If you wouldn't mind sharing, could you please elaborate on your reasoning for flagging them? I'd like some further insight into which elements of the coverage of the story (rather than the story itself) you find objectionable.
They're exactly the kind of thing that is a bad fit for HN. No one is going to change their mind after reading the posts. And, after the fifth thread, everything that has been said has been said and there's nothing new.
The post I replied to suggested 2 options - a flagging ring or official moderator action. There is a 3rd option: enough people think the articles fucking suck and are independently flagging that the articles are dropping position.