US Patent 12072943 Marking falsities in online news

Systems and methods for determining news veracity are provided. Information may be stored in memory regarding a plurality of media outlets, a plurality of journalists, and a plurality of predefined topics. News content may be received over a communication network. The received news content may be evaluated to identify an associated media outlet, an associated journalist, and at least one associated predefined topic. A current score for each of the associated media outlet, the associated journalist, and the at least one associated predefined topic may be identified based on the stored information. A veracity score may be scored based on the identified current scores for the associated media outlet, the associated journalist, and the at least one associated predefined topic. A display associated with the received news content may be modified based on the generated veracity score.