About News Lens
What it is
News Lens is a reading companion that adds a layer of critical context to news articles. Most people encounter news in a feed, skim a headline, and share or form an opinion in under thirty seconds. This tool sits at that moment, helping you slow down and ask better questions before you act on what you read.
What it is not
News Lens does not determine whether an article is true or false. That is not a problem software can reliably solve. It is not a political bias detector, and it does not tell you what to think. It surfaces signals (emotional language, missing sources, one-sided framing etc.) and lets you decide what to do with them.
How it works
Article text is sent to the Gemini 2.5 Flash API, which returns structured observations across three areas: credibility signals, a critical summary, and keywords used to cross-reference other sources via NewsAPI. All API calls happen server-side. No article text is stored. No account is required.
Known limitations
URL text extraction is unreliable — many news sites block it. If a URL does not work, paste the article text directly. Analysis quality varies on short articles and opinion pieces. Results are not saved and every page reload starts fresh.