Unknown column 'n.id' in 'on clause'

Query:
SELECT count(DISTINCT n.id) FROM news n,news_categories c,authors a LEFT JOIN threads as t ON n.id=t.headline WHERE n.author=a.authorid AND n.status=2 AND n.category=c.id

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