Natural News

Natural News
type	website
shortcut	WP:NATURALNEWS
status	generally unreliable
blacklisted	no
recency	2019
Domain naturalnews.com
	In source code; External links in articles; Spamcheck tool

Natural News is a source that has been repeatedly discussed at the Reliable sources noticeboard. This page collects and links information about previous discussions and current consensus, and summarizes it here for convenience.

Summary

Due to persistent abuse, Natural News is on the Wikipedia spam blacklist, and links must be whitelisted before they can be used. There is a near-unanimous consensus that the site repeatedly publishes false or fabricated information, including an exceptionally large number of conspiracy theories.

Excerpt

Natural News (formerly NewsTarget, which is now a separate sister site) is a far-right website that promotes anti-vaccination content, conspiracy theories, fake news, and pseudoscience. The website began publishing articles in 2008 and is based in the United States. As of 2014, Natural News had approximately 7 million unique visitors per month.

Discussions

RSN

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 273#Natural News

Other

Recency

2019

RfCs

No RfCs for this source.

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Perennial sources
Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
Natural News (NewsTarget) WP:NATURALNEWS 📌		2019	2019	Due to persistent abuse, Natural News is on the Wikipedia spam blacklist, and links must be whitelisted before they can be used. There is a near-unanimous consensus that the site repeatedly publishes false or fabricated information, including an exceptionally large number of conspiracy theories.	1 2