MRC Original: A bullet had just ripped into Charlie Kirk’s neck. Thousands watched as the young conservative icon fell to the ground while blood dripped from the bullet wound.  As the media tried to gather the details of the heinous assassination, Apple News and The Guardian stood out for a particularly disturbing reason: the tech giant promoted a Guardian article that included a fundraising appeal that leveraged Kirk's death to push aggressive anti-Trump messaging. The Guardian, based in the UK, ended the fundraising campaign only after being called by the Media Research Center, implying that the appeal appeared “automatically” in U.S.-based stories. The episode, from which the British outlet emerged seemingly unscathed, offered a revealing glimpse into its ideological bent and the kind of radical content Apple News pushes to its millions of users.  In the month that followed, the Media Research Center found that Apple News and Google News rewarded the foreign outlet with prominent placement in their top 20 morning feeds, elevating it far more often than most right-leaning outlets and many other major American news sources. The findings, drawn from Nov. 1 to June 19, highlight the tech giants’ continued reliance on the leftist British publication. MRC’s Findings: The Guardian ranks as the eighth most-promoted outlet on Apple News and the seventh on Google News, showcasing the aggressive efforts these tech titans make to promote this foreign-owned source. Apple News published stories from The Guardian 192 times in its top 20 stories in more than 227 days. Google News was not far behind, promoting 184 stories from the leftist outlet. Apple News’s promotion of stories from The Guardian included nearly 75% that pertained to U.S. news. For Google News, that figure was 88%. Apple News and Google News’s promotion of The Guardian overwhelmingly centered on President Donald Trump and his administration—and was largely negative in framing. Apple News promoted 143 U.S. news articles, with over 76% focused on Trump and his administration. Google News promoted 162 U.S. news articles, with 88% focused on Trump and his administration. Apple News and Google News’s Reliance on The Guardian as a Top Promoted Outlet The Big Four News Apps act as de facto gatekeepers of information in today’s media landscape, determining which outlets receive massive distribution to American audiences and effectively shaping what Americans see. Few foreign outlets benefited more from that reach than The Guardian, as evident in data collected by the Media Research Center. Across nearly eight months, Apple News and Google News repeatedly elevated The Guardian in their curated feeds. The digital news gatekeepers frequently placed the outlet alongside major U.S. outlets in top positions, all while largely excluding right-leaning media sources. MRC identified a total of 192 stories from the British outlet on Apple News between Nov. 3 and June 19, and 184 stories on Google News between Nov. 1 and June 29. This extensive placement positioned The Guardian as the eighth most-published outlet on Apple News and the seventh on Google News. How Apple and Google Lean on a British Outlet to Tell Americans Their Own News Not only is The Guardian used extensively by Apple News and Google News, but a closer look at the kinds of stories that these news aggregators choose to advance also shows an obvious bias in their curation practices.  The MRC found that Apple News’s promotion of The Guardian included stories that focused on U.S. news nearly 75% of the time, despite the outlet being a well-known UK publication. This number is even more startling when looking at Google News, where 88% of the articles by The Guardian that are used pertain to U.S. news. As would be expected from a left-leaning source, The Guardian’s coverage of Trump almost always puts a spin on the news to put the commander-in-chief in a negative light.  A review of The Guardian headlines used by Apple News reveals a lack of context and obvious bias, suggesting that the news aggregator uses the outlet to promote a left-wing agenda. A clear example of this can be seen in an article that was published by Apple News on Nov. 15, 2025, with the headline, “US army veteran who received Purple Heart deported by ICE to Mexico.” While the headline may succeed in causing immediate outrage in some, it fails to mention the veteran’s attempted murder conviction. The Venezuelan-born man was deported after serving 15 years of a 52-year prison sentence after a jury convicted him of shooting into a group of teenagers at a party where he had already been kicked out, and the bullet struck a pregnant 19-year-old.  