Closely related to “people are upset about a thing” articles which just regurgitate quotes from random people on social media.
It's good that this ulterior motive exists but it's not something you can rely upon.
Similarly there wouldnt have been a pushback on net neutrality if big tech didnt want it so desperately.
And it’s often people who are only superficially involved in the thing they are so expertly talking about.
Sometimes it’s teenagers who just want to troll adults, especially knowing that their posts could appear in the news. Sometimes it’s adults who want to troll other adults for the LOLs or to fulfill a particular agenda. Sometimes it’s bots, actually, usually bots. Something the posts don’t even exist.