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So in other words, Web of Trust for news sites.

Sounds like an interesting concept, though it'll need some really careful moderation to stop it getting abused. I've seen sites get low WOT ratings because the staff banned a few members and said members then took it out on their WOT page.

You'll need a good way to stop these negative SEO type attacks from being weaponised against a news site's rating by its competitors.