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/r/inthenews is the subreddit for opinion, analysis, and discussion of recent events. News-related content is permitted here such as editorials, analytical articles, and broader discussions on political or meta topics in society subject to the following rules:

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* Guidelines for [the media](https://www.reddit.com/r/inthenews/wiki/media)

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<a href="/r/inthenews">/r/inthenews</a> is the subreddit for opinion, analysis, and discussion of recent events. News-related content is permitted here such as editorials, analytical articles, and broader discussions on political or meta topics in society subject to the following rules:

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R1: No Spam. Spam domains will be removed and filtered as appropriate. Do not submit personal blogs.

R2: No hate speech. Do not promote hate against individuals on the basis of identity or vulnerability. Any comments that mock individuals, even public figures, on the basis of innate characteristics like this are not permitted.

R3: Be kind and keep it civil. Don&#39;t engage in personal attacks against one another and don&#39;t troll others to get a rise out of them either. 

R4: Do not post violent content. This includes comments and posts that are indifferent to people dying or having a substantial likelihood of dying or being seriously harmed, as well as substantial property damage. No calls for violence.

R5: No anti-vaxxers. Posts and comments from anti-vaxxers will be removed.

R6: No COVID-19 deniers. COVID-19 is real and there is no debate about it. People have lost loved ones to this dangerous disease. COVID-19 does not care about your personal opinion or how you vote.

R7: No editorialized headlines. Do not editorialize headlines. Keep the title as close as possible to the original title. Do not use ALL CAPS for the entire headline.

R8: Quality Control. Submitted article links should be from TV, newspaper and magazine sources that describe events in the news. Do not post disinformation. Do not submit links from conspiracy theory websites. Do not submit tweets from Twitter. Do not submit links from personal blogs, pics or YouTube vids.

R9: All posts must be published within the past week (7 days ago). 

R10: Don&#39;t break reddit&#39;s TOS. <a href="https://www.redditinc.com/policies/content-policy">All other reddit rules</a> apply. 

Users who break these rules run the risk of bans. The moderators reserve the right to make modifications to these rules and serve as the final authority on whether they have been broken. 

Do not flood the new queue. Do not submit more than 3 posts per day (limit 2 for media organizations).

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/r/inthenews is the subreddit for opinion, analysis, and discussion of recent events.

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