Apple and Google Allegedly Suppressed Negative News Stories About Graham Platner
“Millions of smartphone users were denied the truth while Platner was politically useful and finally allowed to see it once he wasn’t”
This is very easy to believe because the media puts its thumb on the scale all the time.
FOX News reports:
Apple and Google suppressed negative Graham Platner stories for months on their news platform, study finds
Apple and Google spent months suppressing negative news stories about the scandal-plagued Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner prior to his recent downfall, according to a new study obtained by Fox News Digital.
The Media Research Center (MRC), a conservative watchdog group, found that Apple News and Google News published zero stories between November of last year and May of this year about the various controversies that muddied Platner’s Senate bid, including headlines about his Nazi tattoo and his offensive Reddit posts.
The MRC study said the blackout in coverage began after a poll released in late October suggested Platner was the most formidable Democrat to unseat Maine’s incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins and that the blackout ended following The New York Times’ May 30 report about Platner’s sexting controversy.
According to the study, Apple News and Google News failed to promote “at least 112” news stories published by conservative-leaning outlets that scrutinized Platner during that November-May period.
MRC President David Bozell accused the tech platforms of having run a “protection racket” for Platner.
“For months, while Platner looked like the one Democrat who could beat Susan Collins, the two most powerful news apps in America buried scandal after scandal,” Bozell said. “Then the polls turned, Platner became a liability, and suddenly the blackout ended. News judgment had nothing to do with it.”
“Millions of smartphone users were denied the truth while Platner was politically useful and finally allowed to see it once he wasn’t,” Bozell added.
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Apple and Google censored stories about a lousy Democrat candidate? Gee, not like they haven’t done that before.
You wrote allegedly, but we both are well aware of Google and Apple policy and strategy here.