How this works
This site watches the public news feeds of about two dozen outlets, from NPR, the BBC and PBS to Fox News, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Al Jazeera. When several of them report the same event, a story gets written here.
Two outlets, or it waits
Nothing is published until at least two separate outlets report the same event. The bar of blocks next to every story shows how many outlets have reported it. More blocks, more confirmation.
Written by AI, from the reports only
Each story is written by an AI model (Claude, made by Anthropic). It is given only what the outlets published and told to use nothing else. Details only one outlet reports are attributed to that outlet. Where outlets disagree, the story says so. Anything still unknown is listed under "Not clear yet."
No person reviews a story before it goes live. That is the tradeoff for speed. AI can get things wrong, so every story links to the original reporting.
Stories change as news does
When new reports come in, the story is rewritten and marked as updated. Earlier versions stay listed at the bottom of each story.
The rules for the writing
- Lead with what happened.
- No hype words, no spin, no opinions, no predictions in news stories.
- Claims stay claims: "police said," not "it happened."
- Political stories give each side only as the reports state it.
- Every sentence is in our own words. The outlets' work is linked, not copied.
Commentary is separate
The news stories above follow those rules. The Commentary section is different: each piece argues a point of view about the news. Commentary is chosen and published by hand, never by the automatic news system. Each piece is labeled as opinion and as written by AI, and it states the strongest counterargument. Commentary never changes how a news story is written.
Corrections
Found a mistake? Email corrections@nobullshitfollows.com with the story link.