Big Four News Apps: Media Gerrymandering You Didn’t Vote For

May 5th, 2026 3:08 PM

The Big Four News Apps—Apple News, Google News, MSN, and Yahoo News—overwhelmingly promote left-leaning sources, creating a digital bias similar to political gerrymandering. Research from MRC shows how these tech giants routinely suppress right-leaning outlets, skewing public perception and limiting balanced coverage for millions of Americans.

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

April 30th, 2026 7:00 AM

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

April 23rd, 2026 10:02 AM

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.

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Special Report: Big Four News Apps Black Out Calif. Healthcare Fraud

March 31st, 2026 1:00 PM

EXCLUSIVE: The growing hospice fraud scandal in California could soon derail the presidential ambitions of Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris, or at least it looks like that’s what Apple, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo fear. The Big Four might also be protecting the Democrat candidates aiming to replace Newsom as governor in 2026. 

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

March 17th, 2026 3:00 PM

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

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Big Four News Apps IGNORE Levin’s Bombshell Steve Witkoff Interview

March 13th, 2026 10:06 AM

EXCLUSIVE: Democrats want Americans to believe President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran were not based on an immediate threat the Islamic regime posed to the Western Hemisphere. Tellingly, the Big Four News Apps appeared eager to amplify that narrative, the Media Research Center can confirm.

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

March 11th, 2026 11:21 AM

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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MSN Chokes Right Political Coverage; Study: 68-2 Imbalance Favors Left

March 10th, 2026 10:49 AM

EXCLUSIVE: As Apple News faces relentless criticism for systematically erasing right-leaning sources from its app, Microsoft’s MSN has quietly pulled a similar stunt. But unlike Apple’s brazen elimination of right-leaning outlets, MSN camouflages its censorship behind a thin veil of human interest stories from Fox News.

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Big Four News Apps Largely Ignore Targeted Trump-Kennedy Center Attack

March 2nd, 2026 4:57 PM

EXCLUSIVE: Did you know that a historic and symbolic landmark of the nation’s capital was recently vandalized by an individual currently sought after by the FBI? If the story escaped your attention, thank the Big Four News Apps — Apple News, Google News, Microsoft’s MSN and Yahoo News — which largely ignored the attack, only featuring one article on the story over four days.…

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Big Four News Apps Silence Detransitioner’s $2M Landmark Trial Verdict

February 17th, 2026 4:14 PM

The Big Four News Apps just revealed a new low of depravity, ignoring a significant win that could encourage victims across the nation to seek justice. Despite a young woman winning a multi-million dollar judgment against her psychologist and her surgeon in a potential landmark transgender surgery case, the digital gatekeepers shamelessly buried her story. 

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David Bozell Highlights Apple News Bias on Scott Jennings Show

February 11th, 2026 4:08 PM

Media Research Center president David Bozell joined The Scott Jennings Show today to reveal new findings from MRC Free Speech America’s Digital News Tracker showing Apple News’ continued tilt toward left-leaning outlets and complete exclusion of right-leaning sources.

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15 to 2: MSN Recommends Leftist Outlets 7.5x More than Right-Leaning

February 2nd, 2026 2:35 PM

A study found MSN’s “personalized” news feed heavily favors left-leaning outlets, suggesting 15 left-leaning publishers but only 2 right-leaning ones. Major right-leaning sites like Breitbart and Daily Mail aren’t available to add. Critics say this bias limits user choice and could skew the news people see on a widely used aggregator.

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AI Giants Whitewash, Lionize Anti-Ice Protester Alex Pretti

January 30th, 2026 2:41 PM

EXCLUSIVE: Two of the most powerful AI chatbots went out of their way to preserve the left’s good Samaritan propaganda following the shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, whom President Donald Trump labeled a violent anti-ICE “agitator.” 

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What March for Life? Big 4 News Apps Ignore Peaceful Pro-life Protest

January 23rd, 2026 6:04 PM

The Big Four News Apps just completely ignored the March for Life in a blackout so intense that even the pro-life marchers couldn’t find significant related coverage.