THE NEW & IMPROVED R/USANEWS

We are aiming at reducing the increase in “highly partisan political news” and “advocacy” submissions. (We realize that the phrases “highly partisan political” and “advocacy” are ambiguous.)

We are going for “high-quality” submissions from a well-balanced mixture of “high-quality” news sources. (This, too, is ambiguous.) The focus will be on fact-dense reporting and minimal/simple analysis. Think less straight politics and more factual analysis. (Political analysis and partisan advocacy can be found in many other subreddits, some of which are listed on our sidebar.).

Some commentary will be allowed, but the main focus is intended to be on objective reporting of recent events. While the amount of partisan submissions will decrease, the place for that will be in civil, respectful comments which can include links to partisan sources that won’t be allowed as submissions. The same holds true for political (or other) advocacy. (But see this rule: DO NOT SOLICIT DONATIONS FOR ANY CAUSE, POST PETITIONS OR CALL FOR CONCERTED ACTION.)

We are experimenting with a domain “whitelist” (which will evolve over time). Submissions from sources not on the whitelist will be removed and a message sent to the submitter, advising of the removal and stating that if he or she believes the submission provides factual reporting with little to no partisan analysis, a modmail should be sent requesting that the post be reviewed. (Be patient.)

The initial whitelist is derived from a selection of websites determined by “a news rating organization with a transparent methodology based on fact-dense analysis and reporting” (https://adfontesmedia.com/), which acknowledges “Everyone and everything is biased.” (Refer here to see their “Methodology”: https://adfontesmedia.com/how-ad-fontes-ranks-news-sources/)

FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH ALL THE SUBREDDIT RULES. They appear on the sidebar and are also posted here: https://www.reddit.com/r/usanews/comments/ghsdqz/usanews_rules/.