"Top
stories are handpicked by the Apple News editorial team," Susan Prescott
said.
Apple’s
Vice President of Product Marketing Susan Prescott made an alarming
announcement that Apple would be selecting the top news stories that
appear in Apple News during the company’s Worldwide Developers
Conference on Monday.
According
to Prescott, Apple News’ editorial team will be selecting the top news
stories of the day for millions of potential readers.
“News
is a personalized feed where you can see all the stories you want to
read, pulled together from trusted sources, and our top stories are
handpicked by the Apple News editorial team,” Prescott said.
Prescott
did not say what the criteria would be for Apple News to consider a
source “trusted,” but conservatives will find this announcement
particularly alarming.
Last
year, Apple announced that it hired to head Apple News Lauren
Kern, who previously served as executive
editor for the liberal New
York Magazine.
Apple’s
hiring of Kern raised questions about the Cupertino-based company’s
impartiality when it comes to news.
Last
August, Apple News was criticized for
selecting anti-Trump stories as its top news story of the day.