By Will Oremus, washingtonpost.com, 2-12-26
Apple News, the popular newsreader app that comes installed on every iPhone, is the latest media property to be warned by a regulator appointed by President Donald Trump over charges of liberal bias.
On Feb. 11, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson sent a letter to Apple chief executive Tim Cook expressing concern about “reports that Apple News has systematically promoted news articles from left-wing news outlets and suppressed news articles from more conservative publications.”
While he wrote that “the FTC is not the speech police,” Ferguson warned that the iPhone maker could be violating laws against deceptive business practices if its choice of news articles is found to be inconsistent with either its terms of service or “the reasonable expectations of consumers.” » Read More