A conservative media watchdog says Apple News gave little visibility to coverage of the Democratic National Committee’s financial problems while featuring substantially more stories from left-leaning outlets than right-leaning ones.

The Media Research Center said its review of Apple News found no story about the DNC’s financial difficulties among the platform’s top 20 promoted stories between Jan. 1 and Sept. 28, despite identifying 78 stories about the committee’s debt during that period.

The findings come as Apple News operates under new CEO John Ternus, who succeeded Tim Cook in August. MRC said its analysis also found a decline in the share of stories from right-leaning outlets promoted by Apple News in September.

According to the watchdog, Apple News promoted 383 stories from outlets rated left-leaning by AllSides in September, accounting for 67% of stories from rated outlets. It promoted 186 stories from center-rated outlets and three from right-leaning outlets, or 0.5%.

In August, MRC counted 381 stories from left-rated outlets, 191 from center-rated outlets and 13 from right-rated outlets.

The study examined Apple News’ top 20 promoted stories at approximately 8:30 a.m. ET each day in August and September. MRC’s outlet classifications were based on AllSides ratings rather than an evaluation of the political content of individual stories.

The watchdog also said at least 14 stories about the DNC’s finances from outlets that Apple News frequently promoted failed to appear among the platform’s top 20 stories.

Federal Election Commission records show the DNC reported nearly $17.65 million in debt and about $16.9 million in cash on hand through Aug. 31. The committee entered 2026 with roughly $17.5 million in debt, while the Republican National Committee reported no debt and $95.1 million in cash at the end of 2025.

MRC President David Bozell accused Apple News of becoming increasingly politically unbalanced under Ternus. The company has not been shown to have intentionally suppressed the DNC stories based on the figures cited in the report, and the MRC analysis does not establish why particular stories were or were not promoted.

MRC also compared Apple News with other news aggregators. It said Google News promoted 63.8% of its rated stories from left-leaning outlets and 6.5% from right-leaning outlets, while MSN’s figures were 55% and 12%, respectively.

The findings are likely to add to ongoing scrutiny of how major technology platforms select and promote political news, particularly ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.