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: 2026-06-10
All-time statistics — 54626 articles filtered
54626
articles filtered out
45
news sources scanned
1000
shown here
What kind of negativity dominates the news
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Political Conflict
14966 (27%)
📰
Soft News & Filler
6572 (12%)
⚽
Sports & Competition
5934 (11%)
🔫
Crime & Violence
4732 (9%)
🎬
Celebrity & Entertainment
4172 (8%)
📉
Economic Doom
3574 (7%)
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War & Conflict
2666 (5%)
😔
Other Negative
2518 (5%)
🌊
Disaster & Accident
2483 (5%)
🦠
Health Scare
2320 (4%)
⚡
Divisive & Social Tension
1513 (3%)
🤖
Tech & AI Anxiety
1322 (2%)
963 (2%)
🌍
Climate & Environment
673 (1%)
✊
Divisive & Racism
142 (0%)
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LGBTQ Rights
76 (0%)
Negativity by news source