福克斯独家报道——根据媒体研究中心（MRC）开展的一项研究，新任首席执行官约翰·特纳斯上任一个月后，苹果新闻“明显转向了左派”。
FIRST ON FOX — Apple News "has taken a decidedly leftist turn" after one month under new CEO John Ternus, according to a study conducted by the Media Research Center (MRC).
作为保守派媒体监督机构，MRC在蒂姆·库克担任首席执行官的最后一个月，对苹果的新闻聚合平台进行了审查，并将其内容与9月1日特纳斯接管这家科技巨头后的第一个月进行了比较。
The MRC, a conservative media watchdog, examined Apple’s news aggregator during the final month of former CEO Tim Cook’s tenure and compared its content during the first month since Ternus took control of the tech behemoth on Sept. 1.
研究发现，在美国每台iPhone上预装的苹果新闻，在8月库克仍掌权时，仅2%的内容来自右派媒体，而左派媒体的内容占比则高达65%。根据MRC的数据，到了9月，该新闻聚合平台推广左派媒体内容的比例上升至67%，而分享右派媒体内容的比例则降至不足1%。
The study found that Apple News, which comes preinstalled on every iPhone in America, pushed stories from left-leaning outlets 65% of the time compared to just 2% from right-leaning outlets in August when Cook was still in charge. The news aggregator increased the percentage of stories from leftist outlets it promoted to 67% and decreased the percentage of stories from right-leaning outlets it shared to less than a percentage point in September, according to the MRC.
苹果新闻被指存在偏见：前自由派《杂志》编辑受命为数百万iPhone用户精选内容。“新任首席执行官约翰·特纳斯上任后，苹果新闻在政治立场上变得更加偏颇。9月份，仅有三篇来自右派媒体的文章进入了苹果新闻的早间头条推荐。仅仅三篇，”MRC主席戴维·博泽尔对福克斯新闻数字版表示。
THE ALLEGED BIAS OF APPLE NEWS: EX-LIBERAL MAG EDITOR TASKED TO HANDPICK STORIES FOR MILLIONS OF IPHONE USERS "Under new CEO John Ternus, Apple News has become even more politically lopsided. In September, just three stories from right-leaning outlets made Apple News’s top morning feed.
博泽尔继续说道：“苹果完全有足够多的保守派新闻内容可供选择。但苹果却选择排除保守派的声音，拒绝为其用户提供任何接近平衡的新闻内容。对于全球最强大的公司之一而言，如此明目张胆的歧视简直不可辩护。”负责这项研究的MRC“美国言论自由”部门主管迈克尔·莫里斯指出，在过去一个月中，“苹果新闻的竞争对手谷歌新闻和微软的MSN并未追随苹果向左转的趋势”。
Three," MRC President David Bozell told Fox News Digital. "Apple has no shortage of conservative journalism to choose from. Apple is choosing to exclude conservative voices and deny its audience anything resembling a balanced news diet," Bozell continued. "For one of the most powerful companies in the world, such blatant discrimination is simply indefensible." MRC Free Speech America Director Michael Morris, who conducted the study, noted, "Apple News’s competitors Google News and Microsoft’s MSN did not follow Apple’s left turn" over the past month.
“微软的MSN实际上减少了其推广的来自左倾和右倾媒体的新闻故事所占的比例。与此同时，谷歌新闻在一个月内来自左倾媒体的新闻故事比例基本保持不变，而来自右倾媒体的故事比例则略有下降，”莫里斯在总结研究结果时写道。
"Microsoft’s MSN actually reduced the percentage share of stories it promoted from both left-leaning and right-leaning outlets. Meanwhile, Google News shared roughly the same percentage of stories from left-leaning outlets from one month to the next, while slightly reducing the share of right-leaning stories," Morris wrote when recapping the findings.
《苹果新闻》提升左倾媒体曝光度，排除保守派来源：监督机构指出，《苹果新闻》的编辑长劳伦·克恩此前曾担任《纽约杂志》的执行编辑和《纽约时报杂志》的副编辑。《纽约时报》一篇2018年的正面报道指出，她领导着一群前记者，“负责挑选数千万人将要阅读的新闻”。由于《苹果新闻》应用覆盖范围极广，《纽约时报》报道称，克恩“悄然成为英语媒体领域最具影响力的几位人物之一”。
APPLE NEWS BOOSTS LEFT-LEANING NEWS OUTLETS, SHUTS OUT CONSERVATIVE SOURCES: WATCHDOG Critics of Apple News have pointed to Lauren Kern, the app's editor-in-chief who previously served as the executive editor of New York Magazine and deputy editor of New York Times Magazine. A glowing 2018 feature from The New York Times reported that she leads a group of former journalists who are "selecting the news that tens of millions of people will read." Because of the tremendous reach of the Apple News app, the Times reported that Kern "quietly became one of the most powerful figures in English-language media."
