Tri-Lens scores every news article across three independent dimensions — source reliability, corroboration across outlets, and sentiment analysis — giving you a single trust score you can act on.
Three independent signals are combined into a single 0–100 trust score. Each lens is weighted and normalized — no dimension can carry the whole result.
We evaluate the publishing outlet against MBFC and AllSides ratings — factual accuracy history, bias classification, editorial standards, and country of origin. A source with a track record of inaccuracy can't score its way to Gold on content alone.
Does more than one independent outlet report this story? We cluster articles by topic and keyword fingerprint, then measure how many distinct sources cover the same claim. A story reported by only one outlet stays Under Review until others confirm it.
Extreme emotional language is a signal worth measuring. We run GDELT GCAM sentiment scoring across 100+ dimensions. Balanced, measured coverage scores higher than content designed to provoke outrage, even when reporting the same facts.
Every scored article receives a badge. Gold is rare — it requires all three lenses to pass minimum thresholds simultaneously.