News-Distiller uses AI to read any news article and return a concise, structured summary — plus political lean analysis with a high bar for attribution. Available as a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and iOS Safari.
Free to download · Built-in demo · Access code on request
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The Full Report (left) opens in your browser; the side panel (right) gives you the Executive Summary while you keep reading. Every distillation produces both — plus a 5-tier Political Lean assessment with confidence rating.
Three steps, 20–40 seconds. Powered by Claude AI.
Claude reads the full article and produces a concise executive summary capturing the main argument and key assertions — calibrated to article complexity.
The article is decomposed into named sections — Context / Background, Key Findings, and Implications — so you can see what's established, what's new, and what it means.
Claude evaluates the article's framing, language choices, and source selection to assess political lean — with a high bar for attribution. Center is the default unless evidence requires otherwise.
Each article gets one of five lean ratings, plus a confidence indicator (High or Low) reflecting how strongly the evidence supports the assessment.
Clear progressive framing, source selection, and language choices.
Mild progressive lean detectable in tone or framing.
Balanced reporting without partisan framing — the default.
Mild conservative lean detectable in tone or framing.
Clear conservative framing, source selection, and language choices.
Every distillation includes a full structured report you can save or share.
The article's main argument and key assertions in a single concise paragraph.
Context / Background, Key Findings, and Implications — a full structured report with bullet detail.
A 5-tier rating (Left / Center-Left / Center / Center-Right / Right) with a High or Low confidence indicator.
Bullet-by-bullet evidence for the lean rating, plus a final framing summary in plain language.
Results stream as they're produced — start reading the summary while the breakdown is still being generated.
Download the full report as a PDF or text file for your records or to share with others.
The extension works directly in your browser — one click on any article and distillation begins, no copy-paste needed. Works on paywalled sites you subscribe to.
News-Distiller is free to use. Distiller Packs are available free of charge — email paul@pklmedialab.com to request a code. Because each distillation incurs AI processing costs, codes are distributed on a limited basis.
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