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How It Works

Every issue goes through 6 independent editorial stages designed to catch what the others miss. Each stage challenges the one before it. The final output is scored, measured, and published with full audit transparency.

No Malaysian outlet publishes its bias measurements. We do.

The Verdict Bar

Every issue shows how each editorial stage assessed it.

PA
BA
FC
AF
CT
SR
78 /100
Balanced — stage found no significant issues
Flagged — stage found moderate concerns
Alert — stage found significant issues

Opinion Shift

How much you'd miss by reading only the headline. Higher means more hidden complexity.

76 Significant
80–100 Fundamental
60–79 Significant
40–59 Partial
0–39 Surface

The Six Stages

1. Primary Analysis (PA)

Six-card analysis from court documents, parliamentary records, and primary sources. Every sentence written knowing it will be audited across 12 dimensions.

2. Bias Audit (BA)

Scans for 9 bias types — partisan, racial, religious, geographic, economic, gender, omission, emotional manipulation, and diplomatic evasion.

3. Fact Verification (FC)

Every claim verified against primary sources. Each gets a confidence score: verified, unverified, misleading, or incorrect.

4. Alternative Framing (AF)

Finds missing voices — B40, East Malaysia, women, youth, intra-community class divides. Counter-arguments the reader deserves to hear.

5. Contrarian Stress-Test (CT)

Attacks the analysis. Where is it cowardly? Where does it hedge when evidence is clear? Would a taxi driver in Ipoh feel spoken to or lectured at?

6. Synthesis Review (SR)

Integrates all five critiques. Corrects facts first, then rebalances bias, fills gaps, strengthens courage. Produces the final score.

12 Bias Dimensions

Every article is measured across all 12. The full vector is published on each issue.

Tone Political lean Ethnic framing Religious sensitivity Narrative framing Completeness Timing Certainty Source diversity Geographic balance Economic framing Gender agency

We do not claim neutrality. We claim measurable balance across 12 published dimensions, verified factual accuracy, quantified inter-stage conflict, and radical transparency about our methodology and its limits.

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