Fox News Channel host Greg Gutfeld closed out the A-block of Monday’s The Five with a stemwinder lambasting the insufferable, anti-American left who’ve felt it pertinent to trash Team USA because certain athletes do not appear to share their toxic wokeism, spend their free time attacking President Trump, and base their happiness or misery based on the country’s political situation. Specifically, Gutfeld blasted “the shut-in bloggers at Huffington Post...who’ve never won anything” for their piece telling readers it’s okay to oppose cheering on American athletes or supporting the flag because Trump’s in office. WATCH: Here was @GregGutfeld’s full takedown of the leftists only celebrating Team USA athletes who align with their political views and Trump hatred while trashing those who love this country or refuse to talk politics at the Olympics... “I couldn’t watch the Olympics because… pic.twitter.com/xQq9YKmhhs — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) February 23, 2026 Gutfeld first asked out loud how political the Olympics would have been if Kamala Harris had won: Could you imagine if Kamala Harris were president how political this would have been? She would have sent Rachel Levine to the locker room to celebrate gold and trans in the locker room at the same time. I like Jack Hughes. I think it’s hypocritical, though, why isn’t missing teeth appealing in hockey, but not when I fall down and smashed my teeth? It’s why I quit meth. He then brought up figureskater Alysa Liu and how some on the left wondered “how can the right celebrate her because she’s woke.” Gutfeld explained such a sentiment is “a self-own to them and a compliment to us” in that “their response reveals that they can’t celebrate a person unless they are somewhat or definitely on their political side, but we can.” “We don’t care and why would we want to be on that divide? I don’t like you. I — I won’t celebrate your win because you’re not as woke as me? I think we should all feel good about her and if we can’t, there’s something wrong. The — the shut-in bloggers at Huffington Post would kill, you know, would kill to win something in their lives. And also, when they say shame on America, they — they — they don’t understand that many people, most people in the world, want to come here,” he added, making his first reference to the deranged blog. Next, he said the anti-American hate on the left for certain Olympians was proof “wokesters...don’t have context” beyond their boilerplate beliefs that “America is bad” and “the worst country ever, except for the rest of the countries” that “they leave out.” Despite this purposeful oversight, Gutfeld argued, there remains “the great myth that somehow the left and the woke are more cultured, more aware than we are, like, that we’re shut-ins, were dumb rednecks.” He hit his crescendo with the reality that the left thinks being cultured is “visiting that ethnic restaurant in their neighborhood” while not accepting “how great it is to be here” and “be happy to get home” considering the plethora of “limitations” in other countries. Instead, he said, the left derives “their African history from Joy Reid” and thus “don’t know shit.” Gutfeld returned to his grievances with the media, again referencing the Huffington Post and also the reporters at the Milan-Cortina games trying to bait Team USA into attacking the flag and/or the President: But lastly, this has got to drive the media crazy because they spent their time grilling U.S. athletes. How do you feel representing the United States? Well, get this. They feel great. You feel bad because you’ve never won anything. You’ve never worked hard for anything, and you’ll never know what it’s like to be proud of anything. You’re alone. You have three cats. You’re blogging for the Huffington Post. I mean, it’s sad. I would — right now, we should print the suicide hotline. Close pal and co-host Dana Perino went to break, slightly amused and exasperated: “That — we definitely ended on a high note. Thank you for that.” To see the relevant FNC transcript from February 24, click “expand.” FNC’s The Five February 23, 2026 5:10 p.m. Eastern [ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: USA Hockey Team Wins Gold at the Olympics] GREG GUTFELD: I couldn’t watch the Olympics because when I look at it, all I see is ICE and then I look at the goalies and I’m like, they’re wearing masks. JESSE WATTERS: Oh! GUTFELD: ICE, masks, no, thank you. Could you imagine if Kamala Harris were president how political this would have been? She would have sent Rachel Levine to the locker room to celebrate gold and trans in the locker room at the same time. I like Jack Hughes. I think it’s hypocritical, though, why isn’t missing teeth appealing in hockey, but not when I fall down and smashed my teeth? It’s why I quit meth. You want political, we loved Alysa Liu, right? She won the gold and people were saying, how can that right celebrate her because she’s woke? And it’s kind of a self-own to them and a compliment to us. You know, their response reveals that they can’t celebrate a person unless they are somewhat or definitely on their political side. But we can. We can. We don’t care and why would we want to be on that divide? I don’t like you. I — I won’t celebrate your win because you’re not as woke as me? I think we should all feel good about her and if we can’t, there’s something wrong. The — the shut-in bloggers at Huffington Post would kill, you know, would kill to win something in their lives. And also, when they say shame on America, they — they — they don’t understand that many people, most people in the world, want to come here.  [ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: HuffPost Haters; Liberal Media Defends Not Supporting Team USA] There was a couple that fled the United States to Canada and there was a piece on them that when they — when they got there, it was too expensive to live there. They can’t find a home and they can’t find a job. What — what happens with a lot of these wokesters is they don’t have context, right? America is bad. America is the worst country ever, except for the rest of the countries. That’s the part they leave out. Because — and this is the great myth that somehow the left and the woke are more cultured, more aware than we are, like, that we’re shut-ins, were dumb rednecks. No, they are not worldly. They don’t even know how the world is. They think that thinking globally is visiting that ethnic restaurant in their neighborhood. They know nothing about the actual world or they would love this place. When you actually travel, like a lot of these athletes do around the world, you know how great it is to be here. You go to another country, you’ll experience limitations and then you’ll be happy to get home. But the left? They get their African history from Joy Reid. They don’t know shit. They’re — excuse me, — I’m just emotional over the Olympic win. But lastly, this has got to drive the media crazy because they spent their time grilling U.S. athletes. How do you feel representing the United States? Well, get this. They feel great. You feel bad because you’ve never won anything. You’ve never worked hard for anything, and you’ll never know what it’s like to be proud of anything. You’re alone. You have three cats. You’re blogging for the Huffington Post. I mean, it’s sad. I would — right now, we should print the suicide hotline. DANA PERINO: That — we definitely ended on a high note. GUTFELD: Yes. PERINO: Thank you for that.

For the second straight day, CNN This Morning host Audie Cornish served up carefully curated anecdotal voices to suggest broad economic discontent under President Trump. On Monday, we caught Cornish spotlighting one Republican voter — out of tens of millions nationwide — to imply GOP unease over the economy. On Tuesday, she swapped that single poll respondent for a montage of social media complaints. The segment opened with a young woman declaring, “Everything is so expensive, and our wages haven’t changed.” Minutes later, viewers saw a trio of social media clips — including that same young woman again — lamenting high grocery prices, gas costs, and benefit cuts. Yes, Cornish thought that first clip was so nice, she played it twice. One young man asserted that “Most people are losing things like SNAP, WIC, things of that nature, and can’t even afford to live,” audibly stressing the word. Apparently, survival itself is now in doubt. Cornish offered no pushback on that hyperbolic claim. Not only are "most people" not on food stamps, the "cuts" are about observing work requirements for your food. But CNN likes the sound of Trump starving people. Viewers weren’t told who these individuals were, how their clips were selected, whether their views were representative, or even which platforms they came from. Cornish turned to nonbinary panelist V Spehar because she “lives in TikTok land,” although the clips themselves carried no visible TikTok branding and were described only as coming from “social media.” Then came the moment of candor. Cornish acknowledged, “In TikTok land, I realize everyone’s algorithm is biased.” Exactamundo, Audie! And it’s obvious what your bias is! Cornish Admits Algorithm Bias — But Ignores Her Own in Social Media Attack on Trump’s Economy@CNNThisMorning @AudieCornish @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/sesVstzVHf — Mark Finkelstein (@markfinkelstein) February 24, 2026 Spehar briefly went off script, noting that immigration “is definitely still the thing” dominating online conversation — contradicting the heavy emphasis on economic angst. But V quickly made amends, suggesting many people online are less interested in Trump’s speech than in hearing the response from the Mamdani-affiliated Working Families Party. Two days. Four anecdotal voices. No context. All criticizing Trump. At least former Trump communications director Mike Dubke was on hand to explain how Trump's speech would reset issues for the midterm elections. In choosing viewpoints from "average Americans," CNN didn’t expose algorithmic bias. It demonstrated it. Here's the transcript. CNN This Morning 2/24/26 6:00 am ET AUDIE CORNISH: Today in the Group Chat, President Trump's address to the nation. Voters want to hear how he'll lower high prices. So is he going to deliver?  YOUNG WOMAN IN SOCIAL MEDIA CLIP: Everything is so expensive, and our wages haven't changed.  . . .  PRESIDENT TRUMP: If I came up with a cure for cancer, they would say, he should have done it years ago. There's not a thing I can do where these people [points to media members in audience] are going to give me credit.  