One page, US Letter or A4.
Semblen: a second read on the news
semblen.com/analyze
1Paste an article
Go to semblen.com/analyze, paste a news article's link (or its text, or a YouTube link) and press Analyze. In about a minute you get a short summary and the article, read paragraph by paragraph.
No account needed for 2 analyses a day.
2What the marks mean
Loaded language Exaggeration
An amber mark is a rhetorical technique: words chosen to make you feel before you think. Tap one for its name and a line on why.
A mark is not a verdict that the article is false or biased, and the model is wrong sometimes. Ask: is it also worded to make me feel something?
3How to check a claim
Press Check the claims. Each factual claim gets a reading, with the sources behind it:
Open the sources. Leaving the page to see who else says so is lateral reading, the habit professional fact-checkers use. "Unverifiable" means the sources didn't settle it, not that it's false.
4Compare the coverage
Other outlets shows how other news outlets covered the same story. Read one you'd normally skip.
Then ask: who does each article quote, and who is left out? What does the headline promise that the article doesn't?
Every technique, with examples: semblen.com/techniques
Good questions for any article
- Who wrote this, who published it, and what do other sources say about them?
- Which words would you change to make it neutral, and what would the article lose?
- Which claim matters most to the argument, and where would you check it?