I don't know if this reflects a general unwillingness to correct Republican horseshit, or just a general lack of interest in knowing the facts about any policy issue. But in any case, informing readers of what they need to know is apparently not an especially high priority.
Maybe people really do just want politics as gossip and theater criticism. There's space for some of that, I guess, but I'd expect that people who want that would just go watch Entertainment Tonight and read People.
