Prism marks every sentence of the news — claim, opinion, or BS. (classified as Claim) The clearest way to read a story. (classified as Opinion) You’ll never be fooled again. (classified as BS)
How it works
One story,
six instruments.
Every sentence gets sorted into what it actually is — a checkable claim, an honest opinion, loaded rhetoric, or filler — and the whole piece gets measured.
The specimen below is hand-composed to show the idea — paste a real link and Prism runs it live. Then six instruments, each answering one question you should ask of any story.
Specimen — sample analysis
9 sentences · 1 min read
Council approves $2.1 billion harbor rail extension
citydesk.example · metro desk
The city council approved the harbor rail extension on Tuesday by a vote of 9–3. The decision caps a debate that began with the corridor study three years ago. The project adds four stations along the eastern waterfront. Planning documents put the cost at $2.1 billion over nine years. It is the boldest bet this city has made on transit in a generation. Anyone who has watched city hall knows exactly how this story ends. The line could reshape how the east side commutes. A betrayal of every taxpayer, wrapped in a ribbon. Service on the first segment is scheduled to begin in 2031.
Key
- BS — Loaded, manipulative, or empty rhetoric.
- Neutral — Connective context — none of the above.
- Claim — Checkable, falsifiable statements of fact.
- Opinion — Subjective judgments, interpretation, predictions.
The Workspace
What exactly am I reading?
Paste a link, a YouTube video, or the raw text. Prism fetches the article — or pulls the video's transcript — strips the clutter, and lays the readable text beside your source, so you can see exactly what's being analyzed, correct it, and re-run.
The Spectrum
How much is fact, take, or noise?
Every sentence is classified — checkable claim, honest opinion, loaded rhetoric, or neutral connective tissue — into a color-coded transcript with the reasoning behind every line, plus a composition readout of the whole piece.
Provenance
Who's telling me this?
Prism researches the outlet — ownership, funding, political lean, reliability record — profiles the byline, and runs registry forensics on the domain itself: where it's registered, where it's hosted, how old it is. Every finding cites its source.
On demandLink only
Fact Check
Do the claims hold up?
Opinions can't be verified; claims can. Each checkable claim is searched against the live web, weighed only against the sources found, and returned with a verdict, a confidence read, and citations you can follow.
On demand
The Full Picture
Was it the full story?
Prism finds how other outlets reported the same event and shows what this article covered, softened, or left out — and how its framing differs from everyone else's.
On demand
The Report
Can I keep the receipts?
Choose which findings make the cut — the classified transcript, the dossier, the verdicts, the coverage gaps — and Prism compiles them into one clean, printable document. Real selectable text, citations intact, nothing uploaded.
03–05 run live web searches, so they run on demand — one click each. Nothing is checked behind your back. 06 is assembled right in your browser and saved as a PDF.
The project
News,
refracted.
Most news reaches you already filtered — one outlet, one framing, one angle. Prism is a transparency lens: it takes a single story and splits it into the full spectrum of how it's being told, so the bias and the sourcing are things you can see rather than guess at.
Prism doesn't tell you what to think. Every verdict is cited, every color is explained, and the receipts are one click away — it's a lens, not a referee.
Every angle
The same event reads differently at every outlet. Prism checks a story against how everyone else reported it — what was covered, what was softened, what was left out entirely.
Receipts, not rulings
Claims are checked against live sources with the citations attached. Prism shows you the evidence and how strong it looks — the judgment stays yours.
Bias in the open
Who owns the outlet, who funds it, how it leans, and how it frames — labelled where you can see them, and cited so you can check them.
Enough reading about it —
Refract a storyTry it
Refract your first story.
No account needed. Works on articles and YouTube links. Every verdict shows its receipts.