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Top Stories:
- Apple News Continues Rejection of Right-Leaning Outlets in January
- Washington Post AXES Hundreds of Employees, Ends Sports Section, Guts Foreign, Local News
- Hate-Speech Grammy Awards Show Loses Viewers…Again
- STUDY: Broadcast Networks Are Hiding Lemon’s Grand Jury Indictment from their Audiences
Apple News Continues Rejection of Right-Leaning Outlets in January
Zero Right-Leaning Voices in 620 Top Stories: In January 2026, Apple News featured not a single article from right-leaning outlets (such as Fox News, New York Post, Breitbart, Daily Mail, or The Gateway Pundit) among its top 20 daily stories for the entire month. This complete blackout—across 620 curated headlines—shows deliberate suppression of conservative perspectives, especially under human editors who manually select content rather than relying on neutral algorithms.
Overwhelming Left-Leaning Dominance: Apple News pushed 440 stories from left-leaning sources like The Washington Post (72 stories), Associated Press (54), NBC News (50), The Guardian (34), and The New York Times (30), while center outlets like The Wall Street Journal and Reuters got some play.
Pattern of Censorship Demands Accountability: This January blackout continues a long-running trend of excluding conservative media, building on prior months with near-total suppression (e.g., only one right-leaning story out of 560 in November 2025). As a dominant news aggregator, Apple News's bias violates fairness principles and calls for conservatives to demand transparency, equal footing, and Big Tech adherence to First Amendment-like standards—urging contact with representatives and reporting censorship to hold Silicon Valley accountable.
Washington Post AXES Hundreds of Employees, Ends Sports Section, Guts Foreign, Local News
Liberal Bias Drove the Decline: The Post's record of virulent anti-Trump coverage and narrow, elitist perspective alienated a huge swath of the country, leading to plummeting paid readership and repeated rounds of layoffs (hundreds in recent years alone). Executive editor Matt Murray's own words—that the paper wrote "from one perspective"—confirm what conservatives have long argued: ideological echo chambers don't sustain journalism in a competitive landscape.
Gutting Core Coverage Reveals Irrelevance: Eliminating sports beat reporters for major teams, all Middle East correspondents (leaving zero coverage for regions including Israel, Ukraine, and beyond), and slashing local news transforms the Post into a Politico-style niche product focused on politics, business, and health—abandoning the comprehensive reporting it once claimed to champion, further eroding its claim to being an "indispensable" institution.
No Sympathy from Flyover Country: While former Post staff and liberal outlets like The Atlantic cry "murder" and "darkest days" over the cuts, much of America—especially working-class communities hit hard by economic hollowing-out—sees little reason for tears. The same media elites who ignored Rust Belt struggles now demand compassion for their own job losses, highlighting the disconnect between coastal liberal journalism and everyday Americans.
Hate-Speech Grammy Awards Show Loses Viewers…Again
Continued Viewership Decline Tied to Political Overreach The 2026 Grammys on CBS drew only 14.4 million viewers (per Nielsen), a drop of about 1 million (6.4%) from 2025's 15.4 million and over 2.6 million from 2024. This fits a long-term trend: down more than 25 million from 2012's 39.91 million and 37 million from the 1984 peak of 51.67 million. The show prioritized "hateful, radical-leftist politicking" over music, alienating mainstream audiences outside the "left-wing bubble."
"Hate Speech" and Anti-ICE Vulgarity Dominated the Broadcast The ceremony featured a "constant stream of hateful vulgarity" protesting ICE enforcement of immigration laws, with acceptance speeches and host Trevor Noah pushing radical left-wing views instead of focusing on the music. Examples include Noah mocking Nicki Minaj for supporting Trump, making false claims about Trump and Epstein Island (prompting lawsuit threats), and a Lady Gaga performance described as having "satanic vibes."
Shift Away from Music Alienates Viewers and Signals Ongoing Issues By failing to relate to average viewers and emphasizing divisive politics, the Grammys have lost relevance as a music awards show. The article warns that the upcoming move to Disney in 2027 (seen as promoting "radical leftist ideology") will likely worsen the trend, further driving away audiences tired of politicized awards ceremonies and contributing to the steady erosion of viewership over the years.
STUDY: Broadcast Networks Are Hiding Lemon’s Grand Jury Indictment from their Audiences
Broadcast networks deliberately concealed the grand jury indictment: ABC, CBS, and NBC devoted over 14 minutes across seven reports to Don Lemon's arrest (from January 30 to February 3 morning), yet not once mentioned that his arrest stemmed from a grand jury indictment on January 29, instead portraying it as a reckless Justice Department overreach.
Media framed Lemon as a victim of censorship: Networks unanimously expressed outrage, with reporters like NBC's Liz Kreutz repeating eight times that Lemon was arrested for "reporting" or "covering" the protest, while grouping him with "independent journalists" critical of the Trump administration—ignoring the grand jury's finding of probable cause for charges like conspiracy and interfering with religious freedom.
Key information hidden from viewers: Despite covering related elements (e.g., failed warrant attempts by magistrates and appeals courts), the networks omitted the most critical fact: a grand jury—after those rejections—indicted Lemon and eight others, making the arrest the result of standard legal process, not authoritarian abuse.
Clear evidence of bias in protecting a left-leaning figure: By suppressing mention of the grand jury indictment while amplifying sympathetic narratives, the big three networks hid damning evidence against a former CNN host critical of Trump, proving once again their willingness to shape stories to fit an anti-administration agenda rather than report the full truth.
