On Thursday night, following several major networks’ refusal to air President Trump’s major speech on election integrity, I wrote about the blatant bias of the legacy media (or "mainstream" or "corporate," whatever you want to call it) and how they’re actively underinforming — and outright misinforming — the American public.
Of course, Big Tech is often behind the scenes as well, doing its part alongside the conglomerates and the Democrats to put in the big fix.
Think they’ve stopped censoring information as they did obsessively in the COVID era? Think again. Some tech giants are still actively trying to shape what you read and what you think, and let’s just say, their efforts almost never benefit the conservative or Republican side.
Don’t believe me? Here’s more proof, courtesy of a nonprofit watchdog, the Media Research Center. The story involves an infamous Maine candidate for the United States Senate, Graham Platner, who never would have gotten as far as he did had two extremely influential news aggregation sites not aided and abetted his campaign:
The Media Research Center, in one of its most ambitious studies to date, found that Apple News and Google News, two of the most influential news aggregators, effectively shielded Platner from criticism. MRC data paint a startling picture: Apple News and Google News blocked stories about Platner's mounting scandals from their feeds as he led the polls, silenced right-leaning outlets exposing the truth and then opened the floodgates when a Fox News poll showed Republican Sen. Susan Collins defeating Platner for the first time as sexual abuse allegations resurfaced.
MRC President David Bozell eviscerated Apple News and Google News in a statement regarding the disturbing findings: “Apple News and Google News ran a protection racket for Graham Platner,” he said.
The rot was so deep that they didn’t just promote a small number of articles about Platner’s ever-expanding scandals during a crucial seven-month period — they posted zero.
Apple and Google News showed 0 negative stories about Graham Platner for months — nothing about the Nazi tattoo, the Reddit posts, the racism from his keyboard, his abuse towards women.
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) July 15, 2026
It was a total blockade. @DavidBozell @ScottJenningsKY @JenningsShow pic.twitter.com/PmmQiu8ScC
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Want some specifics? They’re ugly:
Apple News and Google News ran zero stories from November through May with headlines about Platner’s mounting controversies, including his Nazi tattoo and deleted Reddit posts, in which he called himself a "communist," denounced America and attacked police. The news blackout began during the Democratic Party primary as the first poll indicated that only Platner would defeat Collins in a hypothetical match-up. The blackout ended only after a May 30 report when sexting allegations came to light.
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Apple News and Google News’s effective shielding of Platner slightly ebbed after the first sex scandal stories were published. The tech titans’ censorship racket then completely collapsed when Fox News polling published on June 30, 2026, showed he would likely no longer defeat Collins, with both news aggregators suddenly promoting 12 negative stories about the embattled candidate on July 7 and 8.
Google responded to us saying our methodology was BS, but couldn't say what was wrong about it.
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) July 14, 2026
Did they show anything to prove that they did share negative stories about Graham Platner? No.@DavidBozell rips Google to shreds for its pathetic response to MRC's latest report. pic.twitter.com/Bu3S3c2yk5
As we say here around the RedState water cooler, “you can’t hate the media enough.” Add these two Big Tech giants to the list.
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