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Special Report: While Trump Fights Iran, Big 4 News Apps Fight Trump

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 amplified that same narrative.

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Only 5%: Apple, Google, Microsoft & Yahoo Shut Out Right-Leaning News

MRC’s analysis found that Apple News, Google News, Microsoft's MSN, and Yahoo News overwhelmingly promoted left-leaning sources—up to 70% of articles—while right-leaning outlets get as little as 5%. This bias, paired with each app’s vast reach, raises major concerns about media diversity and fair representation in digital news.

Remember Tim Cook Boasting Apple Was Giving $1M to SPLC? We Do!

Business

Outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook’s resignation came at a funny time. Cook made big, news-capturing stink back in 2017 after the "Very Fine People" hoax that Apple was retaliating by donating $1 million into SPLC's coffers. How does that look now? 

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Apple TV Drama Slams Capitalism While Ironically Benefitting from It

Culture

Last season, Apple TV’s drama Your Friends and Neighbors sparked outrage over a blasphemous scene mocking the Holy Eucharist in a Catholic Church. This season, their target is capitalism as young, smug teen Tori (Isabel Gravitt) goes on a liberal rant in an interview with a college admissions official at Princeton University.

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Apple’s 'Margo’s Got Money Troubles': Abortion is ‘Terminating a Life'

Culture

Pro-life messaging is rare in Hollywood, especially with Planned Parenthood’s involvement in many productions. Yet Apple TV’s new dramedy Margo’s Got Money Troubles, hailed by Time as “the must-see show of the spring,” features surprisingly powerful pro-life moments and even acknowledges abortion is “terminating a life.”

Apple News Was Most Radical of Big Four News Apps in March

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 Apple News’s bias limits balanced news for its wide user base.

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David Bozell Exposes Apple News ‘Blockade’ and Media’s Iran ‘TDS’

On Friday’s edition of The Dana Show, Media Research Center President David Bozell joined host Dana Loesch to pull back the curtain on the "Censorship Industrial Complex’s" latest efforts to gaslight the American public. From burying overwhelming support for the SAVE America Act to the universally negative coverage of military successes in Iran, Bozell warned that the legacy media has moved…

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Apple News+ Subscription Is as Inadequate and Biased as You’d Expect

A Media Research Center review found Apple News+ overwhelmingly favors left-leaning outlets—51 vs. only 3 right-leaning—calling its claim of "over 500" sources into question and noting some paid articles are free elsewhere. Critics say the service lacks balance and true value for its $12.99 monthly fee.

MRC President Calls for Investigation of Apple News in Letter to FTC

Apple News’s bias against right-leaning media outlets has become more and more evident — and MRC studies suggest that this may be by design, prompting MRC President David Bozell to call for a federal investigation.

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How Did Big Four News Apps Respond to Schumer’s DHS Shutdown? Erasure

EXCLUSIVE: The Big Four News Apps are controlling the political narrative to help Democrats, and it's working.

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David Bozell Slams Media’s Late-Night 'Meltdown' Over Iran Plan

President of the Media Research Center David Bozell joined Larry O’Connor on WMAL’s O’Connor & Co. Wednesday morning to deliver a blistering briefing on what he calls a total lack of "rooting for the home team" across the Big Four News Apps, American elitist media establishment, and late-night comedy circuit.

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Apple News After Viral MRC Study, Ups Right-Leaning Media to Only 2%

After an MRC report went viral exposing Apple News for zero right-leaning top stories in January, Apple News modestly increased right-leaning outlets to just 2% in the second half of February, with 75% still from left-leaning sources. Critics say this minor shift after FTC scrutiny is “damage control,” not true balance, and claim Apple News still suppresses conservative views.

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Big Four News Apps Go Silent on FTC Apple News Rebuke

For eight days after the Federal Trade Commission challenged Apple News on its bias, neither Apple nor the rest of the Big Four News Apps linked to a single story on the federal scrutiny despite its massive implications and widespread media attention.

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57-0: Apple News Immigration Coverage 0% Right-Leaning in Early Feb

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.