The News That Gets Skipped 🚫
Every time news sources get scanned, an AI reads the headline and filters out stories that are negative, anxiety-inducing, or just plain gloomy. This page shows what gets left behind — a transparent illustration of how skewed towards the negative most news coverage tends to be. The statistics below cover every article that has ever been filtered out. The browsable list at the bottom shows the 1,000 most recent rejections.
Last updated: 2026-08-20
All-time statistics — 121163 articles filtered
121163
articles filtered out
64
news sources scanned
1000
shown here
What kind of negativity dominates the news
🏛️
Political Conflict
32749 (27%)
📰
Soft News & Filler
14277 (12%)
⚽
Sports & Competition
14027 (12%)
🔫
Crime & Violence
9778 (8%)
🎬
Celebrity & Entertainment
8113 (7%)
🌊
Disaster & Accident
8015 (7%)
📉
Economic Doom
7620 (6%)
⚔️
War & Conflict
5578 (5%)
😔
Other Negative
5028 (4%)
🦠
Health Scare
4731 (4%)
⚡
Divisive & Social Tension
3051 (3%)
🤖
Tech & AI Anxiety
2966 (2%)
🌍
Climate & Environment
2577 (2%)
2138 (2%)
✊
Divisive & Racism
321 (0%)
🏳️🌈
LGBTQ Rights
194 (0%)
Negativity by news source