2. Unlike something like The Christian Science Monitor or the other 25 websites / publications in Flipboards curated "first 27 to federate" the The74 is a lobby tool created to promote a specific agenda*. It's not about being left or right but about honestly: are they a lobby group, a PR platform or a news-outlet.
*It was funded from the start by the -now defunct I think- "PEJ": https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/partnership-for-educational-justice-edjustice/