I won’t use archive for OAN or Epoch Times articles.
Why? To give them traffic? Epoch Times articles have this bullshit:
For the expando, huge gaps where ads would be (I have them blocked) whereas archive makes their articles look cleaner. (files.catbox.moe)
Then on the live site, it asks you to sign-up to read their article. (files.catbox.moe)
Archives are better for sharing here, period. If you want to give them traffic all you have to do is visit the live link obtained from the archive page.
oann.com links I really don't have much of an issue with, but you should always archive stuff in general for future use.
Epoch requires sign in to see articles so I don't even bother if they aren't archived. OAN has shown themselves to be just as shit as the rest of MSM lately.
There are ways to get around the sign-in but why bother? Also those methods may not work for everyone or may be beyond their skill level.
At least OAN doesn't have the auto-play videos. Those drive me nuts. News sites are the absolute worst on the net.
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