Have you ever noticed how different media sources report about the same issue differently?
If PM Lee goes for a walk in the park, a mainstream media source might report it as “PM Lee leads the fight against diabetes by taking walks”, while an alternative media source might choose a more sensational headline such as “EXPOSED: PM Lee’s private life in pictures”.
The way media sources spin an issue can shape our views, so at better.sg (a non-profit techforgood collective), we decided to build this tool, SG Media Spin, to help you compare spins from various sources at a glance. SG Media Spin lets you catalogue a new issue that is trending online, or contribute links to other issues that are already on our page. That way, everyone can clearly see the reporting style of each source, to form a more comprehensive picture of an issue in our minds.
SG Media Spin is an independent, non-profit and non-partisan product by better.sg, where the only aim is to help Singaporeans consume information more critically.
The content on this site is all user-submitted with only minimal moderation. We do not condone or endorse any of the articles that are posted here by users, as the primary purpose of this site is to allow users to understand the contrast and biases of various news agencies.
Analysis & Insights
With almost 4000 data points (user submissions) across over 60 articles and 11 issues – we are starting to collect a lot of interesting data on user perceptions of media bias at the media agency level. This study is still a work in progress, but these are our results thus far:
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