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IS it a far-left news site?

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There are a lot of sources cited for that statement, but they all seem to be backing up the fact that it's pro-Assad, pro-Russia, et cetera, rather than backing up whether Mint Press News is leftist.

I realize that the far left has adopted an anti-Israel position over the past two decades. However, I would argue that the far right (as opposed to the mainstream right) has been anti-Israel for much longer. And the other positions listed -- supporting Assad, Russia, Iran, and MintPress News supports Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and the governments of Russia, Iran, and Syria. It opposes the governments of Israel and Saudi Arabia, and reports geopolitical events from an spreading pro-Russian propaganda and conspiracy theories -- are all ones I associate with the far right.

I'm very much aware that the far left has been targeted with Russian propaganda over the past year in particular. But I'd like to see an argument for its adoption of the other positions here if we're calling this site far left. Is this generally accepted now? Oakling (talk) 02:04, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We follow the sources. What sources use other characterizations of this subject? VQuakr (talk) 02:20, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Far-left in the sense of being tankies. — Red XIV ^(talk) 04:43, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The 'disinformation' in contents

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The disinformation comment is extremely ambiguous and in the incorrect context. The case was regarding COVID-19, however by placing this comment in with comments about Israel it conflates the topic which is misleading in itself. 89.168.154.103 (talk) 06:15, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Per RS, MintPress publishes disinformation targeting Israel.[1] among many other topics.[2][3] For example, per Mother Jones, "MintPress has a record of reporting sympathetic to the repressive governments of Iran, Russia, and Syria, and the site was a major node for disinformation about the White Helmets, a volunteer civil defense and disaster-relief organization that operates in Syria and Turkey. Bellingcat has reported that MintPress and some of its main personalities were awarded a monetary prize in 2019 by a pro-Assad lobbying group."[4] HouseOfChange (talk) 15:58, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]