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: 2026-07-06
All-time statistics — 75190 articles filtered
75190
articles filtered out
45
news sources scanned
1000
shown here
What kind of negativity dominates the news
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Political Conflict
20618 (27%)
📰
Soft News & Filler
9081 (12%)
⚽
Sports & Competition
9036 (12%)
🔫
Crime & Violence
6098 (8%)
🎬
Celebrity & Entertainment
5535 (7%)
📉
Economic Doom
4834 (6%)
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Disaster & Accident
3735 (5%)
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War & Conflict
3458 (5%)
😔
Other Negative
3310 (4%)
🦠
Health Scare
2998 (4%)
⚡
Divisive & Social Tension
2006 (3%)
🤖
Tech & AI Anxiety
1816 (2%)
🌍
Climate & Environment
1248 (2%)
1106 (1%)
✊
Divisive & Racism
204 (0%)
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LGBTQ Rights
107 (0%)
Negativity by news source