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Spectra News & Search is a bias-aware AI search engine and news reader. Every answer is generated from real cited sources, and every source is individually rated for political lean — left, lean-left, center, lean-right, or right — along with a reliability score. Instead of a single black-box answer, you see the spectrum of coverage behind it, so you can judge framing for yourself. Spectra works as a general AI search engine, a live news feed, a video discovery feed, and a sports scoreboard, all in one place.
Spectra maintains a curated database of news outlets with editorially-reviewed lean and reliability ratings, informed by methodologies from AllSides, Ad Fontes Media, and Pew Research. Unknown outlets are rated by AI using the same criteria and queued for human review. You can browse any outlet's profile, like AP News, Reuters, or BBC, to see its rating, recent coverage, and how it compares to other sources covering the same story. Wire services like the Associated Press are weighted heavily because of their editorial track record.
Spectra is built for readers who want context, not just answers — journalists, researchers, students, and anyone tired of guessing where a citation came from. It's a strong Perplexity alternative when source provenance matters, and a faster way to triangulate breaking news across the political spectrum. Start with a free account or read more about Spectra, see pricing, or visit the blog.
Spectra is a bias-aware AI search engine. Ask any question and get an AI-written answer backed by sources individually rated for political lean and reliability, so you can see every side of a story.
Unlike Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, or You.com, Spectra tags every cited source with a political lean and reliability score, surfaces a coverage-balance bar, and lets you compare how left, center, and right outlets are framing the same story.
Spectra maintains a curated outlet database with editorially-vetted lean and reliability ratings. Unknown outlets are rated by AI using established media-bias criteria and added to the database for review.
Yes. Search is free, and the daily AI news brief is free forever. Spectra Pro ($6.50/month) raises your monthly allowance to 200 Quick and 60 Deep Research queries, plus follow-ups and saved collections. See pricing for details.
Bias-aware AI search is search that explicitly labels the political lean and reliability of every source it cites, instead of presenting a single answer as if it were neutral. It helps readers see the full spectrum of coverage on a topic.
Spectra News & Search is built specifically for unbiased news search. Every answer cites real sources, and every source is tagged with a political lean (left, lean-left, center, lean-right, right) and a reliability score, so you can see balance at a glance instead of trusting a single black-box answer.
Yes — Spectra is an AI news aggregator with source ratings. It pulls live coverage from across the political spectrum, rates each outlet for bias and reliability using methodologies informed by AllSides, Ad Fontes Media, and Pew Research, and surfaces a coverage-balance bar so you can see how left, center, and right outlets are framing the same story.
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