NewsGuardian:

AI-Powered Reddit News Detector, Summarizer, and Credibility Analyzer🌐🔍🛡️

Hey there! Welcome to NewsGuardian, your smart companion for navigating the wild world of Reddit news. This tool doesn't just find news - it breaks it down, summarizes it, and helps you figure out what's trustworthy.

What's This All About? 🤔

Ever felt lost in the sea of Reddit news, unsure what to believe? NewsGuardian's got your back! Here's what it does:

• Hunts down fresh, hot news from top Reddit communities
• Creates quick, smart summaries using cutting-edge AI
• Gives each story a "trust score" to help you spot the real deal
• Breaks down the writing style and how the content is structured
• Checks if the news is recent and relevant
• Looks at how reliable the poster and the community are
• Labels posts as "Likely True", "Potentially Misleading", or "Needs a Fact-Check"

Getting Started 🚀

1. Clone this repo to your machine

2. Install the stuff we need: pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set up your Reddit API creds (check out Reddit's dev site for this)

4. Update the client_id and client_secret in main.py with your info

To Run This Thing! 💻

Just fire up the main script: python main.py

It'll ask how many top news items you want to see from each subreddit. Type in a number and let it generate!

What's Under the Hood? 🔧

• main.py: The boss - runs the whole show
• reddit_collector.py: Our Reddit post hunter
• summarizer.py: The brains behind our summaries
• credibility_scorer.py: Figures out how trustworthy a post is
• utils.py: A bunch of helpful tools we use along the way

Wanna Tweak It? 🛠️

Feel free to mess around with the code! You can:

• Change which subreddits we look at in main.py
• Adjust how we pick posts in reddit_collector.py
• Fiddle with the summary settings in summarizer.py
• Tweak how we score credibility in credibility_scorer.py