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Top Stories:
1) Sunday Show Hosts Don't Believe in 'Fact Checking In Real Time'
2) Tiniest Trump Scandal of All Time? New State Department FONT Policy!
3) 'The Grinch Has It Right'? When The Media Hate Christmas
4) MRC Has Receipts: Wikipedia Cites Leftist Outlets Nearly 20x More Often than Right
5) Apple News Shows ONLY 1 Right-Leaning Outlet Out of 560 Articles Throughout November
1) Sunday Show Hosts Don't Believe in 'Fact Checking In Real Time'
Media bias in fact-checking: Journalists aggressively fact-check and challenge Donald Trump's statements in real time, but offer no similar scrutiny to Democrats, allowing unchecked claims against Trump to go unchallenged.
Soft treatment of anti-Trump Democrats: On CNN, Dana Bash failed to push back against Sen. Chris Murphy's blame of a Brown University mass shooting on Trump's alleged "campaign to increase violence"; on NBC, Kristen Welker asked a mild question but didn't follow up on a minister's attack portraying Trump as a "greedhead" enriching the wealthy.
Tough scrutiny of Trump allies: CBS's Margaret Brennan grilled Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado—who praised Trump and opposes dictator Nicolás Maduro—like a Trump supporter, despite left-leaning media's claimed role as guardians of democracy. This suggests hosts prioritize pleasing liberal audiences over balanced journalism.
2) Tiniest Trump Scandal of All Time? New State Department FONT Policy!
Media manufactures outrage over trivia: Major outlets like NBC News breathlessly framed Secretary Marco Rubio's return to the traditional Times New Roman font as "the latest casualty in the Trump administration's war on diversity and inclusion," inflating a minor administrative tweak into a supposed assault on accessibility—despite the Biden-era switch to Calibri achieving no meaningful improvements.
Absurd historical comparisons reveal bias: Journalists escalated the "scandal" to ridiculous extremes, with one former Voice of America reporter likening the preference for serif fonts to the Nazis banning Fraktur in 1941 because it was "too Jewish," exposing how anti-Trump hysteria turns routine policy reversals into Godwin's Law violations.
Hyping non-issues distracts from real governance: By treating a font memo titled "Return to Tradition"—which restores formality and dignity to official correspondence—as front-page controversy, the press underscores its obsession with symbolic "wars on woke" while ignoring substantive issues, proving nothing Trump does escapes exaggerated liberal scorn.
3) 'The Grinch Has It Right'? When The Media Hate Christmas
The Media's Annual "Hate Christmas" Cavalcade: Media outlets have an aggressive, annual trend of publishing numerous negative stories about Christmas (e.g., "25 reasons why Christmas can be the worst time of year," "Why I Hate Christmas") immediately following Thanksgiving, suggesting this content is primarily used as "clickbait."
Normalization of Anti-Christmas Sentiment: The constant flow of "I hate Christmas" media stories risks influencing younger generations to believe that a negative or Grinch-like view of the holiday is not only acceptable but should be their reality.
Contribution to Secularization: The media negativity is connected to the holiday's religious meaning "beginning to fade," implying that the constant focus on the holiday's downsides is helping to transform Christmas into a secular "winter festival" rather than a celebration of the birth of Christ.
4) MRC Has Receipts: Wikipedia Cites Leftist Outlets Nearly 20x More Often than Right
Extreme Citation Imbalance: Wikipedia overwhelmingly favors left-leaning sources, citing them nearly 20 times more often than right-leaning outlets (5,320,017 citations vs. 292,250 citations). This data, compiled by MRC Free Speech America researchers across all languages, demonstrates a massive, systemic bias in the online encyclopedia's references.
Official Blacklist Mechanism: This citation disparity is not accidental, but a direct result of how Wikipedia operates. Its editors rely on a list of designated "reliable sources" that overwhelmingly approves left-wing media (like CNN and Mother Jones) while effectively restricting or banning right-of-center media, proving that the bias is built into the site's editorial policy.
Promotion of Specific Allegations: The biased citations result in Wikipedia pages actively promoting a leftist agenda and including specific, politically charged content. Examples provided in the article include claims of "white supremacist" views against Vice President JD Vance, blood libel accusations against Israel, and a "misinformation" jab placed on Charlie Kirk's page immediately after his assassination.
5) Apple News Shows ONLY 1 Right-Leaning Outlet Out of 560 Articles Throughout November
Apple News Delivers Stark Ideological Imbalance: Throughout November 2025, Apple News showcased only one right-leaning outlet (The Telegraph, a British source) in its top 20 daily stories—out of 560 articles reviewed—exposing a near-total blackout on conservative perspectives in a platform reaching millions of users.
Major U.S. Conservative Voices Silenced Despite Popularity: No prominent American right-leaning outlets like Fox News, Daily Mail, or New York Post cracked the top 20, even though they rank among the highest-traffic U.S. news sites—proving Apple News prioritizes curation over consumer demand.
Left-Leaning Dominance Floods the Feed: Radical leftist sources like Vox, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Vice overwhelmed the top slots, alongside staples like The Washington Post, NBC News, and Al Jazeera—turning Apple News into an echo chamber for progressive narratives.
Even Token Conservatism Is Locked Away: The solitary right-leaning article was buried behind an Apple News+ paywall, denying free users access and underscoring Big Tech's agenda to marginalize dissenting views—time to demand transparency and fairness for all.
