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NEW: Evidence Surfaces Exposing Coordinated Attack On Pete Hegseth
A report from the Media Research Center has pulled back the curtain on the coordinated media assault against President Trump and his top officials, with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth getting the harshest treatment of all.
According to the MRC study, Hegseth has received 100% negative coverage from the Big Three broadcast networks — ABC, CBS, and NBC — during Trump’s first 100 days in office. Not one positive or even neutral statement was recorded about the former Fox News host turned Pentagon chief.
“In case you wonder what we — and President Trump — are up against,” Hegseth posted to X (formerly Twitter), sharing a graphic from Fox News that outlined the brutal coverage breakdown. “100% NEGATIVE coverage from so-called ‘mainstream’ press in the first 100 days. PERFECT SCORE.”
Also featured in the Fox News graphic were fellow Trump administration officials Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (89% negative), DOGE head Elon Musk (96%), and Hegseth himself — the only one to hit a full 100%. Musk even replied in disbelief, posting, “You got me beat 
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The Media Research Center’s comprehensive review analyzed 899 stories across the networks’ evening newscasts from January 20 through April 9. Their methodology focused solely on statements made by reporters, anchors, and nonpartisan sources — explicitly excluding commentary from partisan actors. Their findings paint a picture of slanted reporting:
- President Trump: Faced 92.2% negative press, despite most coverage centering on legitimate policy issues like tariffs, immigration, and the DOGE program to reduce government bloat.
- Pete Hegseth: Targeted with 40 negative statements and zero positive ones.
- RFK Jr. and Elon Musk: Each received overwhelmingly negative coverage as well.
In contrast, former President Biden’s first 100 days in 2021 were met with 59% favorable coverage, a discrepancy that critics say confirms a blatant double standard.
One major narrative fueling the attacks on Hegseth involves his role in an alleged information-sharing breach. Reports surfaced earlier this year that Hegseth had used the Signal app to coordinate national security discussions, allegedly including his wife and a media editor in the thread. The Department of Defense Inspector General is now reviewing the matter — a story the networks jumped on with predictable condemnation.
The report also shows that even Trump’s biggest policy successes — like the dramatic reduction in illegal border crossings — were drowned out by negative spin. Out of 233 minutes of airtime devoted to immigration, less than four minutes highlighted the administration’s success at the border. The near-uniform negativity toward Hegseth adds fuel to long-standing concerns that legacy media outlets are not merely biased but actively working against Republicans and conservative Americans.
Gallup recently found that public trust in mainstream news has cratered to historic lows. In the 1970s, nearly two-thirds of Americans had confidence in the “mass media — such as newspapers, TV and radio,” saying they trusted it “a great deal” or “a fair amount” to “[report] the news fully, accurately and fairly.”
But by 1997, that number had dropped to 53%. Since 2003, public trust has steadily declined. Now, according to Gallup, Americans are split into three camps: 31% still say they trust the media a great deal or fair amount, 33% admit they do “not [trust it] very much,” and 36%—a sharp increase from just 6% in 1972—say they have no trust in it whatsoever.
With Trump now well into his second term, the divide between the corporate press and the administration appears deeper than ever, and Secretary Hegseth, it seems, has become the media’s top target.
