A recent analysis found Apple News heavily favors left-leaning sources, featuring 67% of stories from left-leaning outlets and only 2% from right-leaning ones in October 2026. Even among right-leaning stories, many were critical of conservatives…

The Media Research Center’s 2026 Free Speech Award honors HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for dismantling censorship practices and restoring free speech at the agency. Thirteen others received honorable mentions for advancing First Amendment…

A Media Research Center study finds Apple News and Google News heavily favor left-leaning and high "reliability"-rated outlets, based on Ad Fontes, NewsGuard, and AllSides data. Right-leaning and centrist sites appear far less often in news app…

MRC researchers found ChatGPT initially refused to provide or acknowledge a Fox News article reporting its comparison of Trump to Hitler, raising concerns of AI bias and censorship. Despite repeated prompts, ChatGPT only later provided a link,…

A Media Research Center analysis found that major news apps—Apple News, Google News, MSN, and Yahoo News—promoted left-leaning outlets 68% of the time in morning coverage from late 2025 to mid-2026, while right-leaning sources made up just 5%,…

Apple News has ignored recent WNBA “transgender” controversies, including Enes Kanter Freedom declaring for the WNBA draft, while heavily promoting left-leaning sports coverage. Despite widespread debate and eligible news stories, Apple News…

Since November 2025, Apple News has shown a strong left-leaning bias, promoting 72% of top stories from left-leaning outlets but only 1% from right-leaning sources. Stories highlighting conservative wins were rare, as most right-leaning headlines…

A Media Research Center study of Google News from Nov. 2025 to July 2026 found a strong bias toward left-leaning opinion pieces, especially those critical of Trump, with 48 out of 60 featured articles from leftist outlets and only five from right…

Yahoo’s AI-powered Yahoo 100 “trending” list heavily favors left-leaning sources, with only 3% of stories from right-leaning outlets over three months, per MRC analysis. The list’s bias stems from its use of Anthropic’s Claude, Microsoft Bing,…

From May to June, Google News increased promotion of Al Jazeera stories by 125%, mainly on U.S. topics, boosting Al Jazeera’s U.S. website traffic by 6%. Critics say Google News favors the Qatar-linked, left-leaning outlet while overlooking major…

MRC Original: “I feel like I’ve been lied to my entire life about America,” an Australian entrepreneur recently proclaimed while visiting the United States, echoing a sentiment loudly heard in viral videos as the country hosts the FIFA World Cup…

A May analysis found Apple News heavily favored left-leaning sources when covering GOP primaries, promoting five times more leftist articles than right-leaning ones. Most headlines negatively framed Trump-endorsed candidates, while coverage from…

Website traffic for Newsweek, Al Jazeera, and The Minnesota Star Tribune closely mirrored how often their stories were promoted on top news aggregators—Apple News, Google News, and MSN. When promotion increased, so did traffic; when it dropped,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…