Media Research Center caught Apple and Google red-handed, and now it seems Google is hoping a few quick dismissals and an ad hominem attack will erase its attempt to shield scandal-plagued Graham Platner from criticism.
MRC’s Special Report found that from November 1, 2025 through May 30, 2026, Apple News and Google News ran zero stories among their top 20 morning editions featuring Platner’s many shocking scandals among their top morning feeds, including his Nazi symbol tattoo, sex scandals and racist Reddit posts. Neither Apple nor Google has refuted any of these findings.
Rather than address any of the particulars, a Google spokesperson attempted to craftily sidestep the tech giant’s censorship practices without identifying a single specific claim in the MRC Special Report that it found unsupported by the facts. Instead, Google launched a baseless attack on MRC’s methodology. Without any evidence, the tech company’s spokesperson predictably parroted well-worn lines: “These claims are totally false and based on a completely flawed methodology.” Precisely which “claims” Google said “are totally false,” we cannot know. However, without denying that it suppressed at least 112 significant stories from right-leaning outlets, Google likewise did not point to a single piece of evidence proving the MRC Special Report wrong.
"Google wants us to believe that checking their platform once a day missed the magic window where they actually allowed negative news about Graham Platner to exist. That is an insult to the intelligence of every consumer and investor.” — David Bozell, President, Media Research Center
