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Commentator Britt Hughes is raising concerns about what she describes as a lack of ideological balance on Google News, pointing to a February analysis that examined the platform’s top morning stories.
Hughes compared the findings to earlier criticism of another major platform before turning to Google’s results.
“Do you remember when I told you that Apple News had gone three straight months without featuring a single article from a conservative news outlet in its top stories?” Hughes said.
She then shifted to Google’s performance during the same type of review period.
“Well now they can hold Google’s beer,” Hughes said.
Citing data compiled by the Media Research Center using classifications from the nonpartisan firm AllSides, Hughes outlined the share of content attributed to right-leaning outlets.
“Only 2% of Google’s top morning articles in the month of February were from a right leaning news site,” Hughes said.
She described the remainder of the coverage as dominated by other viewpoints.
“The vast majority of the rest all from left wing outlets,” Hughes said.
According to the review, 487 articles were analyzed from Google News’ top morning stories during February.
“Of the 487 articles Google featured in its top morning stories in February that we looked at, only 11 were from right leaning sources,” Hughes said.
Hughes also addressed which outlets were included in that small percentage.
“Oh, and those sources, it included the British Daily Mail and the anti Trump outlet, the bulwark. So count that how you will,” Hughes said.