The Jenny Beth Show

Media Bias Exposed: NPR Silenced Victims While Apple News Rigs the Feed │ Houck, Flom

Episode Summary

Media bias is not just a cable news problem anymore — it is in your pocket. Jenny Beth Martin exposes how Apple News delivers more left-leaning content than Google News, MSN, and Yahoo combined, and why millions of Americans do not even realize they are being propagandized every time they open their phones. MRC NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck breaks down a Media Research Center investigation revealing that Apple News — preloaded on every iPhone — served users 434 out of 592 top stories from left-leaning outlets in a single month. He also exposes NPR's stunning failure to quote a single victim from a synagogue terror attack in Michigan, a failure their own public editor admitted publicly. And he breaks down why 93% of broadcast television coverage of ICE operations was negative, deliberately obscuring the serious criminal records of many of those targeted. Then Samantha Flom, Associate Editor at Restoration News, brings a story few outlets are covering: abortion pill pollution. A study by Restoration of America Foundation found that more than one in ten women experience serious, life-threatening side effects from mifepristone — and that the drug's unique metabolites may be contaminating America's water supply. Rep. Mary Miller has introduced the Clean Water for All Life Act to address it. Sen. Josh Hawley has introduced legislation to revoke FDA approval of mifepristone entirely. Plus: the first federal conviction under Melania Trump's Take It Down Act, and a fresh call to action on the SAVE America Act. Learn more at teapartypatriots.org and jennybethshow.com.

Episode Notes

GUESTS

Curtis Houck is the Managing Editor of MRC NewsBusters, the Media Research Center's flagship media watchdog platform, where he has tracked and exposed liberal media bias in broadcast news, digital platforms, and technology. Follow him on X @CurtisHouck and find his work at newsbusters.org. NewsBusters is also available as an app on Google Play and the Apple App Store.

Samantha Flom is an Associate Editor at Restoration News, where she focuses on life issues. Her work has appeared in the Epoch Times, Real Clear Politics, and other publications. Follow her on X @SamanthaFlom and find her work at restorationnews.com. 

TOPICS COVERED

Iran ceasefire: Jenny Beth opens with a breakdown of the ceasefire agreement and Secretary Pete Hegseth's response

NPR's synagogue attack failure: NPR covered a Michigan synagogue terror attack without quoting a single victim — the network's own public editor admitted the omission

ICE coverage bias: MRC found 93% of broadcast coverage of ICE operations was negative; PBS NewsHour at 85%

Apple News bias: MRC data shows Apple News delivered 434 of 592 top stories from left-leaning outlets in a single month — more biased than Google News, MSN, and Yahoo combined

What Americans can do: Curtis on using bookmarks, trusted sources, and breaking algorithm dependency

Abortion pill pollution: Samantha Flom on mifepristone safety data, water contamination, and the Clean Water for All Life Act

Sen. Josh Hawley's bill to revoke FDA approval of mifepristone

Take It Down Act: first federal conviction under Melania Trump's AI exploitation law

SAVE America Act CTA: call 202-224-3121, visit passthesaveamericaact.com

TIMESTAMPS

02:38 — Jenny Beth opens: Iran ceasefire, Secretary Hegseth clip

04:03 — Preview: NPR bias, Apple News, abortion pill, Take It Down Act

05:02 — Guest intro: Curtis Houck, MRC NewsBusters

05:40 — NPR ignored synagogue attack victims — public editor's admission

08:53 — Was defunding NPR the right call? Curtis responds

11:39 — ICE coverage: 93% negative — how biased coverage shapes public opinion

16:54 — Apple News exposed: more biased than Google, MSN, and Yahoo combined

19:55 — Jenny Beth's personal experience: why she deleted Apple News

23:20 — What Americans can do: Curtis on algorithm-breaking habits and AI bias

27:43 — SAVE America Act CTA

28:44 — Guest intro: Samantha Flom, Restoration News

29:31 — Abortion pill side effects: 1 in 10 women experiencing serious events

33:11 — Mifepristone metabolites found in U.S. water supply

36:18 — Clean Water for All Life Act: what Rep. Mary Miller's bill would do

38:41 — Women facing life-threatening complications from abortion pills in post-Dobbs states

43:44 — Sen. Hawley's bill to revoke FDA approval of mifepristone

45:11 — Take It Down Act: first conviction under Melania Trump's AI law

46:16 — Closing: SAVE America Act CTA and Artemis 2

LINKS

NewsBusters: newsbusters.org | @CurtisHouck on X

Restoration News: restorationnews.com

Pass the SAVE America Act: passthesaveamericaact.com

Tea Party Patriots Action: teapartypatriots.org

The Jenny Beth Show: jennybethshow.com

Senate switchboard: 202-224-3121