2020年，苹果曾宣称其应用“在美国、英国、澳大利亚和加拿大拥有超过1亿月活跃用户”。《苹果新闻》长期被指责存在自由派偏见，而福克斯新闻数字频道今年早些时候报道称，该公司多位高管和董事会成员在不同选举周期中向民主党人提供了大量捐款。共和党议员对此表示担忧，田纳西州共和党参议员玛莎·布莱克本于2月致信库克，要求作出解释。
In 2020, Apple boasted that its app "draws over 100 million monthly active users in the US, UK, Australia and Canada." Apple News has long been accused of having a liberal bias, and Fox News Digital reported earlier this year that many of the company’s top executives and board members have made substantial contributions to Democrats in various election cycles. Republican lawmakers have expressed concern and Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., sent a February letter to Cook seeking answers.
“如果美国人认为硅谷最大科技公司之一领导层的更迭会改变其发展轨迹，那么他们的看法是正确的。自新任首席执行官约翰·特纳斯掌权以来，苹果确实发生了变化：其新闻应用变得更糟了，”莫里斯写道。苹果尚未立即回应置评请求。
"If Americans thought a change in leadership at one of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech companies would change its trajectory, they’d be right. Apple has indeed changed since its new CEO John Ternus has taken the reins: its news app has gotten worse," Morris wrote. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
莫里斯指出，MRC此前对Apple News的一项研究引起了联邦贸易委员会（FTC）主席安德鲁·弗格森的关注。弗格森还致信库克，警告称Apple News可能违反了《联邦贸易委员会法案》第5条，该条款禁止不公平或具有欺骗性的行为或做法。据MRC称，不久之后，“Apple News对其早间20条热门新闻中来自右倾媒体的报道比例进行了适度调整，从0%提升到了仍然偏低的2%。”
Morris noted that a previous MRC study on Apple News caught the attention of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson, who also sent a letter to Cook warning that Apple News could be in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act, which prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices. Shortly afterward, "Apple News modestly adjusted its representation of stories from right-leaning outlets from 0% up to a still lowly 2% among its top 20 morning stories," according to the MRC.
“在库克掌舵期间，Apple News在上个月（8月）基本维持了现状。当月，在AllSides评级媒体机构发布的585条新闻中，Apple News推广了381条来自左翼媒体的报道（65%）、191条来自中间派媒体的报道（33%）以及13条来自右倾媒体的报道（2%），”莫里斯写道。
TRUMP FTC SENDS LETTER TO APPLE ABOUT ALLEGED POLITICAL BIAS ON ITS NEWS APP "Apple News largely maintained the status quo during the last full month (August) with Cook at the helm. During that month, Apple News promoted 381 stories from leftist outlets (65%), 191 from center outlets (33%) and 13 from right-leaning outlets (2%), out of 585 stories from AllSides-rated media outlets," Morris wrote.
“但特尔努斯接任后，这款新闻应用出现了明显的左倾转向。简而言之，来自左倾媒体的报道比例上升，而来自右倾媒体的报道比例下降，”他继续写道。“9月份，在AllSides评级媒体机构发布的572条新闻中，Apple News推广了383条来自左翼媒体的报道（67%）、186条来自中间派媒体的报道（32.5%），以及仅3条来自右倾媒体的报道（0.5%）。”
"But as Ternus took control, a dramatic leftward shift occurred on the news app. Put plainly, the percentage of stories from left-leaning outlets went up, and the percentage of stories from right-leaning outlets went down," he continued. "In September, Apple News promoted 383 stories from leftist outlets (67%), 186 from center outlets (32.5%) and only three from right-leaning outlets (.5%), out of 572 stories from AllSides-rated media outlets."
特尔努斯是苹果公司的资深员工，自2001年起就在该公司工作，主要任职于产品设计和硬件工程团队。他于2021年加入高管团队，任职期间负责设计和管理Mac、iPad、iPhone、Apple Watch及AirPods的硬件，同时主导了大多数主要产品线向苹果自研芯片（Apple Silicon）的过渡。
Ternus is an Apple veteran who has worked at the company since 2001, primarily in its product design and hardware engineering teams. He joined the executive team in 2021, and his tenure has involved designing and managing the hardware for Mac, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch and Airpods, while he also oversaw the transition to in-house Apple Silicon chips across most of its major product lines.