algorithmic logic fallacy checker browser plugin

As you browse the web, a browser plugin would read your article.

It runs these words through an algorithm that assess the article for logical fallacies, as well as the persuasive tactics used in the article.

The user is automatically alerted to these dodgy wording via underlines for certain weasel words, or for obviously incorrect numbers or statistics (right clicking will show a "Does the author actually mean this? Collateral Damage - -> Civilians Killed" message).

In addition it provides a summerization function to more easily extract key ideas from the article, and remove all the extra fluff (usually for trying to persuade or mislead the reader). E.g. an entire article that sounds like its for something is found to actually mean something else by the summerization function.

In theory a scientific will have minimum alerts, while a typical tabloid article will throw up massive amount of alerts.

This eventually perfected, will act as a stupid filter for consumers to see pass useless informations from 'news' orgs like fox news, as well as politicians. And hopefully allows the common citizen to vote smartly.

Because surely while we are getting more information... the SNR(Signal to Noise Ratio) of the news we are getting is probably getting smaller. Its not the people that is getting dumber, its our information diet! (especially if the easy source of information is controlled by too few individuals with malicious intent)