Methodology
Updat3 collects news from dozens of sources, groups related articles into single stories, and applies a bias analysis so you can see who's covering what — and how. This page explains the mechanics behind what you see.
Bias Scoring
How we score each outlet on a left–right spectrum, calculate a story's overall lean, and flag when coverage is one-sided.
Source Collection
Where articles come from, how they're de-duplicated, and what makes a story eligible to appear in the feed.
Story Quality
How we score article text quality and decide when a story has enough verified information to publish.
No government is the neutral default
We treat every government as an actor with interests — including the US, UK, and other Western states. Their foreign policy framing is not our baseline.
Context starts at the actual origin
We include historical context that goes back far enough to give the real causal chain, even when it implicates powerful actors.
The same word for the same action
We apply identical language to all parties. If one side's military operations are called "strikes", the same word applies to all sides.
Disagreement ≠ bias
Outlets can reach different conclusions from the same facts. The bias score measures structural lean — not whether we agree with a source.
Something wrong? Think an outlet is scored incorrectly? We review our bias map regularly. Feedback is always welcome.