Some examples of Guardian headlines, as seen in Apple News and Google News: Apple News “‘A profound sense of being hunted’: with all eyes on Minneapolis, ICE arrests continue quietly across the US,” promoted Feb. 8. “Trump’s mass deportation plan has broken the quiet of small US towns: ‘We have to take care of each other’,” promoted April 6. “Trump’s ICE crackdown faces reckoning as outrage mounts over Alex Pretti shooting,” promoted Jan. 27. “Why the Trump administration is detaining immigrant children – and what happens to them next,” promoted Jan. 24. “Outrage after Trump accuses Democrats of 'seditious behavior punishable by death,’” promoted Nov. 22. Google News “‘A classic authoritarian tactic’: outrage over Trump’s pardons for friends and allies,” promoted Nov. 11. “Trump’s border-czar takeover does little to calm Minneapolis tensions: ‘The agenda is still the same’,” promoted Feb. 5. “The supreme court’s tariffs ruling puts Trump on notice with a bloody nose,” promoted Feb. 22. “Dick Cheney remains divisive in death, drawing tributes and condemnation,” promoted Nov. 4.   “‘Stone-cold racism’: Newsom condemns GOP redistricting efforts; Louisiana approves plan to erase majority-Black district,” promoted May 14. “Stephen Colbert’s Late Show replacement is a depressing sign of the times,” promoted May 30. The Consequences of Apple and Google’s Reliance on The Guardian: Selective Reporting and Negative Framing The implications of this broader pattern become clearer when examining how it plays out in practice within Apple News and Google News feeds. Apple News promoted an article from The Guardian on the assassination of Charlie Kirk that included an anti-Trump fundraising pitch by the outlet’s U.S. editor Betsy Reed. “I hope you appreciated this article,” Reed wrote in the story about Kirk’s shooting and death. “Before you move on, I wanted to ask whether you could support the Guardian’s journalism as we face the unprecedented challenges of covering the second Trump administration.” At the time, Trump had just announced Kirk’s death. Reed added: “The Guardian is clear: we have no interest in being Donald Trump’s - or any politician’s friend. Our allegiance as independent journalists is not to those in power but to the public.” The Guardian removed the fundraising pitch by 4:30 p.m., just 72 minutes after MRC flagged it and inquired about its appropriateness. The outlet later downplayed the optics, claiming the appeal had been added automatically. This is not a stand-alone event, however, as this is just one example of a growing trend for Apple News and Google News, specifically where they have increasingly utilized The Guardian as a source to advance their agenda.  Equally revealing are the tech giants’ apparent reluctance to promote coverage that might damage the image of the political left. For example, Apple News and Google News did not appear to have provided direct coverage of the Rape Gang Inquiry Report from The Guardian. While The Guardian does maintain a landing page dedicated to the ongoing investigation, no standalone article appears to have been specifically focused on the report’s conclusions, according to MRC’s review conducted between June 16 and June 19. The 219-page independent report, published on June 16 and led by Reform MP Rupert Lowe, compiles harrowing victim testimony detailing decades of apparent grooming, sexual abuse and trafficking. Lowe alleges that these acts were carried out predominantly by Pakistani Muslim gangs. Another consequence of The Guardian being used as a primary news source is how the United States is viewed across the globe. This has been exemplified by the World Cup, drawing foreigners to experience the United States for themselves.  Viral videos across social media have shown people, especially Europeans, visiting for the first time after years of hearing America slandered by the media, reveling in the warmth and hospitality of Americans.  Whether they are feasting on Texas barbecue, experiencing Buc-ee's for the first time, or even just enjoying air conditioning, the prevailing sentiment of these tourists is that they feel that they have been lied to by the media through its characterization of the United States as corrupt and evil.  