Source Selection
NewsIQ indexes content only from publishers that meet our quality threshold:
- ✓ Established editorial teams with named mastheads
- ✓ Transparent ownership and funding disclosure
- ✓ Published correction and editorial policies
- ✓ Verifiable journalistic track record
- ✗ Satire, opinion-only, or hyperpartisan outlets are excluded
- ✗ Sites without editorial accountability structures
Headline Generation
All headlines shown on NewsIQ are AI-generated. Our model is instructed to:
- → Use factual, descriptive language only
- → Remove evaluative adjectives ("shocking", "explosive", "landmark")
- → Remove partisan framing from political stories
- → Reflect the consensus of source reporting, not one outlet's angle
- → Include key entities (who, what, where) in ≤12 words
Summary Generation
Summaries are grounded entirely in source article content. Our AI does not speculate, interpolate, or editorialize. Every claim in a summary can be traced to a linked source article. We surface three depths:
Corrections Policy
We re-fetch and re-summarize stories every 5 minutes for trending content. When a significant factual error is found in a NewsIQ summary, we update it with a visible correction note and timestamp. We never silently edit published summaries.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does NewsIQ ensure headline neutrality?
NewsIQ uses a large language model fine-tuned to rewrite headlines by removing evaluative language, emotional framing, and partisan terminology. Headlines are reviewed against factual accuracy and compared against source article content.
How does NewsIQ select which news sources to index?
NewsIQ indexes articles from publishers that meet our source quality criteria: established editorial teams, transparent ownership, correction policies, and verifiable journalistic track records. Tabloids, satire sites, and hyperpartisan outlets are excluded by default.
What happens when sources contradict each other?
When the Difference Engine detects factual contradictions between sources, we flag them explicitly in the story view. We do not adjudicate truth ourselves — we surface the contradiction and link to the primary sources so readers can evaluate evidence directly.
How does NewsIQ handle corrections?
If a source article is corrected, our system re-fetches and re-summarizes the story within the next update cycle (every 5 minutes for trending stories). Significant corrections to NewsIQ's own summaries are noted with a visible correction label.