HN has many links to various forms of blogs. Some of those pretend to be journalistic, and might even have real trained experienced journalists doing the writing. But they use page views and clicks as metrics, and so link bait reigns. They want comments, and they use controversialist hyperbole to get those comments.

This is another reason I want micro-payments for any article I read - content producers will realise that I value good journalism enough to actually pay for it.

Longform is an excellent source of better journalism.