Europeans claim they were lied to about America. What is the truth about the United States? pic.twitter.com/2RM6FlEb4a — CLAIR News (@ClarityUniverse) June 24, 2026 The Guardian’s headlines, often seen on Apple News and Google News, depict a cynical picture of the U.S. compared to the experiences of European tourists. While someone should be able to get their news from a liberal source if they choose, Apple News and Google News’s constant promotion of UK news publications like The Guardian for their United States news and coverage of the second Trump administration raises significant problems of bias and partisanship. That dynamic also has a financial aspect, as prominent visibility on Apple News and Google News is likely to translate into higher engagement and revenue. The arrangement is apparently mutually beneficial, as The Guardian has seen massive growth in donations that it has received over the last year.  Just last month, the outlet reported a U.S. record, $81 million in revenue from the last fiscal year, according to Axios. This is a significant increase from previous years. Considering over 70% of The Guardian’s annual revenue comes from digital reader donations, the fundraising campaigns on their articles, no matter how extremist they are, appear to continue to be a huge moneymaker. Apple News’s close alliance with The Guardian has not always been rosy. The Guardian was among the first British outlets to join Apple News when the news aggregator launched in the UK in 2015. The outlet abruptly left the news aggregator’s UK edition in 2017 but returned in 2023 under an enhanced deal, according to Press Gazette. The Guardian’s US edition has remained available on Apple News since it joined the aggregator in 2020. A spokesperson for The Guardian confirmed to MRC that the British outlet has “content distribution partnerships with businesses including Google and Apple.” The spokesperson did not clarify whether these partnerships include commitments from the tech giants to promote The Guardian's content in exchange.  Public records indicate that Google signed a deal with The Guardian’s UK division in 2022. This partnership is part of Google News Showcase, a $1 billion initiative aimed at compensating media outlets for their content. Press Gazette estimates that Google paid The Guardian over €5 million for the 2022 deal in the UK. Neither Apple News editor-in-chief Lauren Kern or Google News returned MRC’s request for comment before the deadline. Methodology: The Media Research Center tracked the top 20 stories on Google News each morning from Nov. 1 through June 19, highlighting all stories from The Guardian that were promoted during this period. MRC conducted the same process for Apple News, but from Nov. 3 through June 19. The MRC then reviewed the Guardian headlines promoted by these news aggregators to identify which ones related to U.S. news. From those headlines, the MRC categorized which ones included prominent references to President Donald Trump, his administration or his foreign policy. Stories concerning foreign developments that were linked to the Trump administration were also included as they pertained to U.S. foreign policy.

In 1990, PBS aired a completely one-sided climate panic series called Race to Save the Planet, which argued we could face very serious trouble by the year 2000. PBS is still shamelessly pushing their standard environmental alarmism to the boiling point this week. Yes, from the glaciers of Washington State to sweltering south Georgia farmland, “climate change” is coming for coastal communities and farmers. Ben Tracy, long-time environmental activist reporter for CBS, now does occasional scaremongering environmental tours for the PBS News Hour. Monday evening found him embedded in Pacific Northwest ice with a glacier-tracking family in the North Cascade Mountains of Washington State. Substitute anchor Nick Schifrin’s introduction was even more alarmists than Tracy’s excited report from the melting glacier field. PBS News Hour's Nick Schifrin: "The world's glaciers are receding at an alarming rate, losing more than a trillion tons of ice a year. It's fueled in part by climate change and is driving sea levels higher, which could threaten coastal communities around the world." pic.twitter.com/AgJhtyZfYT — Clay Waters

POLL: What was the worst media quote of the week? (Vote below)   Watch the worst quotes from @chucktodd, @RobinRoberts and Joy Reid pic.twitter.com/UEdXUBfYz0 — Media Research Center (@theMRC) June 25, 2026   NOMINEES:    Chuck Todd: The Only Reason People Think Barack Obama Was Liberal Is Because He’s Black Former NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd: “What policy was he [Barack Obama] that liberal on, Chris? It’s one of the biggest-”Former CNN correspondent/current NewsNation contributor Chris Cillizza: “It’s because he was black.”Todd: “Thank you. The only reason people think he was liberal is because he’s black.” — So What with Chris Cillizza podcast on Substack, June 22.    