The Problem
Political news is noisy by design.
Modern news is a firehose. Platforms and publishers compete for clicks and time-on-site, so the loudest framing wins. The result is constant churn: hot takes and digging through political commentary just to understand what actually happened.
A lot of bias isn't outright fabrication, it's subtle emphasis or omission. Different outlets spotlight different facts, and if you only follow one lane, your understanding gets shaped by what's missing.
Cut the time-to-understanding.
Why I Built Concur
Like many other people, I feel its important to stay up to date on what's happening in politics. But over time I felt it becoming increasing difficult. There's a constant stream of information, dozens of outlets publishing dozens of articles every day. Unless it's your full time job, it feels impossible to keep up.
Using social media or traditional cable news left me feeling emotionally drained instead of feeling informed and engaged. I got tired of being fed commentary and opinions instead of what actually happened.
I built Concur to make it easier to stay civically engaged without getting buried in the noise. My goal is to allow regular people to understand what's going on in politics without spending hours on social media or hours watching cable news. To help you understand more in less time and effort.
A platform that respects your time.
Cable News
Cable news is built to fill hours. Even when something important happens, the format encourages repetition, speculation, and panel debate because the primary goal isn't to inform you, but to keep you watching.
Concur is built for the opposite workflow: quick context, easy to digest overviews, and a clean path to the original reporting when you want to go deeper.
If you have five minutes, you can catch up with everything you've missed in politics recently.
No Engagement Based Algorithms
Reporting sorted by time, not engagement.
While social media outlets are designed to keep you engaged and never ending, CONCUR is designed and optimized for understanding.
No algorithms, just a straightforward timeline of the most recent and the most relevant political stories.
Bias
Reducing bias
Nothing is ever truly unbiased or completly objective. While we can never eliminate bias completely, we can fight against it.
By highlighting reporting from multiple sources, we are able to provide a more balanced view of the story that has a focus on “What actually happened” rather than commentary or opinion.
Still Early
What comes next.
Concur's foundation is solid, but it has a long way to go before it's everything it could be. The next phase is about going deeper: Richer campaign finance visualizations. Tracking of how stories evolve over weeks and months. Broader source coverage. Closer-to-real-time updates.
Concur was built and is maintained by a solo developer (me!). If you find Concur useful and believe in its mission, becoming a pro member is the best way to help cover server costs and fund ongoing development.