Pulling a thumb or featured image from a link is usually directed by the webpage you’re linking. If the page doesn’t relay which image to use, for instance Wordpress sites have “featured image”, I’d image the grabber just takes the first image that isn’t the logo or maybe the sites logo/favicon.
Just an assumption from what I know about my own Wordpress self-hosted sites.
I guess I like some control over the layout of what I'm posting, this direct news link orientated approach just feels odd
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