SourceCheck — see who's actually telling you this
A browser and YouTube extension that surfaces the on-air correspondent's prior beats, awards, and TV experience the moment you read a story or start watching a clip, so you can weigh the source yourself.
news-watching adults who want context on who's delivering their headlines and bylines
- Inline contributor card with beats covered, prior outlet, awards, and TV experience
- Side-by-side outlet comparison for the same breaking story across networks
- YouTube extension that overlays reporter credentials on news clips
- Daily 'credibility shift' digest when a major outlet makes notable staffing moves
Major networks are replacing veteran investigative reporters with opinion columnists (CBS 60 Minutes); the public is asking whether their anchors still know how to investigate, and no consumer tool answers that in real time.
Confirmed 60 Minutes correspondent firings (Pelley, Alfonsi, Vega) drove a real news cycle, and Ground News reports 50,000+ sources tracked with a working extension user base, but no evidence consumers actively search for a correspondent-byline tool.'60 Minutes' revamps roster after firing veteran correspondents ↗Ground News extension covers 50,000+ sources ↗
Crowded with well-funded adjacent tools: NewsGuard, Ad Fontes, AllSides, Media Bias/Fact Check, Ground News, Nobias, Sincerity, and News Credibility Analyzer — none focuses specifically on individual reporter credentials, but most cover source credibility from a different angle.NewsGuard - Transparent Reliability Ratings ↗Nobias Browser Extension ↗Sincerity - News Bias Analyzer on Chrome Web Store ↗
Ground News monetizes at ~$9.99/year with a 7-day trial, but most credibility extensions (Nobias, Sincerity, News Credibility Analyzer) ship free; B2C willingness to pay for a narrower correspondent-level tool is unproven.Ground News Subscription Costs & Trial Options 2025 ↗Ground News Pro Subscription $9.99/year ↗
Media-trust skepticism is a durable structural trend and the 60 Minutes overhaul shows correspondent churn is accelerating, which keeps the problem relevant but also means the credential database must be continuously maintained.60 Minutes Faces Crisis as Veteran Correspondents Exit ↗60 Minutes announces new correspondents and contributors ↗
Adjacent extensions exist (Ground News, Nobias), so the browser/YouTube scaffolding is doable, but building a maintained journalist-credential database and reliably disambiguating byline/on-screen names to the right profile is significantly harder than outlet-level tagging.Ground News browser extension features ↗Sincerity - News Bias Analyzer Chrome extension ↗