Editorial standards

Independence

Slantpoint is independent of the publishers it indexes. Editorial decisions are not traded for access, advertising, or partnership.

• Sponsorship is always labeled and never influences clustering or comparison.
• No publisher can pay to be indexed or to be removed from a comparison.
• Editorial and business functions are separated.

Labeling

Every item carries a content-type label. We do not blur reporting with opinion.

• Reporting — verified accounts of what happened.
• Analysis — interpretation drawing on evidence, clearly marked.
• Opinion — a stated viewpoint, attributed.
• Automated Analysis — AI-assisted drafts, editor-reviewed before publication.
• Sponsored — paid content, clearly separated and never part of a cluster.

Sourcing

Claims link to the sources that support them. Where a claim rests on a single source, we say so. Anonymous sourcing is attributed to the original outlet, not to us.

Fairness to difference

We describe framing differences without declaring a correct framing. Our comparisons are observations, not verdicts.

We do not produce a bias score. A score implies a neutral baseline we cannot honestly claim; describing differences respects the reader's judgement.