I was thinking of a Google News competitor that rewrites original headlines — so they are in the readers best interest — based on the content of the article. So, no clickbait, minimal confusion and more learning from merely reading the headline itself.
I've often wished for a "headline corrector", where clickbait like "Coroner announces cause of death for Celebrity X" transforms to "Celebrity X died of a fentanyl overdose" and then I can decide whether to click through or not.
I don’t know of one for Google News, but there is DeArrow for YouTube.
https://dearrow.ajay.app/
> DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. The goal is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism. No more arrows, ridiculous faces, and no more clickbait.
Edit:
Found this, which does claim support for Google News:
https://github.com/iorate/ublacklist
https://ublacklist.github.io/subscriptions
I’m not sure if these are compatible with uBlock Origin, but some of them seem to be.
The demo gif is pretty clear on what it does and how it works, but it only makes it easier to block domains from the looks of it. It doesn’t actually rewrite titles which was your request.
Yes, exactly like that.