...BBC? Ars Technica? ...KQED and VOA? You're blocking discussion of some of the most reliably factual reporting on the planet.
You were quite willing to promote the specific and lengthy list of disliked-sites to strangers.
A sudden switch to fatigue and disinterest does not seem genuine to me.
The domains in question lead to guaranteed uninteresting and routine political bickering where each side is compelled to recite their talking points. It has nothing to do with the reporting and everything to do with how people comment on those topics. I'd be guilty of it too if I weren't busy flagging those posts.
>... that seemed to promote low quality discussions
My guess is that these domains are responsible for hot button topics that result in 300+ comment threads.
Nothing is perfect and of course there's a certain kind of culture on each of these workplaces that will mske it either more left or right up or down, but they aren't controlled by politicians, just like a hospital isn't told how to treat patients by politicians.
I'd rank BBC News above all US news outlets (and I'll just add I'm neither from the US nor UK).