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In this critical time, finding information both sides can trust can feel nearly impossible.

Our team works day and night to cut through the noise and share informed, nuanced perspectives from multiple publications and multiple sides — all in one snapshot.
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Our goal is for our content to never depend *solely* on advertisers. Reader contributions incentivize the editorial team to serve readers first, and prioritize quality content over clickbait. Our long-term vision is for readers to sustain the editorial team directly. It’s a tall goal, and one we may not achieve in the current media environment, but it’s what we’ll keep fighting for.
Our Promise Back to You
We will never become clickbait. Sensationalist headlines continue to infect our political discourse. We want our editorial team to be incentivized to deliver quality, not clickbait, and to continue highlighting good journalism. In 2020, this will be an especially important goal.
We will continue to spread knowledge and understanding—before fear, assumptions, or anger. There are millions of voters in the country. And most of our neighbors, especially in a polarized climate, live in complete isolation of each other. Many stick to the same media sources and don’t want to hear anything the other side has to say—and it’s only getting worse. The Flip Side provides a way for the average person to get a nuanced snapshot of multiple perspectives, without the immediate conflict or judgment from peers that can cause further polarization, or the need to scour the news for hours.
We’re in it for the long haul. Regardless of the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, polarization unfortunately seems here to stay. So does the precarious nature of the media environment. Nearly every publication is putting up a paywall or asking for reader donations just to break even. We know our fate might be similar. But because we’re a young startup, we can get ahead of this by starting now and building a transparent, reader-first culture.
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If each reader contributed a few bucks per month, we'd achieve a self-sustaining editorial team. It makes a huge difference.
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