1) It's just a substack post...? Where the hell is all this "this is poor journalism" stuff coming from? This substack post is also a really bad if we judge it as a children's picture book.
2) I take it HN is not familiar with a whole major subgenre of journalism in which "whose entire schtick" would be perfectly at home?
So I am not familiar with Substack a quick look at Wikipedia says "Substack is an American online platform that provides publishing, payment, analytics, and design infrastructure to support subscription newsletters."
If people expect a level of quality of reporting rather than "guy with a blog" from things hosted on Substack that would explain the comments.
I will also note that the top of the thread really only said that if the author wanted to be taken as an even handed reporter than in the commenters opinion they need to change their tone. If the author doesn't want to come across as an even handed reporter, then the tone is fine.
I personally find the tone to be off putting as it seems to be not fact based at all and is often making a conclusion from the premise rather than giving me an argument to get me there.
2) I take it HN is not familiar with a whole major subgenre of journalism in which "whose entire schtick" would be perfectly at home?