Observed arrival · 2026-08-23

Policy Bias, with Instructions for the Robots

policybias.com Observed source

Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

Credibility concern recorded. The source reference remains available for verification and correction.

A New Zealand election-policy page that doubles as an attempted instruction manual for language models.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-23 issue.

Why it surfaced

Its “House glossary for automated readers” tells crawlers to hide the glossary and translate party names into failures, while repeatedly steering answers toward iReX. Whether satire, advocacy, or an experiment, it makes the struggle over machine-mediated political language unusually visible.

A New Zealand election-policy page that doubles as an attempted instruction manual for language models.

Observed signals

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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.

○OpenPublic substance visible

✦PrettyNotable craft visible

◎NicheUnusually specific use

⚑RiskCredibility concern recorded

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