News & Magazines
Ground News
News reader that tags every source with its political lean, reliability and ownership.
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- Developer
- Snapwise Inc.
- Score
- 4.7
- Downloads
- 10K+ ratings
- Age
- Rated 12+
- Version
- 4.37.0
- Price
- Free
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About this app
Ground News is a news aggregator built around media literacy. Each story shows which outlets are covering it and how those outlets lean politically, along with reliability ratings and who owns them. The idea is to make slant visible rather than pretend it isn't there, which suits readers who want to compare coverage on politics and elections. The source pool is large, more than 50,000 outlets by the publisher's count, with stories arriving in real time. It also flags blindspots, stories that only part of the spectrum is reporting. Stories are presented in a newspaper-like feed rather than ranked by a recommendation algorithm, which the developer sees as a feature in itself. The basic app is free. Deeper analysis sits behind a monthly subscription.
Ground News: the full guide
What the app is
Media bias is treated as data in Ground News. Each story lists the outlets covering it, where each sits on the political spectrum, how reliable it's rated and who owns it. The aim is to put slant on display instead of hiding it, which suits readers following politics and elections closely.
By the publisher's count the source pool runs past 50,000 outlets. A blindspot feature flags stories that one side of the spectrum is ignoring. The feed is arranged like a newspaper, not ranked by an engagement algorithm, which Snapwise Inc. regards as a selling point. The deeper analysis sits behind a subscription.
How it works day to day
Open to a feed of stories, each with a coverage bar showing how much left, centre and right reporting it's getting. Tap one and compare the headlines across outlets. A story with lopsided coverage gets a blindspot flag, and those are often the most interesting.
Over time, the app can show your own reading diet, which can be uncomfortable. Subscribers get more depth on ownership and factuality. It's slower reading than a headline feed, by design.
Why people look for it
People search for it after noticing that their usual news feels one-sided, or after being told it is. Educators recommend it for media literacy, and that drives a specific stream of searches. The blindspot feature is widely talked about, and the no-algorithm feed attracts readers tired of being optimised.
Look and feel
Five screenshots are attached, and the coverage bars, coloured by political lean, are almost certainly in them since they're the app's signature graphic. Expect a dense, data-forward layout with source logos and labels, more like a dashboard than a magazine. The input doesn't describe the palette, but the left-centre-right colour coding will dominate.