Robin Roberts to Barack Obama: Your Presidential Center is About the “Promise of Democracy,” So How Do You Deal with the “Freedoms Being Taken” By Trump?   “And walking the halls here, the museum really, it’s about the promise of democracy. And it’s very difficult for people right now when they feel a lot of their freedoms are being taken from them. They’re very familiar now with Project 2025, many of your policies are being rolled back. How do you when you see these things, these things happening, how do you deal with that?”— ABC’s Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts to President Barack Obama, June 17.    Joy Reid: “Nobody Black” is “Excited About the Fourth of July”  “Nobody black I know is really excited about the Fourth of July. Because it is a, it is what Frederick Douglass said it is. It is the celebration of slaveholders who freed themselves from having to pay taxes to the Crown for their slave empire.”— Former MS NOW host Joy Reid on her podcast, June 19.      Sponsored by James P. Jimirro

Like a moth to a flame, the anti-Trump fanatics over at Forbes fried their brains trying to make the trend of falling gas prices seem like a bad thing for President Donald Trump, as if higher prices were somehow better. Forbes “breaking news reporter” Ty Roush tripped over himself to flip the script on Trump June 24 as the opening of the Strait of Hormuz in Iran is currently being negotiated, and ended up faceplanting in the process: “Strait Of Hormuz Reopening Could ‘Overheat’ Economy And Inflation, Analyst Warns.” The brain hurt in Roush’s speculative spin was palpable: “The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz may further ‘overheat’ the economy, potentially resulting in higher inflation and prompting the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates.” Gas prices have sunk 14 percent over the past six weeks since their May highs, according to the New York Post June 23. Apparently, per Roush’s logic, relief at the pump is nothing to celebrate over despite the media kvetching for months that the Iran War was supposedly going to cause a cataclysmic oil price shock. Somebody, please make it make sense.  Even prominent anti-Trump critic and Axios chief economic correspondent Neil Irwin admitted in a June 24 piece headlined, “Why the Iran oil shock hasn't walloped U.S. growth,” that the notion of the Strait of Hormuz kerfuffle sending oil markets into a 1970s-style price gouge turned out to be just a bunch of media noise: “It hasn't happened, and that reflects a central shift in how the U.S. fits into global energy markets.” Irwin continued: “Turns out, when you produce your own energy, an oil shock doesn't hurt the way it used to.” Wow, who knew! It’s worth noting that much of the wild-eyed price fluctuations markets have witnessed the past couple of months were caused by myopic commodity traders trading off of scary media headlines, as Fox Business senior correspondent Charles Gasparino stated on March 8. None of that had anything to do with market fundamentals. I made this case on the NewsBusters Podcast over a month ago. The logic follows that once the conflict is eventually settled, the energy price metric would fall like a rock as the current trend suggests and drag inflation down with it. But that’s no longer the case apparently if you’ve been reading the clownish Forbes take. Roush parroted the musings of Apollo chief economist Torsten Sløk, who is on record admitting in 2025 that “The consensus” about how Trump’s tariffs would send the economy into a tailspin were dead wrong and that “We in the economics profession need to look ourselves in the mirror.” Apparently he didn’t look long enough, and decided to take the scareporn to another level and Roush was apparently itching to regurgitate it. Roush pushed how Sløk wrote “in a note the ‘narrative in markets is changing’ and that lower oil prices, once viewed as helping alleviate inflation, could increase demand in an ‘already overheating economy’ and produce higher inflation, not lower.” This all just spitball speculation, of course, Not “breaking news” as Roush’s byline would suggest. Irwin, in his writeup, pointed to new research by the Dallas Federal Reserve illustrating how relatively minuscule the Strait of Hormuz’s impact was on overall U.S. GDP, indicating that the American economy today is “less vulnerable to such disruptions” than in decades past predominantly because it “reduced its dependence on oil and changed from a major net oil importer to a net oil exporter.”  But by Roush’s logic, prices are villainous regardless of which direction they’re going. This is enough to shave a few IQ points off of anybody who even just has a cursory understanding of how math works.

