Apple, Google News ‘favor Democrats’. Never endorsed a Republican presidential candidate. New study reveals

A new study from the conservative Media Research Center (MRC) suggests that Apple News and Google News have been favoring Democratic presidential candidates in their editorial endorsements over the past four decades. The study, which examined the five most-promoted outlets on both platforms with a history of presidential endorsements, found that these outlets collectively gave 31 endorsements to Democratic candidates and none to Republicans across the 10 presidential elections from 1988 through 2024.

Notably, USA Today, which broke from its traditional non-endorsement policy in 2016 to warn against Donald Trump, issued anti-Trump editorial endorsements in both 2016 and 2024, aligning with the Democratic candidates. The MRC argues that this pattern raises questions about the political diversity of news sources promoted by major digital news aggregators, highlighting a recurring contrast between favorable descriptions of Democratic candidates and highly critical portrayals of Republicans.

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