Media Analyzer

Overview

Media Analyzer is a technique-focused workflow for reading news articles, opinion pieces, press releases, and other media with a critical but neutral lens. Media texts often use rhetorical choices to shape perception: emotionally charged verbs, selective statistics, source mixes, framing metaphors, omissions, emotional appeals, and disproportionate presentation of evidence. This skill identifies those observable techniques systematically without deciding which political position is correct.

Use this skill when the goal is to understand how a text guides interpretation. Do not use it to label an outlet, author, or article as left-wing, right-wing, conservative, liberal, pro-X, or anti-Y. The output is a structured analysis report that surfaces technique usage and leaves conclusions to the reader.

Core Principle: Detect Techniques, Not Positions

The central rule is: DETECT TECHNIQUES, NOT POSITIONS.

Never label a source as "left-wing," "right-wing," "conservative," "liberal," or "biased toward X." Instead, identify specific rhetorical tools: