# Ground News Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/ground-news/ 14 people recommended Ground News in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 21 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 12 months, in 13 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Criticized more than recommended, mainly for many linked articles require separate subscriptions; those who recommend it cite a curated feed that shows many sides of a story. Summary written by Claude from the comments below. ## What people warn about - Links go to paywalled articles (4 comments in the sample): "It also doesn't deliver the value it says on the tin…" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49465451)) "you can't share a link without them adding their own paywall to it, even if it's a free article" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48859995)) "It just shows you links to news sites that you need to be separately subscribed to" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50211283)) - Ads and high pricing (4 comments in the sample): "100% of them have turned out to be either scams or just very overpriced. Even ones that sounded reasonable, like Ground News" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50210530)) "Ground News charges $9.99/mo for the bias-comparison features" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47987736)) "their ads are everywhere, but it is a somewhat good product" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48267890)) - Categories and labels seen as biased (3 comments in the sample): "the problem with Ground News is that they buy into the same categorization scheme of the news that you do" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50214164)) "Fact-checkers and whatever you call people that gauge political biases aren't impartial sources of information." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47079328)) "overly simplistic black and white labels to put highly nuanced matters into neat boxes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46179260)) - False equivalence between sides (3 comments in the sample): "It truly is a vehicle for enabling the worst aspects of bothsides-ism and legitimizing poor journalism through false equivalence." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49433634)) "the implicit assumption is that left & right are equally truthful & fact based, which is not the case" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577394)) "They help launder this idea that every issue has two reasonable sides." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49574528)) ## Why people recommend it - Strong overall news aggregator (4 comments in the sample): "probably the best aggregator right now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49138157)) "We need more things like Ground news." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49614290)) "ground news is doing good work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45847121)) - Curated feed and summaries (3 comments in the sample): "I think news apps like Groundnews can provide a summary news service so that people aren't afraid of missing things." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48689132)) "I like the curated feed. And the tool that takes emotional language out of an event reported on by multiple parties" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45998648)) "It solved all my news problems and fills all my news needs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47079137)) - Shows all sides of stories (2 comments in the sample): "I find the premise of projects like Ground News -- trying to de-bias media -- really compelling." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46123739)) "They are decent at making sure all sides of a story are represented in their feed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112781)) - Clear, neutral picture of events (1 comment in the sample): "Groundnews, ballotpedia, govtrack.us, directly following politicians social media… you get a very clear picture of what's going on." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48379485)) ## Other news aggregators people recommend - [Kagi News](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kagi-news/): 10 recommend, 4 mixed, 4 criticize - [Digg](https://hackerapproved.com/p/digg/): 7 recommend, 8 mixed, 41 criticize - [Brutalist Report](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brutalist-report/): 7 recommend, 2 mixed, 1 criticize - [Google News](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-news/): 5 recommend, 3 mixed, 22 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://ground.news/) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Ground News", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ground-news/ (14 recommend, 2 mixed, 21 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.