people just rejected it because it didn't feel authentic. It felt like they had an agenda. It stopped being funny and it started feeling like I was in, fucking, a class I didn't want to take....And they all… pic.twitter.com/cNivNOWaEg — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) March 25, 2026   After playing up the podcast medium as an alternative, Vaughn agreed, “I think that the talk shows to a large part became really agenda-based. They were gonna evangelical people to what they thought. You know what I mean? And so people just rejected it because it didn't feel authentic. It felt like they had an agenda. It stopped being funny, and it started feeling like I was in, fucking, a class I didn't want to take.” Vaughn continued by casting doubt on other explanations of late night’s downfall, “Do you know what I mean? I’m getting scolded. The phenomenon isn't what they say. They always blame technology. But the reality is it's the approach. You know, someone could go watch a stand-up at Madison Square Garden, and they want to go 'cause it feels dangerous. The crowd is alive. I don't know what Theo's gonna do or say, and I love taking that experience. So it's fun. I don't want to stay home and watch it on a TV because I want to experience that live.” He further claimed, “And I think people are gonna tune into a podcast more so because they want to feel like people are having a real conversation. It's interesting to them. But if you look at what happened to the talk shows and why their ratings are low, it's got only to do with the fact of what you just said, which is they all became the same show. And they all became so about their politics and who's good and who's bad, and it's like, imagine sitting next to someone like that on a fucking plane.” Von and Vaughn are largely correct. Liberal comedy preaches the idea that the comedian should not “punch down,” but instead “punch up” at powerful people or institutions. However, who is up and who is down is largely dependent on the perspective of the comedian. As such, the late night shows tell 82 percent of their jokes about conservatives when a Democrat is president and 92 percent when a Republican is president. That’s simply “punching right” for the sake of advancing a liberal agenda, and in a day and age where comedy material is everywhere, people who do not wish to be given a liberal lecture can get their comedic material elsewhere. Here is a transcript for the March 24 show: This Past Weekend with Theo Von: Vince Vaughn 3/24/2026 THEO VON: I think it's one of the reasons why, like, I've seen a lot—why a lot of the late shows have struggled, because all they did— VINCE VAUGHN: Oh, bro. Bro. Bro. VON: —During like, all they did, the only person they can make fun of— VAUGHN: Bro. VON: —at a certain point was just like white, redneck, kind of people, and it fucking tanked, and then everything tanked after that. VAUGHN: Think about that, let's see, they never get it right. The podcasts have gotten so much more popular with less production, less writers, less staff. VON: Oh yeah. VAUGHN: The reason why is— VON: I mean, we have two people working here and both of them are hung over and one guy has shingles. VAUGHN: But the place is clean. I like that, you keep a clean place. VON: Thank you, yeah, we did vacuum. VAUGHN: But, yeah, because people want authenticity. VON: Yeah. VAUGHN: And I think that the talk shows to a large part became really agenda-based. VON: Yeah. VAUGHN: They were gonna evangelical people to what they thought. You know what I mean? And so people just rejected it because it didn't feel authentic. It felt like they had an agenda. It stopped being funny, and it started feeling like I was in, fucking, a class I didn't want to take. VON: Yeah. VAUGHN: Do you know what I mean? VON: Oh, for sure. VAUGHN: I’m getting scolded. A hundred percent. VON: Yeah.  VAUGHN: A hundred percent. And so I think that's—the phenomenon isn't what they say. They always blame technology. But the reality is it's the approach. You know, someone could go watch a stand-up at Madison Square Garden, and they want to go 'cause it feels dangerous. The crowd is alive. I don't know what Theo's gonna do or say, and I love taking that experience. So it's fun. I don't want to stay home and watch it on a TV because I want to experience that live. VON: Right. And I want it pure. VAUGHN: And when it appears where you're coming from. That's the main point. And I think people are gonna tune into a podcast more so because they want to feel like people are having a real conversation. It's interesting to them. But if you look at what happened to the talk shows and why their ratings are low, it's got only to do with the fact of what you just said, which is they all became the same show. VON: Yeah. VAUGHN: And they all became so about their politics and who's good and who's bad, and it's like, imagine sitting next to someone like that on a fucking plane.

On Friday night, CNN held a town hall on the war in Iran featuring State of the Union co-host Dana Bash in lieu of The Source with Kaitlan Collins and, while CNN and ratings do not necessary go together, it was a particular embarrassment with a paltry 596,000 total viewers, well behind Discovery’s Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy and Juan, HGTV’s House Hunters and My Lottery Dream Home, a special episode of TruTV’s Impractical Jokers on TBS, and Reelz’s On Patrol: Live. Nielsen Media Research numbers also showed that, in the coveted 25-43 demo, CNN pulled in only 105,000 viewers, which was well behind all of these programs (albeit by small margins). CNN also live coverage of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament on fellow Warner Bros. Discovery channels TBS, TNT, and TruTV, but it’s these other programs that showcase how much the liberal elite network’s reach has shrunk. A reincarnated version of A&E’s Live PD (which was cancelled by the woke mob in 2020), Reelz’s On Patrol: Live is only available in half the number of homes CNN has at its disposal (40 million vs. 80 million), but it was still able to tie CNN in the demo but edge past them in total viewers at 603,000. For HGTV shows, My Lottery Dream Home aired directly opposite the CNN town hall at 9:00 p.m Eastern, but trounced CNN with 953,000 total viewers and 136,000 viewers. House Hunters didn’t air until 10:30 p.m. Eastern, but still pulled 618,000 total sets of eyeballs and 136,000 in the demo. As for Gold Rush: Mine Rescue, that aired in full against CNN’s hour-long town hall and came away with a huge win at 904,000 total viewers and a smaller victory among viewers aged 25-54 (127,000). Remarkably, the Impractical Jokers special had a huge lead-in as it aired on TBS following the last Friday night March Madness game, but it nonetheless began at 12:54 a.m. Eastern and still roundly defeated CNN from nearly four hours prior as it pulled down 776,000 total viewers and a whopping 456,000 viewers in the 25-54 group. Again, CNN’s town hall gimmick has become a go-to for the liberal network and one could at least say they have the format down, but perhaps don’t try to put something together on a Friday night opposite sports and hit reality shows. If CNN keeps this up with poor programming choices, they’ll end up with cartoonishly bad numbers like their gone-but-not-forgotten shows we’d love to mock here at NewsBusters, Democracy in Peril, New Day, and Reliable Sources (such as here, here, and here).