根据媒体研究中心（MRC）的报告，在中期选举前夕，苹果新闻推广了80多篇对共和党关心的议题进行负面框架报道的文章，而未推广任何一篇对共和党立场议题进行正面报道的文章。该保守派媒体监督组织分析了9月15日至30日期间苹果新闻的头条前20条新闻，发现依赖该平台获取信息的选民每天大约会看到五篇对共和党十大政策优先事项进行负面描述的报道。研究显示，在这同一时期，预装在美国每部iPhone上的苹果新闻，没有推广任何一篇对共和党优先事项进行正面框架报道的文章。
Apple News promoted more than 80 stories that negatively framed the issues Republicans care about during the lead-up to the midterm elections while promoting zero positive stories about GOP-aligned issues, according to the Media Research Center (MRC). The MRC, a conservative media watchdog, analyzed Apple News’ top 20 stories from Sept. 15-30 and found that voters who rely on the platform for information were fed roughly five stories per day that negatively characterized the Republicans' top 10 policy priorities. During that same period, Apple News, which comes preinstalled on every iPhone in America, did not promote a single story that positively framed a Republican priority, according to the study.
“苹果新闻刊登了84个针对共和党优先事项的负面标题，正面标题为零。零！我牙医给我做根管治疗时找到的好消息都比这多，”媒体研究中心主席大卫·博泽尔对福克斯新闻数字版表示。“数百万选民在投票前都会打开这个应用，而苹果的编辑们就像个调酒师，只给其中一个党派的酒里兑水，”大卫·博泽尔继续说道。“拜托了，苹果，告诉我们是谁在挑选这些新闻，为什么共和党得到了一整桌坏消息大餐。”
"Apple News ran 84 negative headlines on Republican priorities and zero positive ones. Zero! My dentist finds more good news in a root canal," David Bozell told Fox News Digital. "Millions of voters open that app before they vote, and Apple's editors are in there like a bartender who waters down only one party's drinks," David Bozell continued. "Come on, Apple, tell us who picks these stories and why Republicans got the whole bad-news buffet."
开展该研究的媒体研究中心员工路易斯·科内利奥和麦迪逊·范赞特写道，他们的发现增加了“越来越多的证据，表明该平台的编辑持续策划其信息流，以推行左翼政治议程”。媒体研究中心发现，在审查期间，苹果新闻推广的涉及共和党立场议题的媒体报道共117篇，其中84篇标题为负面（占72%），33篇标题为中性（占28%）。苹果新闻推广的标题中，没有任何一篇对共和党议题呈现正面光景。
MRC staffers Luis Cornelio and Madison Van Zant, who conducted the study, wrote that their findings add to the "growing body of evidence that the platform’s editors continue to curate its feeds to push a left-wing political agenda." The MRC found that 117 stories from outlets Apple News promoted GOP-aligned issues during the review period, with 84 stories featuring negative headlines (72%) and 33 (28%) receiving neutral headlines. None of the headlines promoted by Apple News presented GOP issues in a positive light.
“简而言之，Apple News 确保了移民问题通过法庭败诉和耸人听闻的故事来构建框架；经济问题通过高油价；法律与秩序问题通过正面描绘废除警察；削减政府开支通过激进主义指控；外交政策通过将美国对手描绘为战士；遏制浪费的努力通过非法削减的说法来构建框架，”Cornelio 和 Van Zant 写道。
"In short, Apple News ensured that immigration was framed through court defeats and sensationalist stories; the economy through high gas prices; law and order through positive portrayals of police abolition; cuts to government through accusations of radicalism; foreign policy through portrayals of America’s adversaries as warriors; and efforts to curb waste through claims of unlawful cuts," Cornelio and Van Zant wrote.
这项研究是在媒体研究中心（MRC）根据近期民调确定了 10 个共和党倾向的突出议题后进行的：移民与边境安全、经济、法律与秩序、削减政府开支、打击毒品使用、国家安全与外交政策、税收、反恐、教育和保护未出生胎儿。
The study was conducted after the MRC identified 10 prominent Republican-aligned issues based on recent polls: immigration and border security, the economy, law and order, reducing government spending, combating drug use, national security and foreign policy, taxes, countering terrorism, education and protecting the unborn.
Apple News 长期以来一直被指责存在自由派偏见，Fox News Digital 早些时候报道称，该公司许多高管和董事会成员在多个选举周期中都向民主党人作出了大额捐款。一些保守派曾希望，随着新任 CEO John Ternus 掌管公司，Apple News 会发生转变，但媒体研究中心此前的一项研究发现，在他上任的第一个月里，该新闻聚合器增加了来自左翼媒体报道的比例。
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 over multiple election cycles. Some conservatives were hopeful that Apple News would pivot once new CEO John Ternus took control of the company, but a previous MRC study found that the news aggregator increased the percentage of stories from leftist outlets during his first month on the job.
Apple 没有立即回应 Fox News Digital 的置评请求。
Apple did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.