Frequently asked questions

TrueFrame is an AI-powered news aggregator that shows you how different sources cover the same story. Every source is rated for political bias, factuality, and ownership. You see the full picture and decide for yourself.

No. We don't write or edit news. We aggregate articles from existing sources, cluster them by event, and add transparency layers (bias ratings, factuality scores, ownership data). We're a lens on the media, not a media outlet.

Anyone who reads news and wants to understand the full spectrum of coverage. Journalists use it to check blind spots. Educators use it to teach media literacy. Researchers use it to study framing. Most users are simply news readers who want to be better informed.

We rate sources, not stories. Our methodology is public and our ratings are AI-generated with published rationales. We don't editorially favor any perspective. The closest we have to a bias is a bias toward transparency itself.

Every TrueFrame plan includes the bias distribution bar, headline comparison, per-bias summaries, and AI neutral summaries on every story. We also rate factuality and ownership, not just bias. Our ratings include AI-generated rationales explaining why each source received its rating. And our source directory is publicly browsable without an account.

Sign up with an email and password at /signup. No access code required.

Blindspot shows you stories that are heavily covered by sources you DON'T typically read. If you mostly read Left-leaning sources, your Blindspot feed surfaces stories that Right-leaning sources are covering but Left sources are ignoring, and vice versa. It's designed to pop your filter bubble.

A personal dashboard that analyzes your reading patterns. It shows which bias categories you read most, your factuality exposure, top sources, and top topics. It’s a mirror for how you consume news.

Yes. On any source's profile page, you can set your own bias rating. This override affects only your personal experience (My News Bias dashboard, Blindspot algorithm). It doesn't affect other users.

We track which articles you click on to power features like My News Bias and Blindspot. This data is used only for your personal dashboard. We don't sell it, share it with advertisers, or use it to build profiles for third parties. See our Privacy Policy for details.

Generated by our AI engine using a structured prompt that analyzes editorial patterns, story selection, and framing. Each rating includes a written rationale. Full methodology at /methodology.

No. AI ratings are assessments, not verdicts. They're consistent and explainable but not infallible. That's why we publish rationales and let you override any rating. See our Limitations section at /methodology#limitations.

Source ratings are generated when a source is first added and can be refreshed periodically. Story-level data (clustering, summaries) updates in real-time as new articles arrive.

Two options: (1) Override the rating for your personal feed on the source's profile page. (2) Contact us with your reasoning and we'll review. We take rating disputes seriously.

We pull from RSS feeds, news APIs (NewsData.io, TheNewsAPI, World News API), and Google News. Our seed list includes 210 major sources across the political spectrum, with auto-discovery adding new sources daily. Browse the full list at /sources.

We compute vector embeddings of article titles and group articles about the same event using cosine similarity (0.82 threshold). Details at /methodology#clustering.

The web app is mobile-responsive and works well on phones. A native iOS/Android app is on the roadmap but not yet scheduled.

Not yet. We're considering a public API for researchers and developers. If you're interested, contact us.

TrueFrame monitors public conversation on both Bluesky and X (formerly Twitter) for every major story. We run AI-powered sentiment analysis on thousands of posts and surface the results alongside traditional media coverage. This lets you see not just how newsrooms covered a story, but how the public reacted — and how those reactions differ between platforms.

Blindspot Detection identifies stories that are heavily covered by one side of the political spectrum but largely ignored by the other. If a story has significant coverage from Right-leaning sources but almost none from Left-leaning sources (or vice versa), TrueFrame flags it as a blindspot. This matters because the stories your preferred sources choose NOT to cover can be just as revealing as the ones they do. Blindspot Detection helps you see beyond your own media bubble.

For every major story with enough coverage, TrueFrame generates three separate AI summaries: one for Left-leaning sources, one for Center sources, and one for Right-leaning sources. Each summary highlights what that side of the spectrum emphasizes, downplays, or omits. You can read all three in under a minute and the framing differences become immediately visible. Per-bias summaries are available on all plans starting with Lens.

The BiasBar is TrueFrame's signature visualization for every story. It's a Mondrian-inspired horizontal bar divided into proportional segments representing Left, Lean Left, Center, Lean Right, and Right coverage. The width of each segment shows how many sources from that bias category are covering the story. At a glance, you can tell whether a story has balanced coverage or is dominated by one side of the spectrum. It appears on every story card in your feed and on story detail pages.

Yes. TrueFrame has a free tier ($0) and two paid tiers: Lens ($2.99/mo) and Prism ($9.99/mo). Lens and Prism include a 14-day free trial with no credit card required. The free tier includes Top Stories (read-only) and 5 story details per day.

Both platforms help you see how different sources cover the same story. Ground News has a polished mobile app, a strong community, and effective Blindspot features. TrueFrame goes deeper with AI-generated neutral summaries, per-bias summaries showing what each side emphasizes, real-time social sentiment analysis from Bluesky and X, media ownership transparency, and the BiasBar visualization. Ground News is great for a quick daily bias check; TrueFrame is built for people who want to study how stories are framed across the full media landscape. We wrote a detailed comparison on our blog at /blog/trueframe-vs-ground-news.