Exclusive | Its not just Apple News left-wing bias rampant on Google News, Yahoo and Bing: bombshell study
It’s not just Apple News that’s inundating users with left-wing bias — most of the other big online news aggregators are doing it, too.Just 1% of Google News articles in non-customizable sections of Google News come from outlets that rank as right-leaning, according to a bombshell study by AllSides, a nonpartisan group that classifies news outlets according to their political leanings.That’s compared to 73% from outlets deemed left leaning, according to the audit of major news aggregators that curate articles from around the internet.Google News’ left-wing news bias is even worse than Apple News, whose in-house editorial team curated just 2% of its articles from right-leaning outlets, compared to 50% from the left, according to the study.
AllSides focused on sections of the Apple News app that can’t be personalized by users.Microsoft’s Bing News exhibited a similar editorial slant, drawing just 5% of its articles from conservative media outlets and 72% coming from left-leaning outlets.Yahoo News drew just 2% from the right and 53% from the left.By failing to provide a balanced newsfeed to their users, the aggregators are effectively “prevent[ing] Americans from considering multiple views and thinking independently,” according to Julie Mastrine, the director of AllSides’ media bias rating system.“The impact of one-sided media on our society is both sinister and immeasurable, as these aggregators enjoy massive reach, in the tens of millions of users,” Mastrine told The Post.The AllSides report could place the Big Tech giants in the crosshairs of the White House and the Federal Trade Commission, which have vowed to crack down on anti-conservative bias in tech and media platforms.The findings are “damning,” according to Mark Grabowski, a digital ethics expert who chairs the communications department at Adelphi University.“These companies have spent years insisting their platforms are neutral.
This data makes that claim very hard to take ...