Big Four News Apps

Heather Moon, Michael Morris |

In April, Apple News overwhelmingly promoted left-leaning outlets (70%) and suppressed right-leaning perspectives (2%), especially on the Iran conflict and Trump administration immigration issues, according to an MRC study. The platform…

Luis Cornelio |

EXCLUSIVE: The Big Four News Apps have flooded users with cruise ship headlines tied to hantavirus fears. Missing from any coverage, however, is news that federal immigration officials raided a Disney Cruise Line ship during a child sexual abuse…

Michael Morris |

The Big Four News Apps—Apple News, Google News, MSN, and Yahoo News—overwhelmingly promote left-leaning sources, creating a digital bias similar to political gerrymandering. Research from MRC shows how these tech giants routinely suppress right-…

Heather Moon, Michael Morris |

After the SPLC was indicted for wire fraud and money laundering, major news apps Google News, MSN, and Yahoo News ignored the scandal in their top stories, while Apple News only featured two left-leaning articles. Right-leaning coverage was…

Luis Cornelio |

EXCLUSIVE: Last week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth sent the media into a frenzy after comparing their anti-American smears to the Pharisees’ plot against Jesus. His point wasn’t far off, but he left out a key piece: the Big Four News Apps…

Michael Morris |

MRC’s analysis found that Apple News, Google News, Microsoft's MSN, and Yahoo News overwhelmingly promoted left-leaning sources—up to 70% of articles—while right-leaning outlets get as little as 5%. This bias, paired with each app’s vast reach,…

Heather Moon, Michael Morris |

A Media Research Center analysis found Yahoo News heavily favored left-leaning stories in March, with 400 of its top stories from the left and just 70 from the right, almost entirely Fox News. Yahoo virtually ignored center-rated outlets and was…

Luis Cornelio |

EXCLUSIVE: Last month, the Media Research Center exposed Microsoft’s MSN for manufacturing the illusion of balance on its feed while concealing its censorship by promoting non-political, right-leaning stories in top placements.

Heather Moon |

A recent analysis found Apple News promoted significantly more left-leaning stories in March than its Big Four competitors, featuring 434 such articles out of 592. Right-leaning stories were nearly absent, despite FTC scrutiny. Critics argue…

Heather Moon |

Google News sidelined coverage of Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s major fraud scandal, instead promoting The New York Times and its games to boost their traffic and ad revenue. Critics claim this reflects Google’s bias, as even rivals reported…

Luis Cornelio |

EXCLUSIVE: The growing hospice fraud scandal in California could soon derail the presidential ambitions of Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris, or at least it looks like that’s what Apple, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo fear.…

Heather Moon, Michael Morris |

A Media Research Center review found Apple News+ overwhelmingly favors left-leaning outlets—51 vs. only 3 right-leaning—calling its claim of "over 500" sources into question and noting some paid articles are free elsewhere. Critics say the…

Catherine Mortensen |

Media Research Center (MRC) President David Bozell joined Fox Business Network’s Jackie DeAngelis and Brian Brengberg, hosts of The Bottom Line, on Friday, to talk about his letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting a formal…

Catherine Mortensen |

In a recent episode of the Will Cain Podcast, fill-in host Tim Young sat down with David Bozell, President of the Media Research Center (MRC), to discuss troubling patterns of media bias on the Big Four News apps and mainstream coverage of U.S.…

Heather Moon |

According to the MRC, Yahoo News is the most left-leaning of the Big Four News Apps, promoting articles from left-wing and radical outlets 87% of the time in February 2026, far more than its competitors. With massive online reach, this bias…

Luis Cornelio |

EXCLUSIVE: The Big Four News Apps are controlling the political narrative to help Democrats, and it's working. Americans know that the U.S. is engaged in an armed conflict with Iran. Most are aware that there have been several suspected terrorist…

The Big Four News Apps largely buried a significant development in the ongoing fight for stricter voter ID laws across the country.

 

Luis Cornelio |

EXCLUSIVE: Democrats want Americans to believe President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran were not based on an immediate threat the Islamic regime posed to the Western Hemisphere. Tellingly, the Big Four News Apps appeared eager to amplify that…

Michael Morris |

Despite mass layoffs and plummeting public trust, elitist media are avoiding irrelevancy by partnering with tech titans. Artificial intelligence and digital news gatekeepers like Apple News and Google News boost elitist media while sidelining…

Gabriela Pariseau |

Only a handful of right-leaning stories slipped through Google News’s iron grip on information domination. While the tech giant pushed 314 left-leaning stories, its gatekeepers only permitted 11 right-leaning articles to make the occasional…