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: 2026-05-22
All-time statistics — 36329 articles filtered
36329
articles filtered out
45
news sources scanned
1000
shown here
What kind of negativity dominates the news
🏛️
Political Conflict
9871 (27%)
📰
Soft News & Filler
4339 (12%)
⚽
Sports & Competition
3799 (10%)
🔫
Crime & Violence
3216 (9%)
🎬
Celebrity & Entertainment
2753 (8%)
📉
Economic Doom
2392 (7%)
😔
Other Negative
1834 (5%)
⚔️
War & Conflict
1720 (5%)
🦠
Health Scare
1650 (5%)
🌊
Disaster & Accident
1514 (4%)
⚡
Divisive & Social Tension
1045 (3%)
🤖
Tech & AI Anxiety
835 (2%)
788 (2%)
🌍
Climate & Environment
417 (1%)
✊
Divisive & Racism
96 (0%)
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LGBTQ Rights
60 (0%)