MRC Studies

A study found that from Feb. 1–14, 2026, Apple News overwhelmingly featured immigration stories from left-leaning or centrist outlets, excluding right-leaning sources, and offered twice as much coverage on immigration as the Winter Olympics. The findings suggest a lack of balance on controversial topics, raising concerns about media bias in major news apps.

On Monday, CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, denounced FCC chairman Brendan Carr for threatening to use the agency’s equal time rule against the late night comedy shows, which he claimed led CBS to force him to put his interview with State Rep. James Talarico on YouTube. With the equal time rule now in the news, NewsBusters analysts dug into the archive to find out when…

A Media Research Center study revealed Apple News promoted 1,379 left-leaning articles and only one right-leaning piece over 100 days, raising concerns of bias. Following FTC scrutiny and a stock dip, Apple featured a Fox News story. Critics argue this limits conservative voices and public perception, while Apple insists users can customize news feeds.

In January 2026, Apple News featured 620 top stories but did not include any from right-leaning outlets, instead favoring left-leaning and centrist sources like The Washington Post and Reuters. Critics argue this editorial bias undermines balanced news coverage, especially on topics related to President Trump’s policies.

A study found MSN’s “personalized” news feed heavily favors left-leaning outlets, suggesting 15 left-leaning publishers but only 2 right-leaning ones. Major right-leaning sites like Breitbart and Daily Mail aren’t available to add. Critics say this bias limits user choice and could skew the news people see on a widely used aggregator.

EXCLUSIVE: A new Media Research Center study revealed that the Big Four News Apps relentlessly smeared President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement in what amounted to a coordinated campaign of hostile, one‑sided coverage that amplified attacks from leftist broadcast networks.

The Big Four News Apps just completely ignored the March for Life in a blackout so intense that even the pro-life marchers couldn’t find significant related coverage.

ABC and CBS refuse to report on the historic murder rate drop. NBC just airs 8 seconds. 

EXCLUSIVE: December is often marked by celebration. However, for right-leaning media, the month was defined by censorship at the hands of Google News.

Since the January 7 fatal shooting of left-wing agitator Renee Good by an ICE officer, Minneapolis has been gripped by riots, lawlessness, and escalating tensions between activists and federal law enforcement. Meanwhile, left-wing broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC have spent more than two hours of airtime blaming the chaos on immigration officials.

A review of Apple News from Jan. 1–14, 2026, found none of its top 280 stories featured right-leaning outlets, continuing a pattern of left-wing bias and negative Trump coverage. Critics say this editorial approach sidelines conservatives and raises concerns as news aggregators like Apple News become primary news sources in the U.S.

In 2025, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and his summer guest hosts told a measly 87 liberal jokes over 156 episodes, or about one liberal joke every two episodes. This year, the trend has continued with Wednesday’s show being the seventh of the year, but the first in which Kimmel told his first two liberal jokes and even then they were in the context of lamenting that President Trump has defunded PBS.

EXCLUSIVE: For six weeks, Google News quietly worked to throttle coverage of widespread fraud allegations in Gov. Tim Walz's Minnesota, an exclusive Media Research Center analysis found.

EXCLUSIVE: The “Big Four News Apps”  (Apple News, Google News, MSN and Yahoo News) quickly aligned to blame the Trump administration for the Minneapolis ICE shooting that resulted in the death of an anti-Trump activist who was blocking a road.