There is consensus that Raw Story is generally unreliable for factual reporting, based upon a pattern of publishing false and sensationalized stories. Editors almost unanimously agree that the source is biased and that in-text attribution should accompany each use of the source.
Per Wikipedia’s sourcing standards:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources
I brought this up so much in /c/politics, I got sick of it and blocked the sub.
But tabloids work. As long as the headline is stimulating, upvoters and moderators don’t seem to care.