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CENSORED! ABC/CBS/NBC Spend 0 Seconds on Trump’s Popular Voter ID Bill
Network Evening News Spends Only 8 Percent of DHS Shutdown Coverage Blaming Democrats
After Terror Threats, How Did Big Four News Apps Respond to Schumer’s DHS Shutdown? Erasure
2M VIDEO More Iranian Soccer Players are Being “Death Marched” Back Home
CENSORED! ABC/CBS/NBC Spend 0 Seconds on Trump’s Popular Voter ID Bill
Complete Media Blackout on a Key Election Integrity Measure: Despite the House passing President Trump's Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act on February 11, 2026—which mandates voter ID and proof of citizenship to prevent non-citizen voting—ABC, CBS, and NBC devoted zero seconds to covering it over the subsequent weeks.
Overwhelming Bipartisan Public Support Ignored: Recent polls demonstrate broad popularity for the SAVE Act's core ideas, with a Harvard Caps Harris Poll showing 71% overall voter approval (including 50% of Democrats, 91% of Republicans, and 69% of Independents), 81% backing voter ID requirements, and 75% supporting proof of citizenship.
Censorship Undermines Informed Public Discourse: By censoring coverage of a highly popular proposal supported by strong polling data, the networks are effectively shielding viewers from policies that could enhance ballot integrity and voter confidence, raising questions about journalistic impartiality in election-related reporting.
Network Evening News Spends Only 8 Percent of DHS Shutdown Coverage Blaming Democrats
Networks bury Democratic blame in DHS shutdown coverage ABC, CBS, and NBC gave just 8% of airtime (125 seconds total) to blaming Democrats for the February 14 shutdown—despite their demands blocking ICE/immigration funding—spreading blame vaguely across "Congress" on only 9 of 30 days.
Focus on traveler/worker hardships shields Democrats from accountability Over 90% of coverage highlighted airport chaos, unpaid TSA staff, food-bank lines, and delays, while rarely linking these to Democratic obstruction on enforcement policies—framing it as neutral "congressional inaction."
Clear double standard vs. past Republican shutdowns Networks (NBC 3%, ABC 9%, CBS 10% Democrat blame) soft-pedal partisan responsibility here, but would hammer Republicans nightly if they blocked funding amid national security or travel risks—exposing ongoing media bias by omission.
After Terror Threats, How Did Big Four News Apps Respond to Schumer’s DHS Shutdown? Erasure
Democrats' DHS Shutdown Endangers Americans During Terror Threats Amid Iran conflict and four U.S. terror attacks since Feb 14, 2026, Democrats are blocking DHS funding to force ICE limits, body cams, and detention curbs—leaving half the department furloughed, TSA agents quitting, unpaid agents on the front lines, and FEMA aid delayed. National security is being held hostage for political demands.
Big Four News Apps Buried the Democrat-Caused DHS Crisis MRC review of 2,300+ top stories (Feb 14–Mar 14, 2026) found only 1% mentioned the shutdown; most framed it neutrally as a “standoff” without blaming Democrats. Coverage skewed heavily left (71% on Apple News, 67% on Google, 100% on MSN), with zero right-leaning sources on Apple/Google and almost no headlines tying it to Democrats’ ICE demands.
Big Tech & Media Shield Democrats While Terror Threats Loom Unlike past shutdowns where media always blamed Republicans, the Big Four apps are sanitizing this Democrat-driven crisis to protect them. Frontline agents work unpaid as threats rise, yet these platforms—tilted toward Democratic spin—offer silence or soft coverage. It’s not balance; it’s concealment in a time of real danger.
2M VIDEO More Iranian Soccer Players are Being “Death Marched” Back Home
The Dire Plight of Iranian Women's Soccer Team Members: The captain of Iran's women's soccer team has withdrawn her asylum request in Australia and is returning home due to her family members "disappearing"—a hallmark of fascist regimes that target political dissidents. This is the fifth team member to abandon Australia's asylum offer amid threats to their families, forcing these women into a perilous "death march" back to Iran.
Hypocrisy in Selective Left-Wing Activism: While "free Palestine" garners widespread protests, campus shutdowns, Hollywood speeches, social media campaigns, and media outrage over women's rights, the forced repatriation of these Iranian women soccer players elicits only silence—or "crickets"—from anti-fascist groups, celebrities, and pundits who claim to champion anti-dictator causes and gender equality.
UN's Inconsistent Stance on Human Rights: The United Nations, quick to criticize the U.S. for any hesitation in funding, has remained mute on this crisis involving an entire women's soccer team facing family abductions and repression in Iran, highlighting a glaring double standard in global advocacy for women's rights and against authoritarianism.
