If you feel like Americans are watching two completely different movies these days when it comes to following the news, your intuition is 100% correct. An unseen algorithmic filter isolates our screens, actively driving a wedge through public discourse. This division is being engineered by pre-loaded apps on mobile phones, where over half of the country is getting its news.
Wednesday night on One America News (OAN), MRC President David Bozell joined guest host Dan Schneider on Fine Point with Chanel Rion to pull back the curtain on the "Big Four" news gatekeepers: Apple News, Google News, Microsoft’s MSN, and Yahoo News. Together, these platforms have a staggering amount of influence over the national conversation. Bozell cited a Reuters study showing that because these aggregators come pre-installed on our devices, they act as the default digital front door for the 58% of Americans who rely on them for news.
58% of Americans get their news from one of the following: Apple, Google, MSN and Yahoo News.
Everyday these apps are pushing left-wing news outlets that the public no longer watches, no longer listens to, and no longer believes.@DavidBozell @Schneider_DC @OANN pic.twitter.com/uzfOPWS0zl— Media Research Center (@theMRC) July 16, 2026
Despite claiming to be objective curators, these tech giants run a highly partisan operation. Schneider cited MRC Free Speech America studies showing Google News feeds are 70% left-leaning compared to just 2% from the right, while Apple News drops right-leaning sources below 1% or blocks them completely.
Over 70% of the stories pushed by Apple and Google News are from left-leaning sources.
These are not neutral platforms. @DavidBozell and @Schneider_DC discuss ways to hold these apps accountable and bring balance to the digital media landscape on @OANN pic.twitter.com/UVdkZeOwkW— Media Research Center (@theMRC) July 16, 2026
While popular conservative outlets with massive traffic like Fox News and Breitbart are systematically shut out of feeds, tech giants artificially boost struggling, left-leaning legacy outlets. For example, NPR remains a top-20 source on Apple News despite massive financial losses and a shrinking audience. This blatant double standard lets Big Tech pretend its systems are neutral while trapping millions of unsuspecting users in a highly partisan bubble where they only see half the truth.
To disrupt this monopoly, MRC is exposing their partisan algorithms and urging center-right organizations to apply for inclusion on these platforms and to publicize every rejection and ignored request.
Watch the full segment here:
