>More importantly, why are garbage stories from "journalists" who don't know the material they're writing about ending up on HN? I think the idea is that peopl

>More importantly, why are garbage stories from "journalists" who don't know the material they're writing about ending up on HN? I think the idea is that people here can deconstruct the post and point out its flaws (as you started to in your first paragraph). Then other folks on the web can link to them.