Lean
Article-level political lean
Every article placed on a transparent –1 to +1 axis. No outlet-level shortcuts — Vistoa scores the writing itself, so the same outlet can vary piece-to-piece.
Vistoa scores every article on political lean, source quality, and factual framing. Stories cluster by event so readers and teams can compare the coverage spectrum without changing the underlying scoring contract.
technology
1 outlets · 8 min ago
Source quality
70/100
Factual
90/100
Outlet diversity
1.00
Outlets covered
1
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Six primitives that turn the modern news mess back into something you can actually reason about.
Lean
Every article placed on a transparent –1 to +1 axis. No outlet-level shortcuts — Vistoa scores the writing itself, so the same outlet can vary piece-to-piece.
Quality
Two independent scores: the underlying source's track record, and how factual vs. opinion-driven each individual piece is. Read what the analysis actually argues.
Blindspots
Vistoa flags stories that one side is over- or under-covering relative to the rest of the spectrum. The blindspot isn't bias — it's silence.
Clusters
Coverage clusters group articles about the same event so you can compare CNN, Fox, Reuters, AP, and the local paper side by side — same headline, different framing.
Reasoning
Pro plans expose the per-claim reasoning behind every score — so you can challenge it, learn from it, and trust the methodology. We publish the math, not the marketing.
API
The reader and the API run on identical scoring infrastructure. Drop scores, lean, and blindspot signals into your own product, brief, or research pipeline.
Live — today’s coverage
Vistoa clusters articles by event so the comparison is honest. Below: how the spectrum is covering one of today’s top stories — pulled from real data, scored in real time.
Blindspot detected
Expensive tickets for early World Cup games still on general sale
Under-covered by relative to the rest of the spectrum.
Coverage cluster · 1 outlets · 8 min ago
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Tickets for most of the World Cup group games remain on general sale with just over a month to go until the tournament kicks off on June 11. But prices are exorbitantly high, topping out at $4,105 for the United States' opening game against Paraguay in Los Angeles, and many costing around $2,000. Tickets are still available on FIFA's official website through its "last-minute sales" section after batches had been released through various phases since September. WATCH: What it takes to create the perfect pitch for the World Cup The cheapest tickets currently are $380 for seven different games, including World Cup debutant Curacao vs. Ivory Coast in Philadelphia. Prices vary dependent on the category of ticket, with Front Category 1 the most expensive and Category 4 the cheapest. Yet a Category 3 ticket for USA vs. Paraguay is listed at $1,120 compared to a Category 2 ticket for Austria vs Jordan, which is $380. Prices are also subject to change as FIFA adopts dynamic pricing for the first time at the World Cup. FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in January the demand for tickets for this year's tournament in the U.S., Canada and Mexico was
Canadians who cross the border to catch cheap flights have one less option, after the collapse of Spirit Airlines in the United States. The carrier announced Saturday it is shutting down operations effective immediately, cancelling all flights and warning passengers not to head to the airport.The Florida-based budget carrier said the decision follows mounting financial pressure, including a sharp rise in fuel prices that left the company unable to secure additional funding.“For more than 30 years, Spirit Airlines has played a pioneering role in making travel more accessible and bringing people together while driving affordability across the industry,” said Dave Davis, Spirit’s president and chief executive officer.Davis explained that in March 2026, the company reached an agreement with bondholders on a restructuring plan that would have allowed them to emerge as a go-forward business. Story continues below advertisement However, “the sudden and sustained rise in fuel prices in recent weeks ultimately has left us with no alternative but to pursue an orderly wind-down of the Company,” he added. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories. That move could have ripple effects for Canadian travellers, particularly in Ontario
// POST /v1/score
const scored = await vistoa.scoreArticle({
url: "https://example.com/story",
});
scored = {
politicalLean: -0.21, // lean-left
sourceQuality: 0.87,
factualVsOpinion: 0.78, // mostly factual
blindspot: "right",
cluster: {
id: "c_8af2",
outlets: 14,
diversity: 0.62,
},
reasoning: "Frames protests sympathetically...",
};Methodology
Every signal — lean, quality, factual framing, blindspot — is scored by a transparent pipeline. The reasoning is queryable. You can challenge any score and follow the trace.
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