[brrwind]

Why was this flagged?

[BoredPositron]

404 is auto flagged.

[slater]

It's not.

[viraptor]

Dang's response a while ago when I reported a dead 404media link:

> The site 404media.co is banned on HN because it has been the source of too many low-quality posts and because many (most?) of their articles are behind a signup wall. So that's why that one was killed. I've unkilled it now.

(I'd extremely disagree with the low-quality part)

[BoredPositron]

You are right it's auto dead and needs vouches which in return reduces the flag threshold.

[RobertDeNiro]

There are pro-Trump bots that automatically try to get things removed if they paint the administration in any negative light.

[ronsor]

The real reason:

> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, [...]. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

From the guidelines linked at the bottom of the page.

[ranger_danger]

There many, many politics stories posted here that never get taken down.