First on Fox – Traditional media offers 10 times the amount of a Turkish student arrested on suspicion Support terrorism According to the Media Research Center (MRC), the leader of the suspected MS-13 gang is captured.
The FBI announced Thursday that U.S. authorities have occupied the top MS-13 leader on the U.S. east coast, the 24-year-old El Salvador country, Josue Villatero Santos. News of the arrest of the MS-13 boss is a day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detaining Tufts University graduate students Rumeysa Ozturk Allegedly supported the Hamas terrorist group.
Conservative MRC tracked the arrest reports from March 26 to 27 and found that ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC spent more time on Turkish students. The study found that Oztulk’s arrest resulted in a merger of 119 minutes and 18 seconds, while the captives of the gang leader were only within 11 minutes and 42 seconds of coverage.
Top MS-13 leader arrested in Virginia
The Media Research Center tracked reports of arrests from March 26 to 27. (Media Research Center)
“In fact, ABC, CBS, NBC did not devote a second to violent terrorist arrests,” wrote Geoffrey Dickens, director of media analysis at MRC MRC.
According to the study, MSNBC spent nearly 59 minutes on Ozturk, only 3 minutes and 43 seconds on Villatoro Santos, while CNN spent 50 minutes and 9 seconds on Turkish students and only 8 minutes on captives from the gang leader.
“Why the difference? Although the arrest of MS-13 leaders was a huge PR victory for Trump’s team, videos of Ozturk arrested on the street prompted left-wing hosts, journalists and experts to denounce what they call the “authoritative” action of the Trump administration.”
Ozturk’s detention has received extensive media coverage and accused the Trump administration of intimidation tactics against anti-Israel voices.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesman told Fox News last week that Oztulk was “granted visas to enjoy the privileges of the country.”
“The DHS and ICE investigations found that Ozturk was engaged in activities to support Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that appreciates Americans’ killing of Americans,” the spokesperson said. “Visa is not a right. Glory and terrorists supporting Americans are justifications for termination of visas. It is common sense to be safe.”
ICE detains Tufts University students under Trump Admin campus crackdown
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, a doctoral student at Tufts University, was detained by Department of Homeland Security agents on a street in Somerville, Massachusetts on Tuesday, March 25. (AP)
According to the MRC, Ozturk’s arrest scored six minutes and six seconds on NBC, two minutes and 39 seconds on CBS, one minute and 39 seconds on ABC, while the broadcast network completely ignored Villatoro in evening and morning news broadcasts.
The study said most of the reports of Oztuk’s arrests had focused videotapes of the incident “shocking” or on rallies supporting so-called terrorist sympathizers.
Meanwhile, Trump’s administration has Expel several top members of MS-13 Go to the prison in El Salvador, but anyone who relies on online news broadcasts will put Villatoro in darkness.
“ABC, CBS, NBC aired zero seconds on the MS-13 leader brought in,” Dickens wrote.
The top MS-13 leader was allegedly arrested in Virginia on Thursday, March 27, 2025. ((Ingraham corner))
ABC, CBS and NBC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
News publisher executive editor Tim Graham doesn’t think the difference is accidental.
“The gap like this shows that the media prefers a narrative. Trump has had success in arresting gang leaders and cannot emphasize. They prefer the narrative that Trump is a dictator of some kind of dictator arresting foreigners because foreigners are too free to talk about Israel’s horror. Fox News Numbers.
Senior Democrats called for the release of Ozturk, writing a letter to Trump administration officials asking for answers surrounding the “disturbing” incident.
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Greg Norman, Audrey Conklin and Anders Hagstrom of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.
