Claude AI powers new Australian media bias visualiser

An opinion author describes how they adapted the US‑based Ground News project for Australia using the Claude AI platform. The tool aggregates stories from 19 Australian outlets, ranging from centre‑left papers such as ABC News and The Guardian Australia to centre‑right titles like The Herald Sun and The Australian, and even hard‑right The Spectator Australia. Claude assigns each outlet a political leaning, noting that paywall differences give free left‑leaning media greater reach and that social platforms exhibit their own biases – for example, X is moderately right‑leaning while TikTok and Instagram lean left.

The author reflects on how the AI‑generated visualisations reveal gaps in their own news consumption, exposing stories they had missed, such as extensive coverage of a "$125 per week room in Adel". The piece argues that AI tools can expose echo‑chamber effects and reshape how readers perceive the media landscape.