On Monday, Maine Democrat Senatorial candidate Graham Platner received the endorsement of Planned  Parenthood Action Fund, which of course included a press conference for the announcement, where Platner claimed that he had previously used Planned Parenthood to be tested for STD's. That same evening, Fox News's The Five featured a segment on the endorsement, which led to a potpourri of issues being discussed, and liberal Jessica Tarlov refused to say that she would vote for Platner if she lived in Maine, which she had also done earlier this month. Emily Compagno kicked off the segment, running down Platner's baggage, playing Platner's STD clip, and tossing to Greg Gutfeld, who as usual, was strong right out of the gate. COMPAGNO:  We thought we had seen it all from Maines nipple Nazi Graham Platner, from Reddit posts blaming rape victims, disturbing behavior in port-a-potties, credible allegations of abuse by an ex-girlfriend and that towel photo. Apparently all that wins you an endorsement from Planned Parenthood, who are throwing their support behind  the scandal plagued oyster man. As it turns out, he's no stranger to their services. Watch. PLATNER:I myself at a younger age received pre -- what's the word? I got STI checks. At the Portland Planned  Parenthood. It's not an embarrassing thing, it's a smart thing to do, especially when you're younger. GUTFELD: I'm trying to think of, what's a more unappealing combination than abortion and Platner? Okay, abortion, Platner and STDs. A Democrat trifecta. The only thing that's missing is him cradling a trans kid. Are we sure Planned Parenthood  doesn't offer free Nazi tattoos as well? He's a gift to heinous men. Why is he talking about STDs? That's the question. Gutfeld then turned his attention to Planned Parenthood GUTFELD: The whole game of Planned Parenthood is to never talk about what it is, which, killing babies, 434,000 last year. A new record, 34% increase over ten years. And here I thought that Roe V. Wade was going to completely end this. But no, they're just killing more than ever. Business is good. And they don't want you to know that because 830 million dollars of your tax money goes to pay for something that you find immoral and evil. I find it immoral and evil and my tax money is going to that? Gutfeld then went after Democrats, and offered some advice. GUTFELD: This is a plea to Democrats. Why is Platner, a Nazi loving misogynist still afloat? Because his policies are hard left, and in your existential crisis filter, you believe if Platner loses, democracy dies. Cause that's their reason for everything, they use it no matter what. All I ask is what if for like ten minutes you just drop that delusion....  You will go, why am I making these dumb decisions? Why am I siding with a Nazi? Why do I actually believe men in dresses are women? How did I get to this point? It's this delusional filter that has made you go so far astray from your moral center.  Just do it for ten minutes, ask yourself what would happen if I didn't believe this, and see what happens to your brain, good exercise. After Jesse Watters proceeded to call Platner a "pig" and "sick," it was Jessica Tarlov's turn to defend Planned Parenthood and Platner, which led to a Five free-for-all. TARLOV: The point is that you can go to Planned Parenthood and see a doctor. That's the point that Graham Platner is making. It's not normal, Jesse, for you to not understand why people get STI checks. WATTERS: STI? It's an STD. Sexually transmitted disease. TARLOV: Now we say STI. WATTERS: It's like LGBT-plus? We're adding stuff to it? Soon Gutfeld would put Tarlov on the spot. GUTFELD: You'd vote for a Nazi? TARLOV: He's obviously not a Nazi. GUTFELD: You're making excuses for a guy with Nazi tattoos on and you're Jewish. I have to point it out, It blows my mind. The heated discussion continued over remarks Watters had previously  made on the show, conflating Jews and Israel, Platner and STD's, Susan Collins, and Planned Parenthood, before Gutfeld pressed Tarlov once again. GUTFELD: You'd vote for Platner is what you're saying? TARLOV: I would not say that. GUTFELD: Then say I wouldn't vote for Platner. Say that. TARLOV: I would struggle. GUTFELD: A guy with a Nazi tattoo. Tarlov's repeated refusal to say she would not vote for Platner, while saying he is, "obviously not a Nazi", tells you everything you need to know about her and the leftist media who only see evil in Donald Trump.