Transparency Ledger

The Apprised Bias Risk Ledger

Most outlets assert they're neutral. Apprised has a rival AI model (Kimi) independently grade every desk brief for bias risk — political lean, source-diversity skew, loaded framing — before it publishes, and we publish the running record, including the briefs that got flagged. Last 30 days, updated 2026-07-27.

89%
89% of 271 independently audited briefs cleared as LOW bias risk over the last 30 days. The rest were flagged for review.
240
Low risk
26
Moderate
5
High
271
Briefs audited

By desk

culture87% LOW · n=30
defense53% LOW · n=30
energy93% LOW · n=30
health97% LOW · n=30
insurance100% LOW · n=29
intel80% LOW · n=10
markets93% LOW · n=30
sports93% LOW · n=30
tech96% LOW · n=28
world88% LOW · n=24

Share of each desk's audited briefs rated LOW. Desks with too few audited briefs yet are shown as building.

Most-flagged concerns

When the audit doesn't clear a brief as LOW, it records why. The recurring flags in this window:

What it measures — and why it's honest

Before each desk brief publishes, an independent model that did not write it (Kimi) reads a condensed version and rates its bias risk LOW / MODERATE / HIGH with specific flags. This ledger is the deterministic tally of those verdicts — no new judgment is added here. We surface the MODERATE and HIGH counts and the flags prominently on purpose: a 100%-clean record would mean the audit isn't doing its job. Real MODERATE readings (with flags) are in the record above. The published editorial voice is still Claude; this is a second model checking it. See the full methodology and our forecasting track record.

Cite this ledger
The Apprised Bias Risk Ledger, Apprised.news. 2026-07-27: 89% LOW of 271 independently audited briefs (30-day window).
https://apprised.news/index/bias-ledger

Live JSON: /api/bias-ledger. Each brief carries its own "Bias-reviewed" pill that aggregates here.