Apple News accused of left-leaning bias

Here's one that should bother you no matter what side you're on. The FTC just sent Apple a warning letter about Apple News, that app pre-installed on every single iPhone. A study found that in January, Apple News ran 620 articles in its top stories. Guess how many came from right-leaning outlets? Zero. FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson told Tim Cook to review the algorithm. Now, forget left or right for a second. This is an app you never asked for, on a phone that you paid for, quietly deciding what news you get to see. Most people have no idea it had an opinion. Want to check yours? Simple. Go to Settings, then Apps, and Apple News. Review your preferences, because the only person who should be picking your headlines is you, not an algorithm with an agenda. Take two minutes and take back control now. Get my free newsletter at GetKim.com. And now a clip from my weekend show, The Kim Commando Show. It's pretty much the best radio show in the world, But I may be just a little biased. Sit back and enjoy. Would you buy a car if it didn't have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto in it? That's a great question. Because normally you don want to think when you buying a car I want a real transmission I want X amount of horsepower in an engine I got to be able to seat a gaggle of humans But CarPlay is like a make or break. 50% of new car buyers say they will not buy a car if it doesn't have CarPlay in it or Android Auto. We got a 2009 Nissan Murano from McKenzie. And we gave it to her. That was the first question she asked. Oh my gosh, does it have CarPlay? And I'm like, no, it's 2009. Of course it doesn't. Did she look at you like a loser dad? She couldn't be that upset. She got a car for her birthday. But still, it was like, oh, okay. Well, GM, makers of Chevy, Buick, and Cadillac, they say that we don't want CarPlay or Android Auto in our cars because we want to be able to have the better experience. We want to show you things in the dashboard. We want you to be part of our community, not of the Android or Apple community. So therefore, we are going to create a safer dashboard and one that is less distracting. Okay, I'm listening. They so full of crap I mean then they can actually say this with a straight face The reason why is because if they don control CarPlay or Android Auto they get to get all the data Right They get to sell you the subscriptions for the heated seats and the upgraded suspension and whatever it may be. And so now all the other car makers, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Ford, Toyota, the rest, they say, we're just watching this. To see if it works? Yes. the only thing is if I have my phone and I will put in an address because that's the number one thing for CarPlay, right? If you didn't have your phone, open up your Maps app, put in the address and hit go, you probably wouldn't even care what it was, what the interface was. Well, I still like to get my texts and my phone calls and everything through. But even if you had standard Bluetooth, you could have that capability. Probably wouldn't work as well. Yeah, and I like to be able to touch the screen. Okay. Because that's not distracted driving. Safety. but as long as i can do that i don't care what you call it you can slap whatever name on it i just want to be able to from my phone put in my gps address because talking to that navigation thing through my steering wheel i hate that never works i was driving last night down to i i hadn't been there a place in phoenix and barry told me the whole history of it celebrity theater yeah okay when the last time you been to celebrity theater I don know The 80s Yeah exactly I couldn remember It been in existence since 1963 It looks like it But anyway, I put that in there and I was given directions to CarPlay. And then on my G-Wagon, the Mercedes gal was like, how can I help you? I'm like, stop. And I have like these two Siri and the gal from Mercedes like talking to each other. I'm like, okay, I just want, I just wanted to drive directions. I did it. I was like, I need to drive to Dick's Sporting Goods. And it responded with, starting route to Fry's Food and Drugstore. I'm like, I said Dick's Sporting Goods. You incompetent computer. You know what? 20 years from now, people won't understand our pain. No, exactly. They won't. I have a really bad joke. What's new? Okay. Don McLean lobbied for GM to be included in a carmaker tax. Did he? He wanted to bring his Chevy to the levee. but the levy was dry oh gosh i just crack myself up sometimes hey if you love staying tech ahead then you're gonna love love love i'm talking about my free newsletter called the current join almost a million folks who get it every single day it's quick smart it only takes five minutes a day yes sign up right now at getkim.com that's getkim.com