Our mission
Objective News exists to put the raw material of media-bias judgement in your hands, not to tell you what to think. We gather how different outlets cover the same event, show the spread, link the primary sources, and score every report, so you can read across the spectrum and decide for yourself.
Why we built this
Most people follow the news through one or two outlets, each with its own slant, which makes a single framing feel like the whole truth. We place independent, public (state), and party-aligned outlets side by side so the slant becomes visible and the final judgement stays yours.
How we gather
We continuously pull articles from a curated registry of outlets across many countries, via their public feeds. Each outlet carries a known ownership type (independent, state/public, party-aligned) and an editorial-lean estimate. The full list is on the Sources page.
Reading the bias
A language model (Anthropic's Claude) reads each article and rates the leaning of its framing, its word choice, emphasis and sourcing, on a scale from -1 (left) to +1 (right). It rates the article, not the topic: a balanced report on a charged subject should land near the center.
The factuality score (0-100)
For every report on a story we score how factual it is. The model compares the article against the primary source document the coverage rests on (where one exists) and against the consensus of the other outlets covering the same event. A report that faithfully represents the source and agrees with the cross-source record scores high; one that exaggerates, omits key context, or makes unsupported claims scores low.
The objectivity score (0-100)
Separately, we score how neutral the presentation is, independent of which side it favours. Loaded or emotional language, editorialising, one-sided framing and spin lower the score; dispassionate, balanced writing raises it. A report can be highly factual yet slanted in tone, so the two scores are deliberately kept apart.
The source of truth
Where the reporting rests on an official document, a court ruling, a government release, a study or a dataset, we extract and link it at the top of the story. You can read the primary source directly and bypass every outlet's framing.
Overlooked stories
Some stories are run by only one outlet, or only from one side of the spectrum. We flag these as overlooked, a blind spot for everyone else, so the things you would otherwise miss surface instead of disappearing.
Privacy
There are no accounts and no tracking. Your chosen topics, country and language live in your browser only.