I just don't know them. Apparently bylinetimes is legit too. That's not the point though. The point was if you don't know the news source nobody here is going to enforce a whitelist of domains you can post on news communities.

Oh thank you my bad

My one problem with lemmy is you have to double take that the news sources are reliable before you read the post titles because people will just post stuff from publications nobody's ever heard of, sometimes it will be straight up lies and there is always going to be one federated news /c/ that will allow it

So just in the past 6 hours like, what is "wafa.ps"? What is the bylinedtimes, dexerto, or commondreams.org?

Then you look in the comments and everyone is taking it like the gospel. Super rare to see anyone question anything about a seemingly unknown source and their reporting.

Maybe they're fine, but since nobody's checking for you and moderating it, it takes a bit more cautiousness

Edit/ All the examples are leftist news but that's just because of the communities I follow

Israel infects female Palestinian hostages with scabies in their torture chambers

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-votes-by-mail-again

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/the-peter-thiel-linked-race-science-network-that-penetrated-cambridge-university-and-targeted-jason-arday/

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/flock-camera-controversy-explained-as-viral-halloween-de-flock-campaign-gains-momentum-3399710/

What the hell is the "bylinetimes"?