I actually did that on purpose, and then immediately commented on the submission with a link to a page that contains the paper and supplemental data. The reaso

I actually did that on purpose, and then immediately commented on the submission with a link to a page that contains the paper and supplemental data. The reason I preferred to post the press release was simply because it explains the significance of the study and gives a little history, something that might not be obvious if I simply linked to the paper directly. Unfortunately, my comment wasn't seen by many :-(. It would've been nice if one could post some supplementary text when submitting a link.