Dawn Ahukanna (npub1hw6…gked) Jeroen Baten (npub10nj…fkdv) [@bert_hubert](https://fosstodon.org/@bert_hubert )
I believe it is because, in the past, it was difficult to get something published as a book, a newspaper or magazine article. Now, anyone can write something, post it on a website that looks "official", and it has the gravitas of the ages. There's an assumption that the article was "vetted".