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Top Stories:
- Finally, Some Journalisming! NY Times Front-Pager Exposes Epstein Ties to Clinton Machine
- Yahoo News Appears to Play Shell Game to Boost Overwhelmingly Leftist Media Content
- PROBE: The FCC Looks to Crackdown on ABC's The View Citing Equal Time
- Apple News Continues Rejection of Right-Leaning Outlets in January
Finally, Some Journalisming! NY Times Front-Pager Exposes Epstein Ties to Clinton Machine
NYT Delivers Rare Real Journalism on Clinton-Epstein Ties: The New York Times put on its front page a major exposé showing that Ghislaine Maxwell played a substantial role in creating the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). She participated in budget discussions, coordinated with Clinton aides and event producers, and arranged a $1 million wire transfer for the launch—with Jeffrey Epstein aware of the payment.
Mainstream Media Largely Ignores the Story: Despite the bombshell front-page placement in the New York Times, CBS and NBC flagship newscasts gave it zero coverage, while ABC offered only a single passing mention. This selective silence from the rest of the legacy media highlights the double standard in how Clinton-related scandals are handled compared to other political figures.
New Evidence Fuels Scrutiny of the Clinton Global Initiative: The reporting corroborates long-standing criticisms of the CGI as a pay-to-play access operation and adds fresh texture to the connections between the Clinton world and Epstein/Maxwell’s circle.
Yahoo News Appears to Play Shell Game to Boost Overwhelmingly Leftist Media Content
Yahoo News Fakes Balance with a Deliberate Shell Game MRC analysis of January 2026 morning editions reveals Yahoo News creates a thin veneer of fairness by occasionally including right-leaning outlets like Fox News and the New York Post—but almost always buries them at the very bottom of the top 20 stories, often with non-political human-interest pieces (e.g., a 550-pound bear eviction or shark migrations), while flooding the most prominent positions with hard-hitting political stories from overwhelmingly leftist sources like TIME, Salon, and The New Republic.
16 Straight Days of Total Exclusion for Conservative Voices For 16 days in January 2026, Yahoo News featured zero articles from right-leaning outlets in its top 20 morning stories, and on the remaining days, right-leaning content appeared in the top 10 only twice—with the rest relegated to the lowest spots or just outside the list—demonstrating a systematic pattern of suppression that prioritizes leftist narratives and denies conservative perspectives equal visibility to millions of users.
Clear Pattern of Anti-Conservative Bias Demands Accountability As MRC Free Speech VP Dan Schneider warns, Yahoo News shows a “consistent, unmistakable pattern” of burying right-leaning media while crafting plausible deniability for claims of balance—especially timely amid potential House Judiciary oversight under Rep. Jim Jordan—forcing Big Tech gatekeepers like Yahoo to finally explain this blatant skew that undermines free speech and public access to diverse viewpoints.
PROBE: The FCC Looks to Crackdown on ABC's The View Citing Equal Time
FCC Launches Probe into The View for Unequal Airtime in Political Coverage — The Federal Communications Commission is investigating ABC's The View after it gave Democratic Texas Senate candidate Rep. Jasmine Crockett nearly 18 minutes (across three segments) while providing only about 10 minutes to her primary opponent, James Talarico — highlighting a clear disparity that triggered scrutiny under the long-standing equal time rules.
End of 'Bona Fide' News Exemption for Daytime Talk Shows — The Republican-led FCC has cracked down by declaring that interview segments on shows like The View, late-night programs, and other non-news daytime content no longer automatically qualify as "bona fide" news — meaning they must offer equal opportunities to opposing political candidates under the 1934 Communications Act, rejecting ABC/Disney's implied claim of exemption.
Exposing Liberal Bias with Real Consequences — With The View showing a massive guest imbalance (128 Democrats vs. just 2 conservatives in 2025 political discussions) and no equal-time request filed for Talarico, the probe could force the show to invite Republican figures like Sen. John Cornyn — proving that "fake news" and one-sided partisan programming won't get a free pass anymore under stricter FCC enforcement.
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.
