Thanks. I never selected any particular news at all. That’s what really ticks me off. Somebody at Apple just decided to push out these particular new sources to me without me even selecting anything - even the option of turning news on itself.
It hasn't happened to me or anyone I know who has iPhones under my control. Perhaps someone used your iPhone and started the News App and just tapped on the News Feeds to see what would happen? It is a proactive process to subscribe to the news feeds from the providers although they are free.
There ARE other apps that also provide news feeds from the same sources and also some that are stand-alone for each of them. Some are adjuncts of Apps that do other things and provide the news feeds as a service in addition to their primary purpose. Check to see if you have any of those. They may have opened up this service unknown to you.
All, I am pinging the Apple ping list to inquire in any of them have experienced a push out of subscriptions to these Liberal rags. Let’s see what the others on FR who use iPhones have had happen lately. I know I haven’t nor have the couple of dozen iPhones being managed by me.