# Drop Site News Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/drop-site-news/ 8 people recommended Drop Site News in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Recommended as a left-leaning source for Middle East and foreign coverage and as a publication worth financially supporting. Some critics call its coverage one-sided because of its anti-war stance. Summary written by Claude from 7 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 6 of those comments still count. ## Why people recommend it - Worth supporting financially (2 comments in the sample): "I rather give my money to Democracy Now or Drop Site News" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390233)) "all very worth supporting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47671988)) - Left-leaning Middle East coverage (2 comments in the sample): "Drop Site News, Ken Klippenstein, and Zeteo are left wing sources." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46989399)) "Zeteo + dropsite for foreign middle east leaning coverage" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47052236)) ## Other news outlets people recommend - [CNN Lite](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cnn/): 25 recommend, 3 mixed, 48 criticize - [text.npr.org](https://hackerapproved.com/p/text-npr-org/): 23 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize - [The Guardian](https://hackerapproved.com/p/guardian/): 18 recommend, 12 mixed, 42 criticize - [Ars Technica](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ars-technica/): 18 recommend, 12 mixed, 55 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Drop Site News", https://hackerapproved.com/p/drop-site-news/ (8 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.