I would be glad if these “news” sites weren’t posted to HN at all. If the article is true and worth discussing, it will be reported by a more reputable organization (e.g. Reuters) or it’s a primary source that should be posted directly (sometimes the source is posted then a news article covering it is posted later, I don’t know why both aren’t merged).

Too often they’ve been caught selectively reporting details and quotes, or reporting facts from an unreliable source that turned out to be outright false. In the latter case they quietly retract the article, so most readers continue believing the lie (maybe that’s why they don’t want to be archived).

Even posting a small blog is better, while it can also be biased and untrustworthy, if it has original thought, supports an individual, and doesn’t have ads. Although the amount of obvious LLM blogs submitted here is another issue.