CORNISH: President Trump's skeptical that he'll change a lot of minds with his State of the Union address.  Good morning, everybody. I'm Audie Cornish. We begin with tonight's speech. In many ways, it is a test run for the GOP message as midterms approach. Overwhelmingly, Americans across all parties want the president to address the economy and rising prices.  OLDER MAN IN SOCIAL MEDIA CLIP: The cost of living, the cost of groceries, the cost of gas.  YOUNGER MAN IN SOCIAL MEDIA CLIP: Most people are losing things like SNAP, WIC, things of that nature, and they can't even afford to Iive, yet [alone] buy food.  SAME YOUNG WOMAN FROM FIRST CLIP: At this time, to provide gas, food, clothing, houses. Everything is so expensive, and our wages haven't changed.  CORNISH: It doesn't look like they will get the answers they want, at least not yet.  TRUMP: We have a country that's now doing well. We have the greatest economy we've ever had. We have the most activity we've ever had. I'm making a speech tomorrow night, and you'll be hearing me say that. I mean, it's going to be a long speech because we have so much to talk about.  CORNISH: Today in the group chat, Stephen Collinson, CNN Politics senior reporter, Mike Dubke, former Trump White House communications director, and V. Spehar digital journalist and creator at Under the Desk News.  So I feel like with that amount of clips from social media, V., I want to start with you. You live in TikTok land.  V SPEHAR: I do.  CORNISH: And I realize everyone's algorithm is biased. But what are you seeing? Are you seeing people who do think the economy is the thing, or is immigration the thing they're talking about?  SPEHAR: So, immigration is definitely still the thing they're talking about. I think what has been interesting is the fact that it appears that folks on social media don't have a lot of high hopes or expectations for what he's going to actually say tonight.  A lot of folks are looking towards, like, the Working Family Party response after the speech, or how this is going to manifest into policy later on. But what I'm hearing is, folks are confused. One, should they watch in the first place or is it just another campaign rally? And two, what does this matter? What is it going to change for them in their daily life? 

PBS’s Firing Line with Margaret Hoover hosted the elitist media’s favorite historian Jon Meacham, who predictably found parallels between President Donald Trump and House Rep. Joe McCarthy of so-called “Red Scare” infamy, while hailing the late Jesse Jackson. The slant started in host Margaret Hoover’s introduction, a clip montage featuring “triumphs” of democracy consisting of archive footage of women gaining the right to vote. The “trials” of democracy? Clips from the January 6 riots and ICE officers spraying mobs in Minneapolis. Host Margaret Hoover: Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian with a new book, American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union. Drawing on documents and speeches spanning America's history, Meacham illustrates how the fight for democracy has always been an uphill battle, full of triumphs- [Archive clip: News Announcer] Energetic suffrage adherents realize their long campaign is over. [Margaret] And trials. [Archive clip: Crowd] Hang Mike Pence! Hang Mike Pence! Hoover: As the Trump administration expands executive power. America's democratic experiment is once again being tested. [Archive clip: Shot of ICE protesters being sprayed by ICE officers] Hoover began with a supportive softball, asking Meacham if he was still concerned about "constitutional government" a year into Trump's second term. On PBS's 'Firing Line,' host Margaret Hoover sounds like an infomercial for liberal author Jon Meacham -- to sound the alarm that Trump is a threat to constitutional governance. They warn about nationalized elections, and say nothing about how the Democrats pushed for that. pic.twitter.com/DpjIUUYPok — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) February 24, 2026 Hoover: We last spoke in the days following the November election in 2024, after Donald Trump had been reelected. Meacham: Right. Hoover: At that time, you warned that President Trump was a unique threat to constitutional government. You also said that you hoped you would be proven wrong.  Meacham: Absolutely. Hoover: Thirteen months into Donald Trump's second term as president, how you reflect on that sentiment? Meacham: I haven't been proven completely wrong, but we're still here, and so I'm delighted by that. Hoover: Is he still a unique threat to constitutional government? Meacham: Absolutely he is, because what you saw, I thought in 2016 to 2020 that he was a difference of degree, but not kind. He was, you know, you could recognize what he was doing, not the tone and the behavior, that's totally unique and was then, but basically, you could sort of put it on an American spectrum what he was doing. Then comes the unfolding January 6th, the attempt to undermine the election, and that's a unique virus in the American body politic, and if you create the capacity, the tendency, to denounce elections simply because you don't like the result, no American