New breaking news app tries to break mold of political, foreign influence and wokeness

Hey America, there’s a new breaking news app, and it promises a lot that many of the other existing breaking news aggregator apps don’t. The most important promise is respecting your privacy. As America is reeling with a national crime wave, CrimeNewz, America’s Breaking News App seeks to keep Americans informed about the breaking news around them.

This isn’t your normal breaking news app where you’ll be inundated with whimsical and often nonsensical headlines or clickbait; CrimeNewz focuses on crime, political corruption, and breaking community news.

Don’t want to read about it and want to get right into the app? You can download Crime Newz – America’s Breaking News app right now from the Apple Store.

While many of the leading news apps are owned by foreign entities, CrimeNewz is not only American owned and operated, it is veteran owned and operated.

CrimeNewz CEO Phil Stilton is a Gulf War era United States Marine Corps veteran with over 25 years of experience in the news and media industry under his belt. During his career, Stilton has worked for Gannett and served as the editor and publisher of several New Jersey based magazines and newspapers before launching Shore News Network in 2008 as a local online news website focusing on the Jersey Shore.

Now, as CEO of CrimeNewz, Stilton said it’s time to bring the news aggregation industry home.

“Most people don’t realize the foreign influence in your pocket,” Stilton said. “Several major news apps that are on your phone are there to influence you and study your news reading habits. What happens to this data is unknown. One of the largest breaking news apps was actually funded by the Chinese Communist Party and operated by a CEO who used to run propaganda for China. Now they are in the pockets of every American.”

The idea to create a homegrown breaking news aggregation app was borne out of the over-the-top censorship on platforms like Facebook and Twitter in recent years and when Stilton realized his own business was being filtered and censored by existing foreign-influenced news aggregators, a red flag went up.

Download the CrimeNewz app to your iPhone now.

“These apps all track your news reading habits, yet continually pushed me to read stories that are political propaganda that didn’t match my personal interests,” he said. “Then I noticed about two years ago, our news was being pushed down and squelched because our stories didn’t fit their narrative.”

Stilton said the idea behind a news aggregator is that the platform should be politically neutral and allow readers to pick and choose the news they want to see, not to be force-fed a steady stream of propaganda from radical political interests seeking to influence the American public.

Crime Newz does not track reading habits or use AI to track and monitor your reading habits.

“We present the news and only the news,” Stilton added. “We’re not interested in your habits like our competitors. We’re not going push junk pr propaganda to your phone. We’re going to push hard-hitting and breaking news from your town, your state, and around the country that is relevant.”

While many news apps focus solely on national news chains, CrimeNewz is extending its invitation to local independent news providers to showcase its content to its users. The only requirement is that the news source provides regular community crime and safety-related news.

Unlike other news apps, CrimeNewz also has a section for law enforcement agencies to publish their newsfeeds to the app. Police departments, fire departments, and other law enforcement agencies who use services like Word Press, Piowire, Nixle or other content management systems with RSS feeds are welcome to add their feeds to the app.

“We don’t want filtered down news and sensationalized headlines,” Stilton said. “Our success has been built around delivering the facts and only the facts to our readers for 17 years before launching the app.”

The app is currently available to download and is in a beta test period. The app will be free to download and will not have in-app purchases of any kind.

“It’s time America had its own news app that’s not controlled by big tech or foreign interests,” he added. “We look forward to going completely live on January 1, 2023, but are now inviting publishers and readers to get in on the ground floor today.”

Publishers and law enforcement agencies can click on the in-app menu and click on “New Publisher” to add your local breaking news source. In the near future, CrimeNewz will allow users to publish their own photos and news stories directly to the app.

Users can “Go Local” on the app at any time and read headlines from their state. There’s also an option to ‘swipe’ left and right to browse through breaking headlines.

“We’re not here to judge your news,” Stilton said. “We’re here to share your news with our readers.”

CrimeNewz is available in the Apple Store now and will soon be available on GooglePlay for android phones.

Press inquiries can be sent to news@shorenewsnetwork.com or text 732-575-4891.

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Phil Stilton is the Editor and Publisher of Shore News Network, an independent digital newsroom providing original reporting on New Jersey, national news, government, public policy, public safety, courts, and community affairs.

As founder of the publication, Stilton leads editorial strategy, investigative reporting, and daily newsroom operations while overseeing coverage that reaches millions of readers annually.

With extensive experience covering municipal government, county government, state legislatures, elections, law enforcement, emergency management, and public records, Stilton specializes in translating complex government actions into clear, factual reporting. His work frequently relies on primary source documents, including court filings, legislation, public meeting records, election finance disclosures, government databases, police reports, and Freedom of Information and Open Public Records Act (OPRA) requests. He has reported extensively on local government accountability, taxpayer spending, campaign finance, public corruption investigations, infrastructure, public safety, and the policies affecting New Jersey residents.

Under Stilton's editorial leadership, Shore News Network has grown into one of New Jersey's largest independent digital news organizations, publishing thousands of original news articles each year while providing breaking news coverage, investigative reporting, and analysis across state and local government. The publication's reporting is routinely sourced from official government agencies, public officials, court records, and firsthand documentation, with a commitment to transparency, attribution, corrections when warranted, and clearly distinguishing factual reporting from opinion.

Stilton's journalism follows established newsroom standards emphasizing accuracy, verification, fairness, and accountability. Every effort is made to verify information through official records and multiple reliable sources before publication. His reporting is intended to provide readers with timely, well-documented information that helps them understand the issues affecting their communities, while maintaining editorial independence from political parties, government agencies, advocacy organizations, and commercial interests.

Readers can submit story tips, corrections, public records, or media inquiries through the official Shore News Network website or its verified social media channels. Shore News Network welcomes corrections and updates when new information becomes available as part of its ongoing commitment to accurate and transparent journalism.