Horton Hears a Who — But Will He Listen?
The Portland Press Herald scrutinized how The Maine Mirror uses AI. I responded by opening the primary sources behind my reporting and inviting its reporter to scrutinize the evidence too. The question now is bigger than either of us: when ordinary Mainers bring consequential evidence to the press, what determines whether somebody looks?
THE M.A.I.N.E. ANALYZER REPORT: Five OCFS Complaints Dismissed — Does the Board’s Public Analysis Match the Record?
The Maine Mirror introduces the M.A.I.N.E. Analyzer—an AI-assisted system designed to compare institutional narratives with the underlying record. Its first report examines five OCFS-related licensing complaints dismissed by Maine’s Board of Social Worker Licensure on August 14, 2026, comparing hundreds of pages of allegations and evidence with the Board’s public summary, deliberations, and reasoning. The result: a 30/100 Scrutiny Score and significant unanswered questions about how the evidence was evaluated.