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Tool suggestion: Lanes (conflict coverage compared across both sides' press) #779

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@kidemaestro

Disclosure: I run Lanes, so this is a self-submission.

Adds Lanes (https://lanes.news) to Disinformation & Media Verification > Source Verification, using the enriched format from the README.

Lanes is free for public use, with no account and no ads. For eight conflict pairs it lines up each side's press (including domestic-language outlets) and press from uninvolved countries, then labels claims as corroborated, framed, disputed or single-source, with links to every source article. Daily articles are AI-compiled from the cited reporting and labelled as not human-reviewed.

Suggested place: Disinformation & Media Verification > Source Verification, after FotoForensics. JSON in the enriched format:

{
  "name": "Lanes",
  "type": "url",
  "url": "https://lanes.news/",
  "description": "Compares how the press of each party to a conflict, and press from uninvolved countries, report the same events across eight conflict pairs, reading domestic outlets in their own languages. Labels each claim as corroborated (independent or same origin), framed differently, disputed or single-source, with links to the source articles and an ownership note for every outlet.",
  "status": "live",
  "pricing": "free",
  "bestFor": "Checking which claims about a conflict event are reported by both sides and which come from one side only",
  "input": "Conflict pair and date (browse the bridge and daily pages)",
  "output": "Side-by-side coverage, labelled claims with citations, outlet ownership notes, GDELT-based relationship trend",
  "opsec": "passive",
  "opsecNote": "Read-only browsing of a public site. Google Analytics loads only if the visitor accepts it; nothing third-party loads otherwise.",
  "localInstall": false,
  "googleDork": false,
  "registration": false,
  "editUrl": false,
  "api": false,
  "invitationOnly": false,
  "deprecated": false
}

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