....they know hat the average user is offended by the propaganda they publish, and they want to hide that reality from the few users who view their articles with credulous curiosity.
....they know hat the average user is offended by the propaganda they publish, and they want to hide that reality from the few users who view their articles with credulous curiosity.
There's a couple reasons for this.
comments sections are a pain in the ass, moderating them and dealing with complaints/emails is one thing a lot of companies either can't afford to or don't want to deal with.
Offering a competing narrative on their own platform again and again makes their lazy made up journalism look bad.