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Apple News’ Midterm Coverage Skewed Against Republican Priorities, Study Finds
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Core Coverage Findings
The Media Research Center (MRC) examined Apple News’ top-20 stories from mid-September through the end of the month and concluded that the platform presented Republican-aligned issues almost exclusively in a negative light. Voters who rely on Apple News were shown roughly five stories per day that framed the GOP’s ten priority topics—immigration, the economy, law-and-order, reduced government spending, drug policy, national security, taxes, counter-terrorism, education, and abortion—negatively. No story during that period offered a positive headline about any of those issues.
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Data & Statistics
- Total stories on GOP-aligned issues: 117 (MRC staff Luis Cornelio and Madison Van Zant).
- Negative headlines: 84 (? 72 %).
- Neutral headlines: 33 (? 28 %).
- Positive headlines: 0.
The study also noted that Apple News framed immigration through court defeats, the economy through high gas prices, and law-and-order through “positive portrayals of police abolition,” among other negative angles.
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Official Statements & Responses
Apple declined to comment when Fox News Digital requested a response to the MRC findings. Earlier reporting by Fox News Digital noted that several Apple executives and board members have made sizable contributions to Democratic candidates over multiple election cycles, a fact cited as part of broader accusations of liberal bias on the platform.
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Verbatim Quotes
- “Apple News ran 84 negative headlines on Republican priorities and zero positive ones. Zero! My dentist finds more good news in a root canal,” — David Bozell
- “Millions of voters open that app before they vote, and Apple's editors are in there like a bartender who waters down only one party's drinks,” — David Bozell