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Why Was MRC in Jack Smith’s Records?
ABC/CBS/NBC Spend 29 Minutes on ICE Conflicts, 0 On Illegal Crimes
The Network Evening News Mostly OMITS Explosive Jack Smith Hearing
Why Was MRC in Jack Smith’s Records?
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator Chuck Grassley revealed that former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s "Arctic Frost" investigation obtained communications involving nearly 50 journalists and media outlets—including the Media Research Center (MRC), alongside Fox News, CNN, CBS, and Reuters. The investigation's scope went far beyond January 6th, gathering records spanning 2019 to 2023 and seizing over 4,700 donor checks across all 50 states, reflecting a broad dragnet rather than a narrow inquiry. MRC views this broad data collection as evidence of the Biden administration and its allies using the government apparatus to intimidate, isolate, and damage the broader conservative ecosystem. Treating the revelation as a major story in itself, MRC has referred the matter to its legal team to uncover exactly what records were obtained, who reviewed them, the legal basis for the collection, and what legal actions may be warranted.
ABC/CBS/NBC Spend 29 Minutes on ICE Conflicts, 0 On Illegal Crimes
Media Research Center analysts found that ABC, CBS, and NBC devoted nearly 29 minutes of airtime to stories highlighting ICE confrontations over a three-day period (September 20–23), sparked by an ICE shooting incident in Austin, Texas. ABC led the broadcast networks in coverage duration with over 11 minutes spent on ICE enforcement clashes, followed by NBC with nearly 10 minutes and CBS with over 7 minutes. During that same window, all three major networks spent zero minutes reporting on high-profile crimes allegedly committed by illegal immigrants, including a recent murder in Rhode Island involving a suspect who had overstayed his visa. MRC argues this disparity highlights a deliberate narrative choice by mainstream news shows, framing immigration enforcement actions as aggressive government overreach while ignoring the criminal impacts of illegal immigration.
The Network Evening News Mostly OMITS Explosive Jack Smith Hearing
The major network evening newscasts largely ignored the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing featuring former Special Counsel Jack Smith, despite significant revelations detailing potential abuses of power and government overreach. ABC’s World News Tonight was the only network evening show to run a segment on the hearing, but limited its coverage to a brief 32-second clip that focused on Smith defending his prosecutions of Donald Trump rather than the allegations raised against him. CBS relegated the hearing to a 10-second ticker during a commercial break, while NBC’s Nightly News skipped the story completely—even though NBC itself was among the nearly 20 media organizations whose journalists had communications swept up in Smith’s investigation. MRC highlights a media double standard, noting that the networks devoted significant airtime to allegations of press freedom violations when President Trump revoked press credentials, but omitted coverage of Smith’s team seizing media communications and thousands of donor records.
