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7Analytica and news aggregators
A news aggregator gathers headlines from many outlets into one place, quickly. 7Analytica starts after you have found the story: it asks which report came first, which only repeat it and how the telling changed. In plain words: how this way of working differs from 7Analytica, and when to pick which.
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A news aggregator gathers headlines from many outlets into one place, quickly. 7Analytica starts after you have found the story: it asks which report came first, which only repeat it and how the telling changed.
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01 What each is for
Two different jobs.
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What news aggregators are for
Gathering headlines from many outlets into a single feed, sorted by topic, recency or personal interest, with alerts on keywords. The strength is breadth and speed. The unit is a headline or a story link.
What 7Analytica is for
Reading one claim or event in depth. It links each report to the claim it carries, marks origins and repeats, compares framing across zones, scores the evidence and keeps the edit history in a dossier.
02 Side by side
Seven points, one at a time.
Read The full table, what it leaves out and where 7Analytica fits
Seven points, compared plainly
| Point | News aggregators | 7Analytica |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Show me what is being published, in one place. | Show me where this claim began and how well it stands. |
| How stories are ordered | By recency, popularity or personal interest. | By the event and its claims, with each report placed in the chain. |
| Copies of one report | Often listed as separate stories, so volume can look like confirmation. | Marked as repeats of one origin, so corroboration counts independent origins. |
| Framing | Headlines sit side by side; the comparison is left to the reader. | Wording compared across eight media zones, with the terms that differ. |
| Changes after publication | Usually shows the current version only. | Edit history is kept, so a silent change is visible. |
| Breadth | Very wide. Thousands of outlets and topics. | Narrow. One sector, geopolitics and borders. |
| Output you can cite | A link to the original article. | A sealed dossier with sources, scores, inputs and history. |
What it leaves out
Not faults. Each of these is outside what news aggregators are for, and it is where a second kind of tool can help.
- Repeats look like corroboration
- Forty outlets running one agency briefing appear as forty stories. Without a view of origin, the reader cannot tell one source from forty.
- Popularity decides the order
- Ranking by what people click can lift a thin claim above a well-sourced one.
- No record of what changed
- A headline rewritten an hour later replaces the first one. The earlier version, and the reason for the change, are gone.
- No view of framing
- A feed shows many headlines but rarely says how the wording differs between regions.
When it helps
Reach for 7Analytica when the question is about a claim and the reporting behind it. It works with the methodology shown in full, and you can try it in the live demo.
You found a story in your usual feed and need to know whether it rests on one source or several.
You are comparing how the same event is described in different regions.
You must brief someone on an event and show your working.
You want a dated record of how a story read when you looked at it.
03 When not to use it
When to use something else.
For some jobs 7Analytica is the wrong choice. Each of these says so plainly, and says what to reach for.
4Situations where it is the wrong choice
- You want a broad, fast reading list of today's headlines
- You need local, niche or non-English coverage
- You want personalised recommendations
- You need exhaustive coverage of a topic
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When to use something else
Four situations where 7Analytica is the wrong choice. The coverage page and the page on AI and limits say more about what it does not do.
- You want a broad, fast reading list of today's headlines
- An aggregator covers far more outlets and topics. 7Analytica is not a replacement for a daily news feed.
- You need local, niche or non-English coverage
- 7Analytica reads English text across one sector. See the coverage page for exactly what is and is not included.
- You want personalised recommendations
- It does not learn what you like or rank by your interests.
- You need exhaustive coverage of a topic
- Nothing on this site claims to see every report. A gap in the record is not evidence that nothing was published.
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Questions people ask
Does 7Analytica replace a news aggregator?
No. An aggregator is better for broad, fast reading across many outlets. 7Analytica is for examining a particular claim or event: its origin, repeats, and edit history.
Why does 7Analytica not just rank by popularity?
Popularity measures attention, not evidence. A widely copied report can trace to one source. 7Analytica shows how many independent origins stand behind a claim.
Can I use an aggregator to find stories and 7Analytica to examine them?
Yes, that is a natural order. Find the story where you usually read, then open its record to see where it started and what changed.
How many outlets does 7Analytica include?
Outlets are grouped into eight media . The coverage page says what is and is not covered.
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