After reading the article, my gut reaction was 'Oh this is an interesting article, I wonder what the HN comments have to say about it?' Then I see the top comm

After reading the article, my gut reaction was 'Oh this is an interesting article, I wonder what the HN comments have to say about it?' Then I see the top comments and they all try to discredit Greenwald as a sensationalist trying to grab publicity at the expense of honest reddit moderators. I then mentally put less validity on the article and move on to the next link. However I can't help but question if somehow my reaction was engineered by someone else. Just a thought.