Read the story from every side
ONE HEADLINE · THREE VIEWS · NO ALGORITHM
Most people read the news through a single lens. Two readers can follow the same event all week and come away with irreconcilable pictures of it — not because either was lied to, but because each saw only the outlets that already agreed with them. dir.news exists to make that gap visible and easy to cross.
The problem
- Framing is invisible from inside. A story's slant lives in what gets emphasized, omitted, or called by which name — none of which is obvious when you read one outlet at a time.
- Feeds optimize for engagement, not breadth. Personalized recommendations narrow what you see over time; the more you read, the less you're shown.
- Comparing sides by hand is work. Nobody has time to open eight tabs across the spectrum for each headline they care about.
The solution
dir.news is a plain, fast viewer that pulls headlines from multiple reputable outlets, tags each outlet left, center, or right, and lets you switch between those views instantly. Stories reported by many outlets are grouped, so you can see at a glance which events crossed the whole spectrum and which stayed on one side of it.
Broad intake
Publisher feeds across the political spectrum, including international outlets publishing in English. State propaganda outlets are excluded.
Grouped, not ranked
Near-duplicate reports of one event collapse into a single story with a coverage count. Ordering is recency and breadth — never a profile of you.
Straight to the source
Every headline links to the publisher's own page. dir.news aggregates and points; it does not reprint, rewrite, or editorialize.
How to use it
Pick a side, then switch
The best way to hold a balanced view of the world is to see it from all sides of news making. The view selector sets which lean you're reading — left, center, or right — and each view is a different set of stories: the headlines outlets on that side chose to run. So don't settle on one. Read your usual view, then switch and see what the others led with instead.
Scan trending, then the wire
Fast-moving stories with wide coverage surface at the top as trending cards. Below them, the wire is a dense reverse-chronological list — built for skimming a lot of headlines quickly.
Preview before you commit
Hovering a headline shows its summary, and hovering its thumbnail enlarges the image, so you can triage without leaving the page. On phones, tap once to preview and again to open the article.
Retag sources you disagree with
Lean tags are a starting point, not a verdict. Open Sources & lean tags to see every outlet and move any of them between left, center, and right; source names link out to the publisher so you can judge for yourself. Your changes are saved in your browser and apply immediately.
Make it comfortable
Light and dark themes follow your system setting by default and can be toggled in the header. Layout density and text size adapt to the width of your screen.
Frequently asked
How are the left / center / right tags decided?
Each outlet is tagged from widely published media-bias assessments and its own editorial positioning, then reviewed for obvious errors. Outlets can carry more than one tag when their reporting genuinely straddles a boundary. The tags describe an outlet's typical editorial tendency, not the slant of any individual article — and you can override every one of them.
Is this trying to tell me what's true?
No. dir.news makes no truth claims and ranks no outlet above another. It shows you who is covering what, and in what terms, so you can compare primary sources yourself.
Why is an outlet I trust missing — or one I don't trust included?
The list covers roughly a hundred outlets with a functioning public feed and a real newsroom. Inclusion is not an endorsement, and absence is usually a feed problem rather than a judgment. Requests to add or remove an outlet are welcome.
How current are the headlines?
Feeds are polled at the top of the hour, so the full source list is refreshed every 60 minutes and the view reflects the latest available coverage from every feed.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up, no email, and no profile. Your theme, default view, and source retags live in your browser's local storage only — see the Privacy Policy.
Why does a story show a high coverage count but few visible headlines?
The count reflects every outlet reporting the event across the whole spectrum, while the list shows only outlets matching your current view. Switching views reveals the rest.
Who publishes the articles?
The original outlets do. dir.news displays headlines, short summaries, and thumbnails under fair-use aggregation and links back to each publisher; all rights remain with them. See the Terms of Service.
Who makes it
dir.news is built and operated by I❤️AI, LLC as an independent, ad-free reading tool. It takes no money from the outlets it aggregates and has no editorial affiliation with any of them.