The View From Cupertino: Apple News Promotes Liberal Outlets, Buries Conservative Ones

The quiet power of curation… A study by the Media Research Center reports that Apple’s News app has been aggressively promoting left-leaning outlets while effectively excluding right-leaning publications from its most prominent placements. The group examined 620 stories featured in high-traffic morning time slots between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31. The Apple News feed, it noted, is a mix of editor-curated selections and algorithmic recommendations — human judgment and machine logic, blended into a single stream. Of those 620 stories, 440 came from outlets rated as left-leaning. The remaining 180 were from centrist outlets. According to the study, none —