president's done that…. Asked by Hoover about the struggle for the "American soul" between (as quoted from Meacham’s book) the “few and the privileged” and “the aspirations of the many,” the historian responded smugly. Meacham: It's more closely fought than I would prefer. I think all of us believe that, most of us believe that. You know, 35% of the country, that's the number of folks, by the way, who still approved of Joe McCarthy after he was censured in 1954-55, 35% of the country is a kind of hardcore [Trump] base, but a huge chunk of the country is malleable, is movable, given the season and the issues…. Hoover didn't care to ask Meacham about his speechwriting for Joe Biden, or anything about Biden or Kamala Harris. Several minutes after trashing Trump’s supporters as parallel to Joe McCarthy, both the guest and the nominal "conservative" Hoover offered elevating praise to the late, longtime left-wing racial activist Jesse Jackson for paving the way for President Barack Obama. On PBS's sad reboot of 'Firing Line,' liberal Jon Meacham puts Jesse Jackson at the center of the last 50 years of American history, as his 'keep hope alive' is the inspirational high point leading into the magical reign of Obama. pic.twitter.com/9Hfz1Mhkh1 — Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) February 24, 2026 Meacham: ….I guess what pleases me to some extent is that, as you ask this question, I'm having to think about Jackson's role in this, whereas often in history, if something is organic, you don't single it out. Does that make sense?  Hoover: Yeah. Yeah. It's part of the tapestry. Meacham: Yeah, so I just think of the American story of the last 50 years is, there's Jesse Jackson saying, "Keep hope alive."

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: FLASHBACK: Media Elitists Despised Trump’s Addresses to Congress ABC LOSES IT Over Patel in Milan, Cites Iran, Guthrie for Why He Shouldn’t Have Gone Viral MRC Tweet: (CBS News Old School Immigration Reporting) Promoting NYT, Google News Blocks Right-Leaning Media During Scathing Trial   FLASHBACK: Media Elitists Despised Trump’s Addresses to Congress 2017, CNN Tonight, Don Lemon: “The way President Trump speaks extemporaneously is not the same as what he said tonight. It sounded, to me, and this is just — I mean, I thought it was — he sounded very presidential. This was a speech written by a college student for someone else trying to use big words to impress that the person who is reciting it did not know the meaning of the words. That’s how it sounded.” 2018, MSNBC Host Chris Matthews: “It almost got ugly. Very tough about saying immigrants are basically killers. MS-13. Beginning a discussion about immigration in a country of immigrants with crime. And that was his way of opening up the discussion like I’m protecting us from criminal elements. I thought that got very ugly about that point.”... 2019, CNN's Van Jones: “I saw this as a psychotically incoherent speech with cookies and dog poop. He tries to put together in the same speech these warm kind things about humanitarianism and caring about children. At the same time, he is demonizing people who are immigrants in a way that was appalling.” 2019, MSNBC Host Mika Brzezinski on Morning Joe: “How can anyone see this as a good speech? How can anyone see this as unifying when he is spewing out lies to the American people?...This is an angry, racist platform that has been surrounded by sweet stories and World War II veterans....but the bottom line is his platform is based on hate and lies, bottom line.”   ABC LOSES IT Over Patel in Milan, Cites Iran, Guthrie for Why He Shouldn’t Have Gone ABC Stands Alone in Its Outrage While every other major network ignored the story, ABC’s Good Morning America was the only one to pitch a fit over Patel attending the U.S. men’s hockey gold-medal game and celebrating with Team USA in the locker room — turning a feel-good American victory into “controversy.” Desperate Guilt-by-Irrelevant-Association ABC’s Pierre Thomas bizarrely tied Patel’s previously scheduled trip to the “elevated threat environment,” the kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, and tensions with Iran — claiming these were reasons he “shouldn’t have gone.” This is textbook media desperation to smear a Trump appointee. Fake “Taxpayer Boondoggle” Smear Debunked FBI officials confirmed the Milan trip was planned months in advance, combined official security business with the games, and that Patel personally reimbursed any non-official expenses. ABC ignored these facts and instead parroted Democratic complaints about agency-jet use, exposing their blatant double-standard and bias.   Viral MRC Tweet: (CBS News Old School Immigration Reporting) Bill D'Agostino, MRC Senior Research Analyst, uncovered a CBS News clip from 1995 in which Dan Rather exposes the “national anxiety” over illegal immigration  Transcript from 48 Hours Trailer: “The American people are having a national anxiety attack over large scale immigration, illegal immigration. [America] can’t take care of the world.  “Anger over immigration. People who are here illegally will be deported. I feel hurt and let down and replaced by foreigners. It is outrageous. Schools and hospitals strained to the limit. Criminal aliens on our streets, burglaries, robberies. He's got 20 different aliases. I just can't believe this really happened. Should America slam the door?” Elon Musk commented: Those days are long gone. White House Advisor Stephen Miller commented: For discredited legacy media to regain public confidence (and audience) they need to pursue real journalism like this once again.   Promoting NYT, Google News Blocks Right-Leaning Media During Scathing Trial Total Blackout on Right-Leaning Media Over four consecutive days (Feb 17–20, 2026), Google News featured ZERO articles from right-leaning outlets in its top 20 morning stories each day — that's 80 articles with not a single conservative or right-leaning perspective included, effectively censoring diverse viewpoints and forcing users into a one-sided news bubble. Overwhelming Leftist Dominance More than half (44 out of 80) of the promoted top stories came from outlets rated "left" or "lean left" by AllSides, with The New York Times (rated "lean left") as Google's clear favorite, appearing in eight stories across the period — this isn't neutral curation; it's active promotion of leftist narratives on everything from Jesse Jackson's death to Prince Andrew's arrest. Stunning Hypocrisy Amid YouTube Trial While Google faces a massive lawsuit from over 1,500 families accusing YouTube of addictive, harmful design targeting children, its Google News platform simultaneously pushes "harmfully one-sided narratives" by boosting leftist media and suppressing right-leaning sources — proving Big Tech's double standard: lecture others on content harms while engineering biased information flows.    

CNN doesn’t care about the victims of illegal alien crimes or their families, White House Press Secretary Karoline said Monday, calling the leftist network “a total disgrace” for completely ignoring Monday’s event honoring and hosting “Angel Families.” “.@CNN is a total disgrace,” Leavitt declared in a social media post following the White House ceremony, during which President Donald Trump signed a proclamation designating February 22, 2026 as National Angel Family Day: “President Trump hosted a powerful event honoring Angel Families who lost loved ones at the hands of illegal alien criminals and deadly drugs – but CNN refused to cover EVEN one second of it. “That’s because CNN doesn't care about the victims of illegal alien crime. “They pretend to be a news organization, but they refuse to cover anything that doesn’t fit the Left’s narrative. This is why CNN is failing and losing all of their viewership.” Leavitt embedded video from the event of comments by Allyson Phillips, whose daughter, 22-year old Laken Riley, was killed by an illegal alien. . @CNN is a total disgrace. President Trump hosted a powerful event honoring Angel Families who lost loved ones at the hands of illegal alien criminals and deadly drugs – but CNN refused to cover EVEN one second of it. That’s because CNN doesn't care about the victims of… https://t.co/8jJIYmkGOB — Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) February 23, 2026 “.@CNN spends much of their time attacking the Trump Administration's strict immigration policies, but they will never air stories like this, which are the reason our strict enforcement policies are happening in the first place,” Leavitt said in a separate post including video of a police officer explaining that he had arrested Riley’s illegal alien murderer, José Ibarra, before he killed her, but he was then set free. .@CNN spends much of their time attacking the Trump Administration's strict immigration policies, but they will never air stories like this, which are the reason our strict enforcement policies are happening in the first place: https://t.co/A8LoFV05Ct — Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) February 23, 2026 “.@CNN will never show this incredible man's honest words because he completely debunks their fake narrative that ‘Trump is bad and racist,’ the press secretary wrote in a third post of video from the event: “Jody Jones, whose brother, Rocky, was shot and killed by an illegal: ‘I'm sick and tired of hearing these [Democrat] politicians stand up on these podiums and say how sorry they are for seeing these criminal illegal aliens being 'ripped apart' from their families. What about US?... We mean something to, and this man right here understands it.’” .@CNN will never show this incredible man's honest words because he completely debunks their fake narrative that "Trump is bad and racist" https://t.co/coRSCHk2cS — Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) February 23, 2026 “Why doesn't @CNN think this American mother's words are worth airing on their network?” Leavitt asked in a post of video of Laura Wilkerson, whose son was "brutally beaten, tortured, and strangled to death, and his body set on fire" by an illegal immigrant. “Jesus works on my family every day, still healing us today, and I am just so incredibly grateful for the man who’s in office who never quits (Pres. Trump),” Wilkerson said, asking God to “breathe a fresh breath of air through this administration.” Why doesn't @CNN think this American mother's words are worth airing on their network? https://t.co/LxX41g0Lvc — Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) February 23, 2026