MRC Says Apple, Google News Showed 0 Negative El-Sayed Headlines After Feb. 10
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 26
MRC Says Apple, Google News Showed 0 Negative El-Sayed Headlines After Feb. 10
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 26
Summary
0 negatively framed headlines about Abdul El-Sayed appeared in the top 20 morning Apple News and Google News stories reviewed after Feb. 10, according to a Media Research Center study released before Michigan’s Aug. 4 Democratic primary.
104 stories from right-leaning outlets about El-Sayed’s record, statements and policies were identified by MRC as absent from the feeds, while each platform carried only one Michigan Senate race headline that did not center on his controversies.
Nov. 1 to July 21 tracking underpinned the study: researchers searched “Michigan,” “Abdul” and “El-Sayed,” then classified headlines by sentiment, but the report relied on one morning snapshot and did not detail timing, location or personalization controls.
Google previously rejected a similar MRC study on Maine candidate Graham Platner as methodologically flawed, while Apple says Top Stories are editor-selected and identical for all users, with other feed sections personalized.
Aug. 4 voting will decide a narrowed Michigan Democratic contest between El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, whom Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Friday after Mallory McMorrow left the race.