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: Coincidence? Elitist Media See Traffic Surge as Apple News, Google News & MSN Prop Them Up AI chatbots are being weaponized with left-wing media bias as millions rely on them The View Suggest NFL QB Jaxson Dart Should Be Injured for Supporting Trump Lenient Judge's 'Intuitions' Fail: Repeat Offender Arrested for Another Shooting Spree Shameless: TIME's Platner Cover Story Spins Scandal as 'Secret Sauce,' a 'Redemption Arc'     Coincidence? Elitist Media See Traffic Surge as Apple News, Google News & MSN Prop Them Up Traffic spikes for several mainstream media outlets directly align with their promotion on major tech news aggregators.  Newsweek experienced a major drop in monthly traffic immediately following a significant reduction in story promotions by Microsoft MSN.  Al Jazeera saw its website visits explode after Google News increased its promotion of the outlet by over two hundred percent.  The findings suggest that tech giant aggregators act as powerful digital gatekeepers that can heavily influence the audience size of specific media organizations.   AI chatbots are being weaponized with left-wing media bias as millions rely on them Major artificial intelligence chatbots are being weaponized to favor progressive political viewpoints. Several prominent chatbots rely disproportionately on left-leaning media organizations to generate answers to user inquiries.  Testing revealed that multiple AI platforms minimized recent graphic controversies surrounding Graham Platner while highlighting positive poll numbers. These technological tools function as a black box that silences conservative perspectives while appearing neutral to the public.   The View Suggest NFL QB Jaxson Dart Should Be Injured for Supporting Trump Hosts of The View suggested that football player Jaxson Dart may face intentional physical harm from other players as a consequence for his political views.  The controversy arose after the quarterback publicly endorsed and introduced Donald Trump at a recent event.  Co-host Joy Behar commented that Dart might need extra padding because his own teammates or opponents might try to injure him.  Other panelists suggested his offensive linemen might deliberately refuse to protect him on the field to punish his political stance.   Lenient Judge's 'Intuitions' Fail: Repeat Offender Arrested for Another Shooting Spree A violent repeat offender was arrested for a mass shooting in Massachusetts after being released early due to a lenient judicial sentence.  The suspect had previously served only five years of a recommended ten to twelve year sentence for attempting to kill police officers.  The sentencing judge explicitly noted at the time that she was taking a risk based on her own personal intuitions.  The second shooting spree would have been entirely prevented if the original sentencing request from prosecutors had been followed.   Shameless: TIME's Platner Cover Story Spins Scandal as 'Secret Sauce,' a 'Redemption Arc' Time magazine faced criticism for a cover story that heavily praised a highly controversial Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner. The publication framed the candidate's numerous personal scandals and explicit past online comments as part of an appealing redemption arc.  The media profile downplayed major controversies involving a Nazi tattoo, a prior arrest, and hostile internet posts.  Critics argue that the article used highly favorable framing to spin a wealthy newcomer into a working class populist hero.