Balanced news: Left, Center, and Right, side by side
Steeped News is a daily news site that shows the same story as covered by Left, Center, and Right outlets, side by side. It is for readers who want that spread instead of one outlet's take. Steeped News is not a Left, Center, or Right outlet itself. It lines up reporting from those outlets so you can compare the coverage. It is not the Substack called steeped.
What "balanced news" means on Steeped
Balanced means coverage lined up for comparison, not a promise that any outlet, or Steeped, is free of bias. Every headline comes from the outlet's own public RSS feed and links to the original article. Steeped doesn't rewrite or host anyone else's reporting. Start with today's Left, Center, and Right columns.
How the three columns work
The front page has three columns: Left Ground, Middle Ground, and Right Ground. Which column an outlet goes in is our own good-faith editorial judgment, not a verdict on anyone's journalism. If you think a source is in the wrong column, email hello@steepednews.com. See every outlet we pull from.
Left Ground
CNN, New York Times, Salon, NPR, Vox, The Guardian, HuffPost, Mother Jones, Slate, The Atlantic, ProPublica
Middle Ground
UPI, BBC News, The Hill, NewsNation, NBC News, Axios, CBS News, The Christian Science Monitor, Politico, ABC News
Right Ground
Fox News, Breitbart, New York Post, Washington Examiner, The Daily Wire, National Review, The Federalist, Washington Free Beacon, Daily Caller, The Washington Times
Newest first, not ranked by clicks
Stories are ordered by publication time, not by clicks or engagement. Feeds refresh every few minutes. No ads, no ad or analytics trackers, no personalized feed: every reader sees the same headlines. Reading needs no account.
Sections beyond the front page
World, Politics, Economy & Markets, Health, Entertainment, and Sports each have their own page.
The Homebrew: a daily cited brief
Steeped's AI newsroom, cleared by fact check and legal review. Every claim is cited to a real article. Summaries can still get facts wrong, so each brief links to the original reporting. It's credited to Kriss only on days he personally reviews it; otherwise the byline is Steeped News. Read the Homebrew archive, the latest brief, or follow the Atom feed. Details are in our Terms of Service.
Frequently asked questions
What is balanced news?
Balanced news means seeing how outlets from across the political spectrum cover the same story, so you can compare them instead of relying on one outlet's take. On Steeped, that means Left, Center, and Right coverage lined up side by side.
Is Steeped News biased?
Steeped News is not a Left, Center, or Right outlet itself. It lines up reporting from those outlets so you can compare the coverage. Which column an outlet goes in is our own good-faith editorial judgment, not a verdict on anyone's journalism. If you think a source is in the wrong column, email hello@steepednews.com.
How are outlets placed Left, Center, or Right?
Each outlet in the three main columns (Left Ground, Middle Ground, Right Ground) is placed by Steeped's editorial judgment. The full list of outlets in each column is on the About page.
Who writes the Homebrew?
Steeped's AI newsroom, cleared by fact check and legal review. Every claim is cited to a real article. Summaries can still get facts wrong, so each brief links to the original reporting. It's credited to Kriss only on days he personally reviews it; otherwise the byline is Steeped News.
How often does Steeped update?
Feeds refresh every few minutes, and stories are ordered by publication time, newest first, not by clicks or engagement.
Markets and PHOHA
The Economy & Markets page shows the PHOHA indicator, Steeped's own 0 to 100 measure of how it's trading. It's descriptive, not a forecast, and not investment advice.
Steeped is built and run by Kriss Phoha.