What it does

Brous News aggregates headlines from 19 outlets across the political spectrum — from Breitbart (R) to The Guardian (LC), plus science and tech desks — and uses rule-based pattern matching to flag narrative techniques commonly used to bias coverage.

Narrative flags

Divergence score

Measures how differently outlets frame the same story. Calculated from the spread of political leans covering it plus variance in flag counts. High divergence (≥3) means left and right outlets are telling meaningfully different versions of the same event.

Outlet scorecards

Tracks each outlet's flag rate for today's articles. A consistently high flag rate doesn't mean the outlet is wrong — it means their language choices match patterns associated with narrative bias. Use it as one signal among many.

Outlet lean labels

Each outlet's lean (Right to Left) is a fixed editorial estimate, not a measurement, and it applies to the outlet overall rather than to any one story. Outlets in the Science & Technology group default to Center because they are not primarily political. Compare with independent raters such as AllSides and Ad Fontes Media before relying on a label.

Limitations

Words such as "elite," "establishment" or "admits" are often neutral in context, so some flags will be false positives. All analysis is pattern-matching only — no AI, no editorial judgment. Flags can produce false positives (e.g. "experts say" in a legitimate science story). The goal is to make you notice the language, not to tell you what to believe.