Ground Truth

One topic. Five perspectives. No algorithm.

What it does

You type a news topic — anything current. You get five substantive editorial takes on it, each written from a distinct ideological lens: Left, Center-Left, Center, Center-Right, and Right.

No accounts. No feed. No history. No ads. Just the topic and the perspectives.

How it works

Each perspective includes:

• Headline — written from that ideology's point of view
• Tagline — one sentence capturing the core framing
• Body — 3–4 sentences that read like a real editorial, not a caricature
• Key values — what that ideology prioritizes on this specific topic

Perspectives are generated live by the xAI Grok API. They are AI-generated framings, not news summaries or citations.

Stack

• Next.js (App Router)
• Tailwind CSS
• xAI Grok API
• Deployed on Vercel

Running locally

npm install

Create a .env.local file:

XAI_API_KEY=your_xai_api_key_here

Then:

npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

License

MIT