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: 2026-05-11
All-time statistics — 24696 articles filtered
24696
articles filtered out
45
news sources scanned
1000
shown here
What kind of negativity dominates the news
🏛️
Political Conflict
6336 (26%)
📰
Soft News & Filler
2978 (12%)
⚽
Sports & Competition
2499 (10%)
🔫
Crime & Violence
2274 (9%)
🎬
Celebrity & Entertainment
1853 (8%)
📉
Economic Doom
1603 (6%)
😔
Other Negative
1391 (6%)
⚔️
War & Conflict
1240 (5%)
🌊
Disaster & Accident
1127 (5%)
🦠
Health Scare
1031 (4%)
713 (3%)
⚡
Divisive & Social Tension
698 (3%)
🤖
Tech & AI Anxiety
533 (2%)
🌍
Climate & Environment
312 (1%)
✊
Divisive & Racism
78 (0%)
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LGBTQ Rights
30 (0%)