Luis Cornelio
Associate Editor for Free Speech America

Luis is an associate editor for MRC Free Speech America, where he has broken some of the most consequential stories on media bias, censorship, digital news apps such as Apple News and Google News, and media rating firms. 

 

His reporting has prompted federal and state investigations and been featured in multiple congressional hearings, all while receiving coverage by several prominent media outlets, including Fox News, The New York Times, the New York Post, Semafor and The Daily Caller, among others. He has also authored columns for The Daily Caller and The Daily Wire. As a contributor to Headline USA, Luis has interviewed prominent figures, including former FBI officials, Biden administration officials and state officials from both sides of the political aisle. His reporting has also produced exclusive coverage of political developments, including the release of previously unreleased documents.

 

Beyond his written work, Luis is a frequent guest on Newsmax, One America News Network (OANN), Real America's Voice (RSBN) and several radio programs. Professionally fluent in both written and spoken Spanish, he regularly represents MRC in Spanish-language media.

 

Luis graduated cum laude from CUNY's City College of New York, where he majored in political science and minored in legal studies. He went on to work on President Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign. Following the election, he became English editor-in-chief of the bilingual news outlet El American (now Voz Media) and served as an aide at the Thomas More Society. He is also an alumnus of The Heritage Foundation's internship program.

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Forty-five-to-one. That is the ratio of negative to positive headlines about President Donald Trump among the top 20 stories Google News promoted from Oct. 1 through Oct. 28, in the weeks leading up to the midterm elections, according to a new…

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Fresh off an analysis showing that Apple News repeatedly promoted negative headlines about Republican-aligned issues, a new MRC analysis found that the negative framing extended to headlines that directly mention President Donald Trump. From Oct…

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A new Media Research Center analysis found that Apple News has been targeting GOP issues with negative coverage, raising the question: Is Apple engaging in election interference in the lead-up to the midterms?

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Peggy Flanagan, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Minnesota and current lieutenant governor, appears to be the latest Democratic candidate whose scandals and controversies are nowhere to be seen across the influential news feeds of Apple…

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Apple News, one of the most influential digital news aggregation apps, failed to promote stories about one of the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) largest financial crises in its history despite the national implications of the matter.

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One of President Donald Trump’s major focuses has been rooting out fraud across taxpayer-funded public services. Through their White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, Co-chairs Vice President JD Vance and Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew…

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A new analysis by the Media Research Center found that the top five newspapers and magazines most promoted by Apple News and Google News have exclusively endorsed Democratic presidential candidates in every election since 1988, marking the latest…

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MRC Original: The editors at Apple News and the algorithm behind Google News appeared to receive the same marching orders ahead of the 2026 midterm elections: Don't promote negative stories about scandal-plagued Democrats, but don't extend the…

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This week, the “Big Three” Networks and News Apps shielded fellow elitist liberal, Dr. Tony Fauci, largely ignoring bombshell revelations from his pandemic-era diaries released Saturday by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) before Wednesday’s Senate…

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MRC Original: If there’s one thing that stands out whenever Abdul El-Sayed is pressed about his radical positions, it’s his smile. His nearly perfect teeth, neatly trimmed beard and laid-back black hair rarely seem out of place, no matter how…

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MRC Original: Graham Platner’s unusual rise to political stardom followed one of literature’s oldest archetypes: an ordinary man (in this case, a so-called oyster farmer) challenges a seemingly indomitable enemy or power, transforming into a folk…

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MRC Original: It’s official: Apple News, Google News, Microsoft’s MSN and Yahoo News hate America, and MRC has the evidence.

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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…

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MRC Original: A bullet had just ripped into Charlie Kirk’s neck. Thousands watched as the young conservative icon fell to the ground while blood dripped from the bullet wound. 

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After President Donald Trump's 2024 victory appeared inevitable, tech giants rushed to project a friendlier posture toward him. But behind the scenes, their election meddling continued, most recently surfacing in Republican primaries in the lead-…

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EXCLUSIVE: The most influential digital news aggregators continue deciding which outlets get seen and who gets ignored. Fresh evidence collected by the Media Research Center further corroborates that left-leaning outlets remain the primary…

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EXCLUSIVE: The Big Four News Apps follow a predictable script: elevate articles from left-leaning outlets, suppress their right-leaning counterparts, while giving prime real estate to some of the most radical news outlets on the left. Yahoo News…

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An award-winning investigative journalist. Four major bombshell reports. Billions of dollars potentially exploited by shady individuals. Allegations of a scheme so sprawling that state officials appear incapable of containing it. A presidential…

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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…

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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…