You don't have to introduce trolling to explain why some articles are flagged. Depending on the source, the submission may be automatically flagged. Since the s

You don't have to introduce trolling to explain why some articles are flagged. Depending on the source, the submission may be automatically flagged. Since the source you're referring to is the New York Times and is not known to be one of those automatically flagged, I'd assume the flagging is the result of community effort.