This extension will warn you if you are reading an old news article

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Version
0.11
Update
January 25, 2016
Size
48.63KiB
Developer
Category
Users
32
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Stale News Warning Extension

This extension checks the date on news articles and warns you if you are reading an old article - helping to highlight (and hopefully prevent) old news masquerading as current news on social media.

Currently supported: BBC News, CNN, Daily Mail, The Guardian, Huffington Post, The Independent, India Times / Times of India, New York Times, Sky News, Stack Overflow, The Telegraph, Yahoo News, Yahoo News UK
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx","manifest_version": 2,"name": "Stale News Warning","short_name": "Stale News","description": "This extension will warn you if you are reading an old news article","version": "0.11","icons": {"16": "icon16.png","48": "icon48.png","128": "icon128.png"},"content_scripts": [{"matches": [ "*://www.bbc.co.uk/news/*" ],"js": [ "jquery-2.1.4.min.js", "date-check.js", "bbc.js" ]},{"matches": [ "*://*.cnn.com/*" ],"js": [ "jquery-2.1.4.min.js", "date-check.js", "cnn.js" ]},{"matches": [ "*://*.dailymail.co.uk/*" ],"js": [ "jquery-2.1.4.min.js", "date-check.js", "dailymail.js" ]},{"matches": [ "*://www.theguardian.com/*" ],"js": [ "jquery-2.1.4.min.js", "date-check.js", "theguardian.js" ]},{"matches": ["*://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/*","*://www.huffingtonpost.com/*"],"js": [ "jquery-2.1.4.min.js", "date-check.js", "huffingtonpost.js" ]},{"matches": [ "*://www.independent.co.uk/*" ],"js": [ "jquery-2.1.4.min.js", "date-check.js", "independent.js" ]},{"matches": [ "*://www.indiatimes.com/*" ],"js": [ "jquery-2.1.4.min.js", "date-check.js", "indiatimes.js" ]},{"matches": [ "*://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/*" ],"js": [ "jquery-2.1.4.min.js", "date-check.js", "timesofindia.js" ]},{"matches": [ "*://www.nytimes.com/*" ],"js": [ "jquery-2.1.4.min.js", "date-check.js", "nytimes.js" ]},{"matches": [ "*://news.sky.com/*" ],"js": [ "jquery-2.1.4.min.js", "date-check.js", "skynews.js" ]},{"matches": [ "*://stackoverflow.com/questions/*" ],"js": [ "jquery-2.1.4.min.js", "date-check.js", "stackoverflow.js" ]},{"matches": [ "*://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/*" ],"js": [ "jquery-2.1.4.min.js", "date-check.js", "telegraph.js" ]},{"matches": [ "*://news.yahoo.com/*" ],"js": [ "jquery-2.1.4.min.js", "date-check.js", "yahoo.js" ]},{"matches": [ "*://uk.news.yahoo.com/*" ],"js": [ "jquery-2.1.4.min.js", "date-check.js", "yahoo-uk.js" ]}]}
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User reviews

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Scott “DeathBoy” Lamb (ID: 000000c38e09ab65) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 12/03/2016 Works like a charm, has saved me treating VERY old news as up to date. Very useful.