About Watch Your Tone

Why this project exists, how it works, and who is behind it.

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Project Overview

Real-time sentiment and emotion analysis of news headlines, plus AI-driven multi-outlet summaries that surface how the same story is framed across sources.

Note: All timestamps and dates throughout the platform are displayed in Eastern Standard Time (EST).

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Why I Built It

To make sentiment and emotional framing in news visible and measurable. I wanted to see if there are trends in what emotions are portrayed in headlines from different outlets—whether some lean toward fear, anger, or optimism when covering the same stories.

By making sentiment data transparent and accessible, I hope to foster better media literacy and help people understand how news is framed emotionally.

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What We Analyze (and Don't)

✓ What We DO

•Measure sentiment polarity (positive, negative, neutral)
•Detect emotional intensity in headlines (fear, joy, anger, etc.)
•Compare emotional framing patterns across outlets
•Compare similar headlines and summarize coverage across outlets
•Track how sentiment shifts over time for topics

✗ What We DON'T Do

•Detect political bias or lean (left/right/center)
•Fact-check claims or assess article accuracy
•Make value judgments about which emotions are "right" or "wrong"
•Replace the original reporting or republish full articles

Think of us as a sentiment analyzer, not a bias detector. We show you the emotional tone of news coverage—interpretation is up to you.

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About the Developer

I'm Luke Garceau—an independent developer who loves building tools that reveal hidden patterns. I created Watch Your Tone to explore how different news outlets use emotion in their headlines and whether those patterns reveal deeper biases.

Sole contributor, designer, and maintainer of Watch Your Tone.

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