Drop Site News
Ranked 8 of 11 news outlets by recommenders
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.
8 people recommended Drop Site News in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
Summary written by Claude from 7 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 6 of those comments still count.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 1
The record
Recommended in 5 of 12 months
In 7 different threads.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
- Recommended in 7 threadsNeeds 5 or more, met.
- The biggest thread supplies 25% of its recommendersNeeds half or less, met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 6 of the 9 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Worth supporting financially
“I rather give my money to Democracy Now or Drop Site News”
Comment from 21 Aug 2026 in “Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results” “all very worth supporting”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Sam Altman May Control Our Future – Can He Be Trusted?” Left-leaning Middle East coverage
“Drop Site News, Ken Klippenstein, and Zeteo are left wing sources.”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Most Americans don’t pay for news and don’t think they need to” “Zeteo + dropsite for foreign middle east leaning coverage”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “CBS didn't air Rep. James Talarico interview out of fear of FCC”
Other news outlets people recommend
The four most recommended other news outlets, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNN Lite | 25 | 3 | 48 | 34% | 11 | — | — |
| text.npr.org | 23 | 0 | 1 | 96% | 8 | — | Approved |
| The Guardian | 18 | 12 | 42 | 30% | 10 | — | — |
| Ars Technica | 18 | 12 | 55 | 25% | 8 | — | — |
| Drop Site NewsThis page | 8 | 0 | 1 | 89% | 5 | — | — |
Also compared with The Verge and Al Jazeera.
What people said
6 of the 9 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I rather give my money to Democracy Now or Drop Site News”
“Ryan Grim of Drop Site is a pundit not reporter”
“all very worth supporting”
“Zeteo + dropsite for foreign middle east leaning coverage”
“doing much better reporting than most outlets”
“Drop Site News, Ken Klippenstein, and Zeteo are left wing sources.”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.