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A new study reveals shocking bias. Out of 620 top stories in January Apple News featured: Left-leaning outlets: 440 Conservative sites: ZERO That is 96 consecutive days without a single right-leaning story. Not even one • WaPo: Featured 72 times • NBC: 50 times • Fox, NY Post, Daily Wire: Blacklisted Hundreds of millions of users are being force-fed one-sided narratives He is personally turning 100 million iPhone users into a left-wing echo chamber
NY Post has the following if you want to know more…. Summaries are below the links if you want the details without clicking
Newsbusters also did the research –
New York Post article (Feb 10, 2026): “Apple News promotes left-leaning media outlets as it shuts out conservative sites entirely: study”
The article reports on a Media Research Center study analyzing 620 top stories featured in Apple News during morning high-traffic slots throughout January 2026. Key findings:
- 440 stories (71%) came from left-leaning outlets.
- 180 came from centrist outlets.
- Zero came from right-leaning/conservative outlets, including major ones like the New York Post and Fox News. Apple News relies on human editors for curation (not purely algorithmic), and the study used AllSides media bias ratings (from a multi-partisan panel and surveys) to classify sources. Top left-leaning contributors included The Washington Post (72 stories), Associated Press (54), NBC News (50), The Guardian (34), and NPR (25), with some centrist like The Wall Street Journal (part of the 54). The app had gone 96 straight days without any conservative publication by the study’s end (last one was Nov 5, 2025, from The Telegraph on an unrelated topic).
The feed often highlighted negative coverage of President Trump’s policies (e.g., foreign affairs and immigration) with provocative headlines. Quotes include AllSides’ Julie Mastine saying she’s “not surprised” and that Big Tech users aren’t getting balanced perspectives or the full scope of views, with right-leaning media “really underrepresented.” MRC’s Dan Schneider called it “subliminal propaganda” potentially skirting campaign finance rules. Apple declined to comment. The piece notes prior AllSides findings rating Apple News as “lean left” and suggests this could draw regulatory scrutiny amid broader Big Tech bias concerns.
NewsBusters article (Feb 9, 2026): “David Bozell: Apple News Heavily Biased Against Conservative News”
This piece focuses on MRC President David Bozell discussing the same (or closely related) MRC study in a radio interview on The Derek Hunter Show. Bozell cautions that Apple News is heavily biased against conservative sources, with human editors (as Apple has admitted) sidelining right-leaning outlets while elevating leftist media in daily national headlines. He points out limited user customization options—few right-wing subscriptions are even available in the app’s ecosystem, leaving users “subject to the digital subscribers that Apple provides.”
Bozell emphasizes the broader impact: many users (especially older or busy ones) rely on Apple News (pre-installed on iPhones) for quick updates, often encountering negative portrayals of the President and administration. He urges conservatives to demand fairness or build alternative media options. The article frames this as part of ongoing concerns about how Apple curates news for millions, with political and cultural ramifications, though it doesn’t detail the study’s numerical data as extensively as the NY Post piece.
Both articles portray Apple News as delivering a one-sided, left-leaning feed that excludes conservative perspectives entirely in recent months, potentially influencing public opinion through its reach on Apple devices. The MRC study serves as the core evidence in both.
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