I'm amused by the overall reaction and the downvotes. My perception of the general ethos of Hacker News that we should be able to get to original sources withou

I'm amused by the overall reaction and the downvotes. My perception of the general ethos of Hacker News that we should be able to get to original sources without gatekeepers. Such disintermediation is exemplified by e.g., arXiv, but when it comes to news, journalists are given a pass on what might be gossip.