Heather Moon
MRC Free Speech America Senior Researcher

Heather Moon is a Senior Researcher for the Media Research Center’s Free Speech America division. She previously wrote for The Resurgent. She has a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Liberty University, as well as a Master’s of Library Science from Texas Woman’s University.

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…