Editorial Methodology
How we classify our sources
Every GETI briefing is curated across the political spectrum — never from a single outlet or a single point of view. This page documents exactly how we classify publishers, the diversity rules we enforce on every briefing, and the full bucket of outlets we read. Trust isn't a claim; it's a process you can audit.
Left · Center · Right — three buckets
We follow the AllSides-style three-bucket system to classify English-language publishers (with a fourth "unclassified" bucket for outlets we haven't labeled). The classifications are not GETI editorial judgments — they reflect how each outlet is typically perceived in English-language reporting.
Center-Left
Outlets whose editorial selection and framing typically align with progressive or liberal perspectives. Includes US prestige dailies, public radio, and progressive magazines.
Center / Wire / Primary
Wire services (Reuters, AP, Bloomberg, AFP), international English-language news, government statistics releases, central bank statements, company SEC filings, and academic / NGO publications. These are the closest thing to a neutral baseline — primary sources reporting what happened, not arguing what it means.
Center-Right
Outlets whose editorial selection and framing typically align with conservative, free-market, or business-establishment perspectives. Includes financial press (WSJ, FT, Barron's), the legacy right press, and newer conservative digital outlets.
A note on what these labels mean: "Left" and "right" don't mean "untrustworthy." Every bucket has responsible reporting and irresponsible reporting. The labels exist so readers can verify they're not reading the world from a single editorial angle — not so we can decree which outlet is correct.
What makes us different
Headlines aren't enough. Opinion + analysis from BOTH sides is the point.
Plenty of news sites stack left and right headlines and call it 'balanced coverage.' But wire-style headlines are the same facts reported from different beats — they rarely surface the kind of viewpoint contrast that a family can actually discuss at the dinner table.
GETI promises one step further. Every briefing includes at LEAST one piece of opinion, editorial, column, or long-form analysis from the left, and one from the right. Same event, different framings — that disagreement is precisely the starting point for family conversation.
When today's briefing hits this bar, the dashboard's coverage-balance tile flags it with a star icon. On days when contrasting opinion is hard to find, we say so honestly ("Today's set is mostly wire/straight news") — we'd rather flag the gap than paper over it.
Center-left opinion / analysis
- NYT Opinion
- Washington Post Opinion / Editorial Board
- The Atlantic
- The New Yorker
- Vox · Slate · New Republic
- Guardian Opinion / Comment is Free
Center-right opinion / analysis
- WSJ Opinion / Editorial Board
- FT Opinion (Wolf, Ganesh, Tett, Luce)
- The Economist (Lexington, Bagehot, Schumpeter, Buttonwood)
- National Review · The Dispatch · The Bulwark
- Bloomberg Opinion · Reason
The rules we enforce on every briefing
Classification alone isn't enough. A briefing could cite 12 sources and still be a monoculture if all 12 came from the same outlet. So we enforce these rules on every briefing:
At least 8 distinct publishers cited per briefing
No briefing publishes with fewer than 8 unique outlets. Most days we hit 12–15.
No outlet cited more than 3 times in one briefing
Even when Reuters has the cleanest scoop, we cap them at 3 citations and force ourselves to find the same story from other sources.
At least 2 left + 2 right items per briefing — and at least one opinion piece from each side
Wire-only days produce numerically balanced headlines without contrasting framing. The bot is instructed to also include at least one opinion / editorial / column / long-form analysis from each side — so families have actual viewpoint material to discuss, not just facts.
Every front-page section shows its lean mix
The G/E/T/I sections each render a balance bar so you can see at a glance which way that section leaned today.
Primary sources count as their own bucket
When a story is about a Federal Reserve decision or an SEC filing, we cite the actual document — not just downstream reporting. Primary sources are classified Center because they're reporting facts, not framing them.
Stats are published with the briefing — not buried in an audit log
The diversity headline ('cites N distinct publishers · 4L · 7C · 3R') is rendered on the dashboard, on /news, and on the briefing detail page. When today's set hits the gold pattern (left-opinion AND right-opinion on the same event) the tile flags it; when it falls short the tile says so. You don't have to take our word for it — you can audit any briefing in seconds.
What our classification covers (and what it doesn't)
About 150 outlets: major US dailies and broadcast, English-language international press, wire services, Korean major newspapers, plus primary sources (governments, central banks, international organizations).
"Unclassified" handling: If a cited outlet isn't on our list, it renders as unclassified — we're not making a trust statement about it, just acknowledging we haven't yet vetted where it sits. The list expands over time.
Reasonable disagreement: Reasonable people disagree on exact placement (e.g., AllSides rates Forbes "Center" but some readers would put it "Right"). We prioritize consistency and auditability over claiming a perfect taxonomy — a transparent process beats a perfect label.
Not editorial judgment: GETI doesn't claim any outlet is "right." The classification exists so readers can verify they're getting a cross-section — nothing more, nothing less.
English alongside your native language
Every briefing is delivered in both English and a natural Korean newspaper-style translation — designed so parents and children, ELL students, and bilingual readers can follow the same news together. Korean is the first language supported; more are on the way.
See it in practice
Open today's GETI briefing and look for the diversity headline at the top. The "?" next to it links right back here.