In most cases, when site S runs story X, asking yourself the question "why does S want me to know about X?" provides an answer that is not only invariant to the

In most cases, when site S runs story X, asking yourself the question "why does S want me to know about X?" provides an answer that is not only invariant to the veracity of S' statements about X, but also remains fairly constant for stories that S runs about Y and Z as well. (in the meantime, if you really want to know about X, any decent story ought to provide links –whether explicit or implicit– to better sources of information) see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24459177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24459177