Google Shows 100% Leftist Media in Search for Vance Day After Debate

October 2nd, 2024 2:11 PM

An MRC Free Speech America study reveals that Google News promotes left-leaning news outlets when searching for political figures like J.D. Vance and Tim Walz, raising concerns about media bias and freedom of speech. The research shows that searches for these names yielded results almost exclusively from leftist sources, such as The New York Times and CNN, while conservative outlets like Fox…

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Guess How Deep in Search Google Buried ‘Lean Right’ News on Election

October 1st, 2024 2:17 PM

Google is at it again, forcing users to dig through 13 pages of search results before finally finding a story by Fox News in one search, and 14 pages before finding a story by the New York Post in another. These two results were the first U.S.-based right-of-center publications in two separate searches using the leftist search platform. Is Google living up to former President Donald…

STUDY: VP Debate Host CBS Is Wildly Slanted In Favor of Harris-Walz

September 30th, 2024 9:20 AM

Our analysis of CBS’s evening news campaign coverage suggests tomorrow’s vice presidential debate will likely be a friendly venue for the Democrat Tim Walz, and far more hostile to Republican JD Vance.

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STUDY: ABC, CNN Keep Reminding Viewers About ‘Bounty’ on Trump’s Head

September 25th, 2024 2:01 PM

Over the last 48 hours, ABC and CNN have repeatedly hyped a supposed six-figure bounty on former President Trump’s head. While even the vehemently anti-Trump MSNBC avoided sharing specifics about the bounty so as not “to encourage any sort of potential violence,” ABC and CNN apparently held no such reservations, eagerly mentioning it a combined 21 times in just two days.

Guess What You Get When Googling ‘Donald Trump Presidential Race 2024’

September 25th, 2024 9:15 AM

Researchers from MRC Free Speech America found that Google elevated left-leaning news sources in search results for  "donald trump presidential race 2024" and "kamala harris presidential race 2024." Before finding either candidate's news site a must wade through leftist news sources but not a single right-wing source. This skewed positioning, which downplays the prominence of top right-wing…

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The View Piles on With 100% Negative on Trump Post-2nd Attempt on Life

September 24th, 2024 8:30 AM

Often forgotten as a program under the ABC News umbrella, The View is the highest-rated daytime talk show in America and known for making headlines for the ridiculous things their co-hosts espouse, particularly their strong hatred of former President Trump. But even the second assassination attempt against the former President wasn’t enough to loosen their deep-seated animus, as a new…

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Despite Shooting, ABC, CBS and NBC Blast Trump with 95% Bad Press

September 18th, 2024 9:15 AM

Not even Sunday’s close call with a would-be assassin could interrupt the liberal TV networks’ barrage of bad press against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

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100%! ABC Anchor David Muir Hosts Most Pro-Harris, Left-Wing Newscast

September 9th, 2024 9:05 AM

A new study by the Media Research Center finds that, of the Big Three evening newscasts, ABC’s World News Tonight has been the most positive towards Vice President Kamala Harris and the most hostile to former President Donald Trump.

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Hating GOP, Hailing Democrats: PBS’s Very Biased Convention Coverage

September 4th, 2024 10:00 AM

The Republican and Democratic conventions are over, and it’s clear which party was the favorite of taxpayer-supported PBS. Not even the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump quelled the overwhelming negativity with which the PBS panel greeted the Republican Party Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee in July. Yet a month later, Vice-President Kamala Harris and a familiar crew of…

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Hyping Harris: Late Night Comedy's DNC Coverage Goes Soft

August 23rd, 2024 12:08 PM

For the late night comedy shows, the week of the Democratic National Convention provides the hosts with an opportunity to prove that they can make fun of Democrats in the same way they attack Republicans. However, a new MRC study shows they failed to do so this past week. In terms of quantity, the comedians hold 113 fewer jokes than they did during the RNC and 60 fewer jokes about Kamala…

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EXCLUSIVE POLL: Most Dem Voters Don’t Know About Harris’s Radicalism

August 14th, 2024 8:50 AM

A new MRC poll finds that large majorities of registered Democrats and Independents who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 — exactly those who would be expected to support Vice President Kamala Harris in this year’s contest — are mostly in the dark about many of the controversial and radical positions Harris has taken.

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SPECIAL REPORT: How Soros Directs & Controls Prosecutors Across US

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August 12th, 2024 7:43 AM

Controversial leftist billionaire George Soros and his son Alex have worked tirelessly to undermine law and order in America. The Media Research Center has obtained thousands of never-before-seen internal communications from dozens of Soros prosecutors in response to public records requests. These documents reveal how the Soros machine effectively employs an army of radicalized government…

Google Turns Users to Harris in Searches for Completely Different Name

August 7th, 2024 12:25 PM

MRC Free Speech America discovered that Google searches still redirect users to stories about Vice President Kamala Harris, even when searching for other names. Using terms like "j d vance rally" and "tim walz rally," results prominently featured Harris. Google has also previously showed Harris ahead of Donald Trump in searches.

Google Still at It, Props Up Kamala Harris in Searches for Trump

August 1st, 2024 5:32 PM

A study by MRC Free Speech America found that Google is redirecting users searching for "Donald Trump" towards news about Vice President Kamala Harris. Researchers noted that searches for "donald trump" generated a knowledge panel about Trump but were followed by news about Harris. The study suggests Google's algorithms may manipulate search results to favor certain political narratives.…