Jonah Messinger
Legal Analyst

Jonah Messinger is a rising senior at Brigham Young University, where he is majoring in Political Science with a minor in Spanish. He plans to attend law school and remain engaged in politics—a lifelong interest. Jonah served as a missionary for two years in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where he became fluent in Spanish. Since returning, he has worked as a research assistant for BYU faculty, applying his statistical analysis skills in the R programming language to inspect populism and policy attitudes across western Europe as well as bureaucratic perceptions of democracy in Latin America.

Now at the Media Research Center, Jonah hopes to make a meaningful impact on the media side of the political spectrum by advocating for free speech liberties and staunchly defending conservative values. 

The communist Chinese government-affiliated AI chatbot DeepSeek seized on the opportunity to vilify President Donald Trump’s effort to slash violent crime rates in the nation’s capital. 

Elon Musk's platform, X, is still perceived to favor liberal voices over conservative ones. An MRC analysis indicates that Democrats, especially radical ones like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Maxine Waters, have higher visibility scores,…

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China's AI DeepSeek ironically confirmed — then erased — details about a violent protest over a bullying incident. Initially, DeepSeek revealed government censorship practices before replacing the response with "Sorry, that's beyond my current…

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In response to a federal judge's injunction blocking a Congress-endorsed restriction on Medicaid funds for abortion providers, AI chatbots Microsoft’s Copilot and China's DeepSeek voiced support, considering it beneficial for vulnerable groups.…

AI chatbots, including Meta AI, ChatGPT and Grok, exhibit a strong anti-Trump bias when asked for a one-word evaluation. This contrasts with more nuanced or neutral responses given for other global leaders, including dictators. The Media Research…

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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta AI and several other chatbots were queried about a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision that nullified an 1849 abortion ban based on newer state legislation. Meta AI received criticism for displaying bias, perceiving the ruling…

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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta AI criticized a U.S. Supreme Court ruling affecting Medicaid benefits, specifically deeming it a "net negative" for reproductive rights. Unlike other AI chatbots, Meta AI highlighted only the negative implications, such as…

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Google's AI chatbot, Gemini, supported a man's self-identification as a woman but didn't recognize Jerusalem as Israel's self-identified capital. MRC Free Speech America criticized this stance, noting Gemini's perceived left-leaning bias by…

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Elon Musk's Grok AI sparked controversy by opposing the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Skrmetti, which upheld Tennessee's ban on certain transgender treatments for minors. Despite its terms disavowing endorsement of views, Grok…

The Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek, popular since its debut, erases data pertaining to sensitive topics disapproved by the Chinese government, including Tiananmen Square, Taiwan, Jimmy Lai, and Uyghur rights. Despite initially processing encoded…