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Optics News for newsletters, YouTubers, and podcasters.
You cover media, politics, law, civics, debate, or history. Your audience already complains that headlines feel rigged. Optics is the live receipt they want. Drop an embed in your post, mention us in a video, or paste the comparison link in a tweet — and we'll help your audience see exactly which word changed the story.
What we give you, free
- One-line embeds for any story on Optics News. See /embed for the snippet.
- Live current-story examples filtered to your niche (below).
- Talking points — every story page has a reader-voice “Why it matters” line you can quote as-is.
- Public API at /api/stories — JSON, CORS-open, no auth. Pull anything into your CMS.
- Independent. Optics is not owned by a media company, campaign, PAC, or platform. Operated by FTP Travel LLC. More on /about.
Story examples by niche
Live examples right now. Each links to the full comparison; click to copy the URL or grab the embed snippet from the rail.
Show your audience that the same Trump / Biden / SCOTUS / Congress story landed completely differently in left vs right outlets.
Catch real-time framing in real time. Stop showing screenshots from 2019 — drop in a live, auto-updating comparison.
Watching for a live example matching this niche.
Trial coverage where the headline labels the defendant differently before the verdict is in. Optics tracks exact verb choice.
Watch "regime" vs "government," "militants" vs "freedom fighters," "raid" vs "operation" map onto which side covered the same event.
Use Optics as receipts. "Here's how the same story was framed by AP, Fox, NPR, and Breitbart — pick the one that matches the facts."
Watching for a live example matching this niche.
Sample ad-read script
Steal verbatim or riff on it.
“Before I covered this story I checked Optics News. It compares how left, center, and right outlets worded the same event — and sometimes the story is the same, but the headline makes it feel totally different. Like on this story right now, one outlet calls them ‘protesters’ and another calls them ‘rioters.’ That single word changes what side you walk away on. Optics News dot com — free to use, the comparison archive is public. Highly recommend.”
Coming next
- Custom referral URLs + creator dashboard tracking clicks, email signups, app installs, trials, and paid subs.
- B-roll pack — short MP4s showing the side-by-side comparison animation, royalty-free for ad reads.
- Creator revenue share — likely 30% recurring for the first year on paid signups, locked in for life as a founding-creator deal.
- Niche packs — curated comparison reels each week, scripted to your beat.
Get on the list
Email creators@optics.news with your channel/newsletter URL and the niche you cover. We'll send back custom story examples + a referral URL as soon as the dashboard ships. No commitment, no PR-speak.
Want to embed a comparison right now? Grab the iframe snippet on any story page (right rail) or browse /embed. The full story archive is at /framing-gaps.