How Shadowfetch Works

What the lanes mean

Every external headline on Shadowfetch is placed in a lane — Left, Center, or Right — based on the outlet that published it, not on our judgment of the individual article. Outlet lanes follow the broad consensus of public media-bias assessments: outlets widely rated left-of-center feed the Left lane, right-of-center outlets feed the Right lane, and wire services, official records, and outlets broadly rated centrist feed the Center lane. A lane label is a description of the source’s general orientation — it is not an endorsement and not a claim that any single story is biased.

How the balance meter is computed

The meter on the front page is calculated live from the stories actually on the page at that moment: the number of Left-lane, Center-lane, and Right-lane headlines currently displayed, shown as counts and percentages. It is a volume measure — it tells you how much coverage from each lane you are seeing, not which lane is right.

What kinds of content appear

External headlines link straight to the original outlet — we send you to the source. Original columns are written by our named columnists and carry their bylines. Opinion is always labeled Opinion, published as a clearly marked Left take and Right take side by side, and is never mixed into news lanes. Partner feeds are labeled with the partner’s name and orientation. Prediction-market figures shown on the site are informational odds from public markets, clearly labeled, and are not editorial content or advice.

Sources

We carry established outlets from across the spectrum and review the source list on an ongoing basis. Wire copy and primary records are treated as common ground. Sources can be added, re-classified, or removed when their orientation or reliability changes.

Corrections

When we get a fact wrong, we correct the story and note the change. Read the full Corrections policy, or report an error from any article page.

Challenge a classification

Think an outlet is in the wrong lane, or a story is mislabeled? Email support@shadowfetch.com with the subject line “Classification”, name the outlet or story, and tell us why. We review every challenge against the lane definitions above.

Suggest a source

Know an outlet we should carry? Email support@shadowfetch.com with the subject line “Source suggestion”.