Not necessarily evidence one way or the other, but a point I'd like to make. I don't see the selling of merch or asking for donations as a factor to discredit them.
They are a news organization that, as far as I have seen, does not run advertisement to produce a source of income. They are also demonetized on YouTube (if I remember that correctly.)
They need a revenue source to continue running their site. I don't see that as a disqualify factor.
Nothing that I know of, but I figured the difference should be noted. Devil's in the details.