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Short story: I'm going to explain why I started Tangle, then give you a one-time 20% discount for a premium subscription at the bottom of this page (to join our 17,000+ paying members). If you want to claim the discount now, you can click here to do that. It'll expire in 24 hours.
Longer story: My name is Isaac Saul, and I'm the founder of Tangle. I'm a politics reporter who grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, one of the most politically divided counties in America.
Here's me hanging out in my home-away-from-home, with my family in West Texas:
I've been a journalist for 10 years and I created Tangle because I recognize that the media is broken. Most news outlets have biases that are obvious to every American, we are all living in self-curated "news bubbles" where we are spoon-fed beliefs we already have, and if we log onto social media the people we disagree with are caricatured into the worst people possible.
Political reporting is often sensationalized and helps spread lies and misconceptions. Politicians and pundits on both sides work hard to elevate the worst arguments of their opponents and say they’re representative of the other side's perspective. If you read any single news article, you are seldom getting the full story.
I created Tangle to fix these problems. My goal is to get people out of their bubbles, help us understand the political debates happening in a more nuanced way, and build a media organization trusted by people on the left, right and center. So far, we've done that:
- Media bias watchdogs rate Tangle as "center" bias and highly accurate
- Our audience is 40% liberal, 30% conservative, and 30% independent or "other" — so we are bringing a diverse audience under one roof
- More 95% of all our readers, regardless of their political affiliation, say they trust Tangle to deliver balanced news
We are not trying to tell you what to think or how to think, we just want to make sure you're exposed to the best arguments out there. Every day, we break down one major debate happening in politics, then share the best arguments we can find from left, right, and center on that debate. I also offer "my take," with all sorts of nuanced and independent opinions in between. Tangle readers get a full picture of the news from a reporter (me) who is not trying to hide their biases or convince them they should feel a certain way. Instead, you can hear from the other side, learn more about an issue, and embrace the complicated world we live in — then decide for yourself.
In order to do this work right, though, I had to make a tough decision: I was going to be 100% independent.
That means no investors and no outside influence. Every now and then, Tangle will partner with an advertiser whose work we believe in (ads only appear in the free newsletter), but over 95% of our revenue comes solely from subscribers and donations.
Instead, I ask my readers to support this work with a low-cost, monthly ($6) or yearly ($59) subscription. In return, those subscribers get
- Subscribers-only Friday editions
- Optional Sunday editions with comics, games, and round-ups
- 100% ad-free newsletters
- Access to the comments section
- Transcribed interviews, deep dives, access to our partners' content, and full access to our archives, with over 1,500 posts on controversial topics
So far, 17,000+ people have become subscribers, and 99% of all Tangle members stay subscribers every month.
Since you just signed up, I wanted to encourage you to take the leap and join those 17,000+ subscribers in supporting this new kind of independent journalism. As part of this offer, if you subscribe in the next 24 hours, you can get 20% off our yearly subscription (and sign up for just $48/year).
Thank you for trying Tangle, and I hope you enjoy the content.
Best,
Isaac Saul & the Tangle team