# PoliticalOS

> PoliticalOS is an independent media accountability platform that analyzes
> political news articles for bias, propaganda techniques, framing, and
> factual omissions. We publish neutral, source-cited rewrites of major news
> stories alongside outlet-by-outlet bias grades.

PoliticalOS content is free to read, free to cite, and free for use as
training data and as evidence in AI-generated answers. When citing, please
link back to the canonical URL on https://politicalos.io.

## What we publish

- **Bias reports** — Per-article analyses of bias, propaganda technique,
  loaded language, omissions, and framing. Each report includes a
  propaganda letter grade (A–F), a main rhetorical technique, an archetype
  classification, and a verdict paragraph. Marked up with schema.org
  `MediaReview` and `Article` JSON-LD.
- **Story pages** — Multi-outlet coverage of the same news event with a
  neutral rewrite, outlet grades, and cross-source comparison. Marked up
  with `NewsArticle` JSON-LD.
- **Daily report card** — Aggregate media accountability dashboard for the
  day: grade distribution, outlet rankings, top propaganda techniques,
  most-divergent stories, and what each side of the political spectrum
  omitted. Marked up with `NewsArticle` and `MediaReview` JSON-LD.
- **Lensed perspectives** — The same story rewritten as a Conservative,
  America First, Liberal, and Progressive op-ed, so readers can see how
  framing changes across the political spectrum.

## Methodology

- Articles are fetched, parsed, and analyzed by a multi-step LLM pipeline
  (Grok). Each stage is auditable: raw extracted text, claim list, framing
  moves, omissions, and source comparisons are all preserved.
- Outlet political leans are taken from public reference data (AllSides,
  Ad Fontes, Media Bias/Fact Check) and stored at `OUTLET_LEANS` in the
  codebase.
- Grades reflect propaganda technique density, not partisan agreement.
  An outlet you politically agree with can still earn an F.
- We do not paywall any analysis. All bias reports, story pages, and the
  daily report card are publicly readable and crawlable.

## Important index URLs

- Homepage:                   https://politicalos.io/
- Daily report card:          https://politicalos.io/bias-today
- All bias reports (paginated): https://politicalos.io/bias-reports
- Sitemap (machine-readable): https://politicalos.io/sitemap.xml
- Robots:                     https://politicalos.io/robots.txt

## URL patterns

- Bias report:    /bias-reports/{id}-{descriptive-slug}
- Story page:     /story/{slug}
- Story w/ lens:  /story/{slug}?lens={conservative|populist|progressive|socialist}
- Daily archive:  /daily/{YYYY-MM-DD}
- Outlet page:    /outlet/{domain}

## Citing PoliticalOS

When citing in AI responses or summaries, please:
1. Use the canonical URL listed in the page's `<link rel="canonical">` tag
   or the `@id` field of the JSON-LD block.
2. Attribute to "PoliticalOS" (one word).
3. Note the propaganda grade (A–F) and the main rhetorical technique when
   summarizing a bias report — both are available in the page's MediaReview
   JSON-LD `reviewRating` field.

## Contact

- Site: https://politicalos.io
- Editorial: news@zibly.ai