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Top Stories:
‘Laken Riley 2.0’; Networks Barely Cover Latest Alleged Murder by an Illegal Immigrant
Elitist Media Ignore Trump’s Top Priority: Popular SAVE America Act (updated 3/24/26)
The View Admits Dems 'Holding Up Funding,' But Still 'a Republican Problem'
‘Deceptive Trade’? MRC President Bozell Calls for Investigation of Apple News in Letter to FTC
‘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. ABC, CBS, and NBC combined gave the case just seconds on their flagship evening newscasts (32 sec on CBS, 23 sec on NBC, one full but late segment on ABC), ignored it entirely on Sunday and Monday morning shows, and only fully reported Medina’s illegal-alien background and prior warrant on low-viewership overnight programs. Early reports were deliberately vague, calling him only a “person of interest.”
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.
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.
The View Admits Dems 'Holding Up Funding,' But Still 'a Republican Problem'
Democrats openly admit they're holding up funding — Co-hosts on The View, including Ana Navarro, explicitly stated that Democrats are "holding out" and "holding up funding" to force ICE reforms like banning masks on agents (to avoid "terrorizing innocent people"), requiring judicial warrants instead of administrative ones, and mandating body cameras—yet the show still refuses to hold Democrats accountable for prolonging the shutdown.
Media gaslights viewers by blaming Republicans anyway — Despite the clear admission from hosts like Sunny Hostin that Democrats are withholding support, she insisted "this is a Republican choice" and "a Republican problem" because Republicans rejected Democratic demands and even a partial TSA-only funding offer—twisting reality to shield Democrats and pin blame on the GOP for not capitulating.
Classic liberal media narrative control in an election year — The View (treated as a news program by ABC) exemplifies how mainstream outlets manipulate facts to always portray shutdowns as a "Republican problem," no matter which party is blocking votes—undermining public understanding of the real cause (Democrats' demands on immigration enforcement) amid real-world fallout like airport chaos, unpaid TSA workers, and national security risks.
‘Deceptive Trade’? MRC President Bozell Calls for Investigation of Apple News in Letter to FTC
Apple News misleads users about controlling content and viewpoint diversity — Despite Apple's claims that users can block specific outlets and that the app offers a balanced mix of perspectives, MRC evidence shows users can't truly block unwanted sources (stories still appear via editor curation), and the app has shown extreme left-leaning bias, such as 1,369 left-leaning stories vs. zero right-leaning ones over months, or only 2% right-leaning in February top stories—potentially deceiving millions of Americans who expect neutrality.
Apple blocks fair access for conservative publishers while making false promises — Apple publicly encourages publishers to apply for inclusion to support a "thriving news ecosystem," but rejected MRC's applications for NewsBusters and Free Speech America by stating it was "no longer accepting unsolicited applications"—contradicting its own statements and making it nearly impossible for right-leaning outlets to participate, even as conservative media is systematically excluded.
Apple's pre-installed dominance raises serious antitrust concerns — With Apple News preloaded and preferenced on over 58% of U.S. smartphones, the company may be engaging in anticompetitive tying or exclusionary practices under federal law, unfairly boosting its biased app while sidelining competitors and misleading consumers about the product's fairness—prompting Bozell's urgent call for the FTC to probe these potential violations of consumer protection and competition rule
