I’ll have to look into this more, but I find this a bit questionable because they put out articles against the US / US interests too. It’s just recently some of the focus has been on the Ukraine war.

The point behind what Bellingcat does is that the information and research process is verifiable and reproducible, rather than being about blind trust in a news org. So you don’t have to trust what they’re saying is true, you can go and check it yourself.

Even if that weren’t the case and it was about trust, the sites you just linked have questionable history:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grayzone

The website, initially founded as The Grayzone Project,[24] was affiliated with AlterNet before becoming independent in early 2018.[4] It is known for its critical coverage of the US and its foreign policy,[1] misleading reporting,[25] and sympathetic coverage of authoritarian regimes.[4][21][26][27] The Grayzone has downplayed or denied the Chinese government’s human rights abuses against Uyghurs,[31] published conspiracy theories about Venezuela, Xinjiang, Syria, and other regions,[32][33] and published pro-Russian propaganda during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[30]

Grayzone writers such as Blumenthal and Aaron Maté acted as briefers on behalf of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations at UN meetings organised by Russia.[34][35][36][37]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MintPress_News

MintPress News (MPN) is an American far-left[1] news website founded and edited by Mnar Adley (née Muhawesh) which was launched in January 2012[2] and also publishes the MintCast podcast. It covers political, economic, foreign affairs and environmental issues. Editorially, MintPress News supports Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and the governments of Russia, Iran, and Syria.[3][4] It opposes the governments of Israel and Saudi Arabia,[5] and reports geopolitical events from an anti-Western perspective.[6] In one contentious article, MintPress News falsely asserted that the Ghouta chemical attack in Syria was perpetrated by rebel groups rather than by the Syrian government.[4]

Described as a conspiratorial website,[7][8] MintPress News publishes disinformation and antisemitic conspiracy theories, according to researchers at Rutgers University and others.[9][10] MintPress News was a major media domain that spread disinformation about the White Helmets, a Syrian volunteer organization.[11] The site has been accused of regularly publishing pro-Russian propaganda.[10]