This might be true, but at least those outlets are mainly known for investigative pieces. I would be much more disappointed with them if they would post such a

This might be true, but at least those outlets are mainly known for investigative pieces. I would be much more disappointed with them if they would post such an article only consisting of "and then user xx said yy", "forum user aa commented bb", without any deeper investigation. Maybe someone there is already working on a larger piece, it just takes more time than copy/paste from some social media posts...