MeDea reads 112 independent newsrooms every 30 minutes, scores every headline for emotional valence, and publishes the ratio. That ratio is the ProCon Score — the percentage of headlines that score positive on any given cycle.
Most news products help you consume more. MeDea helps you consume less, better. We filter the noise so you can read the signal.
This is not a fact-checker. We do not verify the accuracy of individual stories. We measure the emotional framing of the news environment — how the media, collectively, is choosing to present the world to you at this moment.
The score is calculated as: (positive headlines ÷ total scored headlines) × 100. A score of 30 means the news environment is 70% negative. That is a number you can act on.
Headline sentiment is scored using VADER (Valence Aware Dictionary and sEntiment Reasoner), a lexicon and rule-based tool calibrated for short social text. VADER produces a compound score from −1.0 (most negative) to +1.0 (most positive).
VADER is a starting point, not the final word. An additional editorial layer catches what the algorithm misses — conflict framing, sarcasm, press releases, junk results, and topics where positive language masks a fundamentally negative story. A headline that VADER scores as positive but contains conflict or crime context is held for judgement rather than promoted.
| Label | What it means |
|---|---|
| Pro | Compound score ≥ 0.15 and no negative context detected. Worth reading. |
| Con | Compound score ≤ −0.05. Negative — filtered from the main feed. |
| Held | Score positive but context is ambiguous — conflict framing, sarcasm risk, opinion, or clickbait. Shown separately. Editorial judgement applied before filing to The Dispatch. |
Headlines from satire sites, press releases, lottery results, and sports fixtures are excluded entirely — they add noise without signal.
Each source is capped at 4 positive headlines per cycle (6 for investigative outlets) to prevent any single source dominating the feed. Stories that appear across multiple sources are deduplicated.
The Dispatch is the editor-curated layer above the algorithm. Any story filed to The Dispatch has been read by the Editor in Chief and judged to add editorial value beyond the automatic feed — either because the algorithm would miss it, misclassify it, or because its importance demands a human hand on the wheel.
Stories in The Dispatch carry the same VADER score for transparency, but the filing decision was editorial, not algorithmic.
Sources are selected for editorial independence, consistent output, and a demonstrable track record. The current roster includes investigative outlets, independent media, academic publications, and global broadcasters. The bias label shown next to each source reflects that outlet's documented editorial position — it is a descriptor, not a judgement on quality.
We do not carry state-funded media that operates under editorial direction from its government. We do not carry outlets that exist primarily to advocate for a single commercial or political interest.
The source roster is reviewed periodically. Sources are added when they meet the independence criteria; removed when output becomes unreliable or the feed goes inactive.
OpinionSays is the editorial voice of the Editor in Chief. It appears when the news environment warrants a direct statement. It is clearly labelled as editorial opinion. It is not a news report, not a prediction, and not advice of any kind.
We are not journalists in the traditional sense. We do not send reporters to stories. We do not conduct original interviews. We are a signal intelligence layer on top of the journalism others produce. The Dispatch is the exception — when original editorial judgement is applied to a specific story.
The Editor in Chief is The Architect — a practitioner with 20+ years in fraud intelligence, financial crime, telecoms operations, and insurance. The editorial lens is operational. What is the information doing? Who benefits from it being framed this way? What is missing?
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Last updated: May 2026
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