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News Deframer

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News Deframer analyzes journalistic neutrality and framing in news articles. By leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), it evaluates and reformulates headlines in neutral language.

An ad blocker removes unwanted advertisements. News Deframer reduces the mental impact of clickbait by replacing the portal page of major news networks with neutral wording.

What we do

  • We replace the portal page.
  • Every headline is reformulated in neutral language (reducing clickbait, overstimulation, persuasion, and framing).
  • Built-in trend analysis for detecting recurring talking points.
  • Comparison of major news outlets, e.g., "The New York Times" and the "New York Post" or CNN and Fox News.
  • One click restores the original article or the original portal page.
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Open Showcase: The New York Times Open Showcase: New York Post

Video

News Deframer Promo

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What this project is — and is not

  • This is not a fake news detector.
  • The system uses an LLM acting as a neutral journalist to assess linguistic bias and adherence to neutral language.
  • Open and transparent prompts are used and can be executed with any compatible LLM.

Language analysis

Why language analysis is effective:

  • It helps reduce engagement with emotionally manipulative headlines.
  • Misinformation and speculation often rely on dark patterns, clickbait, and emotional triggers.
  • Authors of misleading content frequently use vague or sensational language to avoid legal consequences while shaping perception.

Warning: False positives and false negatives may occur. In the worst case, a valuable article may be filtered out or a clickbait article may pass through.

Installation

Set up your own instance.

How it works

News Deframer functions as a drop-in RSS feed proxy. It retrieves headlines from a portal’s RSS feed, processes them, and replaces them with neutralized versions.

The updated data is also used by the browser plugin, which replaces the portal page of the corresponding news source.

Chrome Extension

Install the Chrome Extension.

Resources