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There was a time not too long ago that you could get on Linked In and see that many of the people who were in charge of Apple News were people had previous ties to various left-wing news outlets, think tanks, and activist centers. It is harder to find now. As this Guardian piece notes, Apple News employees now tend to not note that they work for Apple News. Others have cleaned up their resumes so you can’t tell they’re from leftwing interest groups now sending you push alerts from Apple to highlight left leaning news items and talking points....

July 31, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – A little over one week ago, Apple approved LifeSiteNews’ application to publish our news on their Apple News platform. Today, without warning, Apple News abruptly reversed course, telling LifeSite that they had deleted our channel and all of our content from their platform. Apple claimed that LifeSite’s channel “didn't comply with our Apple News guidelines.” Specifically, they stated that LifeSite’s “[c]hannel content shows intolerance towards a specific group.” Apple’s e-mail provided no details about which content they deemed offensive, or which “specific group” LifeSite’s content allegedly showed intolerance towards. LifeSite has reached out to Apple...