About Epistemic News

What we are, why we exist, and how we're different.

What is epistemic news?

Epistemic comes from the Greek epistēmē — knowledge, understanding. Not just "what happened" but "what do we actually know, and how confident should we be?"

Most news tells you what sources say. We tell you what the evidence supports, where sources agree, where they disagree, and what nobody is covering. Every claim is traced to its origin. Every perspective is labeled. Confidence is calibrated, not performed.

How does the pipeline work?

1. Ingest — Poll 65 curated feeds + Google News topics every 30 minutes
2. Cluster — Group articles about the same event using AI embeddings
3. Extract — Pull every verifiable claim (names, dates, stats, quotes)
4. Verify — Cross-reference claims across sources, flag contradictions
5. Analyze — Tag each source's bias using Media Bias/Fact Check data
6. Debate — Three AI agents (Progressive, Conservative, Libertarian) + a Devil's Advocate argue the story
7. Synthesize — A chief editor agent produces one balanced, cited article

What makes this different?

vs. Ground News

Them: Shows you 50 articles side by side. You draw conclusions.

Us: We run adversarial AI debate and produce one balanced article with cited claims and confidence scores.

vs. 1440 / Morning Brew

Them: Human editors pick stories and summarize them. No methodology transparency.

Us: Automated pipeline with full source transparency. Every claim traceable. Open source.

vs. AllSides / The Flip Side

Them: Show left and right takes on one story per day.

Us: We do this for every major story, automatically, with a Devil's Advocate that challenges all three perspectives.

Who built this?

Epistemic News is built by Sardonyx, a veteran-owned software studio. It's open source — you can read every line of code, audit the methodology, and contribute.

We believe the best defense against media bias isn't hiding it — it's making it visible, measurable, and accountable. If our pipeline has a blind spot, we want to know. If our synthesis is wrong, the sources are right there for you to check.

Our values

Epistemic humility— "We might be wrong" is strength, not weakness.
Source transparency— Every claim links to its origin.
Perspective plurality— No single lens captures the whole picture.
Confidence calibration— Don't be more certain than the evidence warrants.
Adversarial verification— Challenge everything, including your own framing.